Book chapters by Steven Heyde
Hoofdstuk uit boek "kasteeldomeinen: historische tuinen en parken in de zuidelijke Westhoek, 1795... more Hoofdstuk uit boek "kasteeldomeinen: historische tuinen en parken in de zuidelijke Westhoek, 1795-2015" (Lannoo, 2015)
Hoofdstuk uit boek "kasteeldomeinen: historische tuinen en parken in de zuidelijke Westhoek, 1795... more Hoofdstuk uit boek "kasteeldomeinen: historische tuinen en parken in de zuidelijke Westhoek, 1795-2015" (Lannoo, 2015)
Hoofdstuk uit boek "kasteeldomeinen: historische tuinen en parken in de zuidelijke Westhoek, 1795... more Hoofdstuk uit boek "kasteeldomeinen: historische tuinen en parken in de zuidelijke Westhoek, 1795-2015" (Lannoo, 2015)
Hoofdstuk uit boek "kasteeldomeinen: historische tuinen en parken in de zuidelijke Westhoek, 1795... more Hoofdstuk uit boek "kasteeldomeinen: historische tuinen en parken in de zuidelijke Westhoek, 1795-2015" (Lannoo, 2015)
Hoofdstuk uit boek "Kasteeldomeinen: historische tuinen en parken in de zuidelijke Westhoek, 1795... more Hoofdstuk uit boek "Kasteeldomeinen: historische tuinen en parken in de zuidelijke Westhoek, 1795-2015" (Lannoo, 2015)
Books by Steven Heyde
The future of estate landscapes in Europe, 2022
The usual perception of historic estates is that they are conservative and static. Yet a select f... more The usual perception of historic estates is that they are conservative and static. Yet a select few of historic estates have now become leading innovators as they have been in the past. Common traits include being entrepreneurs as well as collaborators whom challenge the status quo. In doing so, they are unlocking new ways of dealing with heritage and nature conservation, sustainable food production, social inclusiveness, sustainable tourism, climate change and renewable energy.
Insightful and inspirational if not provocative, this book The future of estate landscapes in Europe focuses upon exemplary and unusual examples from Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom as new prospects of hope for the future. While being utterly relevant towards landowners and managers, this publication will also inform governments, planners, design professionals and anyone interested in the future of the countryside.
The examples covered also include best practices in policy and governance as well as exemplary cases of contemporary design on historic estates. Three main themes are explored: nowadays management, policy measures, and design.
Papers by Steven Heyde
Journal of Landscape Architecture
Strategic design is still relatively unknown within the field of landscape architecture. Yet its ... more Strategic design is still relatively unknown within the field of landscape architecture. Yet its potential for the future of design practice should not be underestimated. This article is an inquiry into the intricacies, the limitations and the potential of strategic design within landscape architecture by means of a case study, the redevelopment of the Beekhuizen campground (the Netherlands) by Buro Harro. It illustrates how a design project, even on a smaller scale, can produce multiple strategic outcomes beyond the design object itself. In this case, it has succeeded in triggering a reorientation of the design brief, changing the mindset of stakeholders, setting into motion developments elsewhere, as well as contributing to the development of a new business model.
Journal of Landscape Architecture, 2018
Strategic design is still relatively unknown within the field of landscape architecture. Yet its ... more Strategic design is still relatively unknown within the field of landscape architecture. Yet its potential for the future of design practice should not be underestimated. This article is an inquiry into the intricacies, the limitations and the potential of strategic design within landscape architecture by means of a case study, the redevelopment of the Beekhuizen campground (the Netherlands) by Buro Harro. It illustrates how a design project, even on a smaller scale, can produce multiple strategic outcomes beyond the design object itself. In this case, it has succeeded in triggering a reorientation of the design brief, changing the mindset of stakeholders, setting into motion developments elsewhere, as well as contributing to the development of a new business model.
The use of the term ‘modernism’ is bound to provoke different responses within the field of lands... more The use of the term ‘modernism’ is bound to provoke different responses within the field of landscape architecture: despised by some for its seemingly anti-historical or anti-ecological tendencies and deeply reverenced by others as a definite breakthrough in the profession against a crippling form of nostalgia hindering the progress of the discipline. Modernism is obviously not an easy thing to talk about dispassionately: its consequences for design are quite impressive if not intimidating. Yet these kinds of clichés also preclude a richer and more subtle understanding of how modernism was manifested in the landscape medium. This article seeks to uncover a more sophisticated understanding of modernism through the example of the Dutch modernist landscape architect Hans Warnau (1922–1995).
‘Landscape architect’ as a term was invented at the start of the nineteenth century in France. It... more ‘Landscape architect’ as a term was invented at the start of the nineteenth century in France. It referred to a new way of thinking about spatial design that originated from a collaboration between different disciplines. This contribution investigates this disciplinary shift in design practices and how it deeply influenced the discourses on what landscape design ought to be. It is argued that these new specialized professionals in France with their own body of design expertise_who came to describe themselves as ‘landscape architects’_were able to bypass some of the inherent constraints of these earlier transdisciplinary design practices, but that, on the other hand, landscape design was also at a loss when this far-reaching dialogue with other disciplinary fields diminished.
