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RISC Rooftop Forest / Le jardin-for锚t comestible du RISC
Exhibit Category / Cat茅gorie de l'expo: Rooftops
Location/Emplacement: Reading, UK
Dates: 2002 - present
Designers/Concepteurs: Paul Barney,
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Image Credits/Cr茅dits d'images: Dave Richards,
Project Description: (version fran莽aise ci-dessous)
The RISC edible roof garden is located on the roof of the Reading International Solidarity Centre (RISC) offices in Reading, UK. This roof is a unique space in Reading that explores issues of sustainable development and biodiversity, raising questions about our relationship with the environment. The garden was planted in Spring 2002 and designed to slowly mature into a mixed open woodland of useful plants representing many of the major plant types from around the world. The principles of permaculture, which model natural systems and provide insight into some of the defining characteristics of sustainability in nature, were used in the construction of this garden.
RISC is an educational charity that, since the early 1980s, has been trying to raise awareness about development issues. RISC鈥檚 aim is to actively support and promote the actions of people across the world working for equality, justice and sustainable development.
The 鈥淔orest Garden鈥�, as RISC named the rooftop garden, is covered with 185 different species, including edible plants, medicinal trees, shrubs and vines. The edible plants include potato, bean, Chinese yam, lemon, apple, etc. RISC also uses butterfly lavender as an insecticide to alleviate some of the agricultural problems. The roof garden was constructed using recycled and local materials. The plants are irrigated with rainwater that is collected and stored in a tank, and the growing medium comes from paper and organic food waste compost from the RISC offices. To protect the growing medium from the hot sunlight, mulch is added on top to prevent drying out through evaporation. Renewable energy is generated by solar cells and wind collectors on the chimneys.
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Description du Projet:
Ce jardin comestible a 茅t茅 am茅nag茅 sur le toit du RISC, le Centre de Solidarit茅 International de Reading au Royaume Uni 鈥� un espace unique dans cette ville qui s鈥檃ttache 脿 explorer les probl茅matiques de d茅veloppement durable et de biodiversit茅 et questionne notre rapport 脿 l鈥檈nvironnement. Plant茅 au printemps 2002, il est con莽u pour former peu 脿 peu un petit bois ouvert o霉 se d茅veloppent des plantes utiles 鈥� un bon nombre des principaux types de plantes dans le monde y 茅tant repr茅sent茅. Les principes de la permaculture, qui cr茅ent des syst猫mes naturels et permettent de comprendre certaines caract茅ristiques de la durabilit茅 dans la nature, ont 茅t茅 appliqu茅s 脿 la construction de ce jardin.
Le RISC est un organisme de bienfaisance 脿 vocation 茅ducative qui, depuis le d茅but des ann茅es 1980, s鈥檈fforce de sensibiliser aux questions de d茅veloppement et, en ce sens, 艙uvre activement 脿 soutenir et promouvoir les actions 脿 travers le monde en faveur de l鈥櫭ゞalit茅, de la justice et du d茅veloppement durable.
Le 芦 Jardin-For锚t 禄 - c鈥檈st ainsi que le RISC a nomm茅 son toit-jardin 鈥� est peupl茅 de 185 esp猫ces diff茅rentes dont des plantes comestibles, des arbres m茅dicinaux, des buissons et des vignes. Pommes de terre, haricots, patates douces, citrons, pommes, etc. comptent parmi les plantes comestibles. La lavande papillon y est 茅galement cultiv茅e comme insecticide. Des mat茅riaux recycl茅s et locaux ont servi 脿 la construction du jardin. Les plantes sont arros茅es avec l鈥檈au de pluie stock茅e dans un r茅servoir ; le substrat de culture provient du compostage de d茅chets de papier et d鈥檃liments biologiques des bureaux du Centre. Un paillis prot猫ge le substrat du soleil et emp锚che un ass猫chement d没 脿 l鈥櫭﹙aporation. Des cellules solaires et des turbines 茅oliennes sur les chemin茅es produisent de l鈥櫭﹏ergie renouvelable.
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