Epsilon Archive for Student Projects

Abstract

Land art and greenways have not been practiced for so long. The term which makes both of them connecting is the intervention on the landscape using the nature as material. Respectively land art has relation with the culture of artistic expression, and greenways concern to an ecological or natural process of mobility and displacement. Both of them have become a social, cultural and ecological movement of the contemporary society that is depicting to follow rules, regulation and specifics local conditions. The consequence leads that these two subjects should be planned to avoid problems between stakeholders.
This project presents a theoretical and a practical process of planning integration of a greenway network and a possible location for land art works of a municipality level in Sweden. The main aim is to reach a plan which is made following the characteristic of the territory, the character of the places and sites as prerequisites analysed by a geographic information system.
The case study is done in Sjöbo Municipality. The municipality is trying to improve the touristic attraction, indeed, help to achieve a better development. This project is a perfect combination to be part of an ecological and sustainable tourism development.