Relicta. Archeologie, Monumenten- en Landschapsonderzoek in Vlaanderen, 2015
Bij de herdenking van ‘100 jaar Grote Oorlog’ zijn heel wat ogen gericht op Vlaanderen, het histo... more Bij de herdenking van ‘100 jaar Grote Oorlog’ zijn heel wat ogen gericht op Vlaanderen, het historisch slagveld van Europa. Nu de laatste getuigen van die oorlog zo goed als verdwenen zijn, wordt de vroegere frontstreek zelf steeds meer beschouwd als belangrijkste link met het verleden. In de Angelsaksische landen wordt hiervoor vaak de term battlefield interpretation gebruikt: het oorlogsgebeuren begrijpen vanuit het slagveld zelf. Het is een benadering waarbij ook de link met toerisme nooit ver weg is. Battlefield interpretation vereist natuurlijk wel een geheel van plaatsen en sites waar contact met het verleden mogelijk is, vandaar dat de laatste jaren ijverig gewerkt wordt rond de bewaring en ontsluiting van het ‘oorlogslandschap’. Economische factoren zoals de intensivering van de landbouw, de uitbreiding van bedrijventerreinen en het aansnijden van nieuwe woongebieden hebben zich echter in die mate doorgezet dat het oorlogslandschap op verschillende plaatsen sterk onder druk is komen te staan. Voor de komende jaren zullen zich dan ook belangrijke ruimtelijke beleidskeuzes aandienen. De ontwikkeling van een gefundeerde en integrale waarderingsmethode voor het oorlogslandschap was het opzet van dit artikel. Gezien het toenemend belang van het landschap voor het begrijpen van wat een eeuw geleden gebeurd is, tracht deze waarderingsmethode het oorlogslandschap in haar geheel te vatten, rekening houdend met de historische waarde ervan, de mate waarin het huidige landschap nog refereert naar dat oorlogsverleden en de met het oorlogsverleden samenhangende belevingswaarde van het huidige landschap. Voor de ontwikkeling van deze waarderingsmethode is vertrokken vanuit de concrete analyse van twee dorpen in de frontstreek: Zonnebeke en Passendale. De voorgestelde methode leent zich ten slotte ook uitstekend voor vervolgtrajecten inzake beheer en ontsluiting.
Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes
Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes, 2014
Monumenten, Landschappen & Archeologie, 2014
Mémoires de la société d'Histoire de Comines-Warneton, 2013
Conference Presentations by Steven Heyde
Landscape architecture on rural estates entails both responsibilities as well as opportunities. A... more Landscape architecture on rural estates entails both responsibilities as well as opportunities. A design project must serve as a response to the natural and historical/cultural values of an estate in all its complexity and nuances. But estates also deliver a compelling range of opportunities for the future. Their potential for regional development and cultural tourism cannot be underestimated. For many regions rural estates constitute one of the most important potential engines for cultural and economic development. But rural estates with their gardens, parks, water features, afforested areas and agricultural areas are also valuable for many other reasons. They (potentially) deliver a whole range of ecosystem services. One may also think of new forms of active or passive recreation, locally renewable biomass or food production, and so on.
While the role of landscape architects for the conservation and the restoration of the heritage of rural estates is well-documented, their role for the future development of rural estates is to a large extent still to be explored, both from the perspective of theory and practice. This paper explores on the interface between theory and practice which kinds of approaches within landscape architecture are needed for the future development of rural estates. It stresses that in order to explore the full potential of rural estates in terms of the delivery of public goods, new forms of strategic design are needed. Furthermore, it suggests that, there is an urge for more attention for the agrarian and the economic forces that shape the future of rural estates and their potentials. This way, landscape architecture will be capable to effectively deal with rural estates as a whole, and to explore real solutions for the future.
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Book chapters by Steven Heyde
Books by Steven Heyde
Insightful and inspirational if not provocative, this book The future of estate landscapes in Europe focuses upon exemplary and unusual examples from Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom as new prospects of hope for the future. While being utterly relevant towards landowners and managers, this publication will also inform governments, planners, design professionals and anyone interested in the future of the countryside.
The examples covered also include best practices in policy and governance as well as exemplary cases of contemporary design on historic estates. Three main themes are explored: nowadays management, policy measures, and design.
Papers by Steven Heyde
Conference Presentations by Steven Heyde
While the role of landscape architects for the conservation and the restoration of the heritage of rural estates is well-documented, their role for the future development of rural estates is to a large extent still to be explored, both from the perspective of theory and practice. This paper explores on the interface between theory and practice which kinds of approaches within landscape architecture are needed for the future development of rural estates. It stresses that in order to explore the full potential of rural estates in terms of the delivery of public goods, new forms of strategic design are needed. Furthermore, it suggests that, there is an urge for more attention for the agrarian and the economic forces that shape the future of rural estates and their potentials. This way, landscape architecture will be capable to effectively deal with rural estates as a whole, and to explore real solutions for the future.
Insightful and inspirational if not provocative, this book The future of estate landscapes in Europe focuses upon exemplary and unusual examples from Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom as new prospects of hope for the future. While being utterly relevant towards landowners and managers, this publication will also inform governments, planners, design professionals and anyone interested in the future of the countryside.
The examples covered also include best practices in policy and governance as well as exemplary cases of contemporary design on historic estates. Three main themes are explored: nowadays management, policy measures, and design.
While the role of landscape architects for the conservation and the restoration of the heritage of rural estates is well-documented, their role for the future development of rural estates is to a large extent still to be explored, both from the perspective of theory and practice. This paper explores on the interface between theory and practice which kinds of approaches within landscape architecture are needed for the future development of rural estates. It stresses that in order to explore the full potential of rural estates in terms of the delivery of public goods, new forms of strategic design are needed. Furthermore, it suggests that, there is an urge for more attention for the agrarian and the economic forces that shape the future of rural estates and their potentials. This way, landscape architecture will be capable to effectively deal with rural estates as a whole, and to explore real solutions for the future.