Samenvatting

The Antwerp Zoo has been chosen as the pilot location for a meeting place to rediscover nature in the center of a modern city. People look for nature and thus create places for such encounters in cities: a public garden, a botanical garden, a zoological garden. Life has always been subject to the limitations of these gardens, such as perfectly cut grass, planted trees or caged animals. Life Garden is different. It is the domain in the city where plants and living organisms, liberated from direct human pressure, can be found in their natural state.
Little by little, the former zoo opens up to the city. Reuse of pavilions and adaptation of landscapes based on their inherent qualities take place. Design interventions connect former animal enclosures into a coherent route. Life Garden empowers everyone to have their own meaningful experience of nature and culture, and to understand the richness of the living world around us.
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