Mixscapes: improving landscape qualities around Boxtel by introducing alternative agricultural functions

What is the relationship between landscape and agriculture? How can agriculture contibute to the development of the landscape? This research aims to investigate the power of agriculture over landscape form. The research goals are the creation of a diverse landscape structure with sustainable principals and strong identity. The hypothesis is that this will happen by strengthening the relationship between landscape and agriculture with Boxtel, North Brabant, the Netherlands serving as a case study. Wild boar and deer farming are introduced in the forest next to Boxtel, as an alternative kind of agriculture in order to improve the landscape qualities of the site. More productive functions are discussed as a potential development for this landscape following the starting principals, diversity, sustainability and identity.
Architecture and The Built Environment
Urbanism
Landscape Architecture
Flowscapes