一群年轻的艺术家、设计师、建筑师和社区居民合作，将农业和烹饪作为文化复兴和社区重生的手段。事实证明，居民可以实现参与设计他们的城市的梦想。
艺术家：马杰提卡·波特尔克和怀尔德·维特森(斯洛文尼亚)
时间：2009年
地点：荷兰阿姆斯特丹新西部罗德维克·凡·德赛尔斯拉特 61号
媒介：社区花园和社区厨房;建筑材料、能源基础设施、植物花园
委托人：斯特德里克，远方西部房屋公司合作
研究员：吉乌希·切克拉
这个项目融合了社会结构和视觉艺术的因素，重新定义了绿色村庄的概念。该地区在二战之后得到兴建，今天是欧洲重新发展的最大型居住区之一。但是在1980年代，这里曾一度成为无人之地。2004年，城市把所有权转让给了房屋公司，但该公司在这块敞开的空间上看不到价值。最终导致一群年轻的艺术家、设计师、建筑师和社区居民合作，回归粮食生产。
在这个地区，农业和烹饪被人们视为分享知识和传统的方式，作为一种文化复兴和居住区重生的手段。在项目发展的一年中，居民们自己成为了参与项目的最主要生力军。2009年9月，他们接管了管理工作。组成了一个8人委员会，负责两个空间，负责开放花园以供生产，敞开厨房烹制食物。这些空间也用作工作坊的场所，给当地居民们开展文化项目。在社区周边建立了一个中心，社区居民可以参与“建立一个场所”的整个过程。社区厨房给街道带来了安全感，这是项目给社区居民带来的另一个价值所在。
这个项目证明，居民不仅渴望参与设计他们的城市，而且这一渴望完全是可以实现的，他们有能力推进项目的进展，使公共空间永久地从企业控制下半自主的空间转换成一个充满活力的公共社区。这个过程不仅赋予社区居民以力量，还激发了他们的权利意识，而且也对其他社区产生影响。
The Cook, the Farmer, His Wife and Their Neighbor
Artist：Marjetica Potrč and Wilde Westen(Slovenia)
Date：2009
Location：Lodewijk van Deysselstraat 61, New West Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Media/Type：community garden and community kitchen; building materials, energy infrastructure, vegetable garden
Commissioner：Stedelijk, Far West housing Corporation
Researcher：Giusy Checola
This project combines elements of visual art and social architecture to redefine the village green. New West Amsterdam was built after World War II and today constitutes one of the largest residential ‘urban renewal’ projects in Europe. During the 1980s, however, the district became a no man’s land, and in 2004 the city transferred ownership to housing corporations. There was no perception that the district’s open space had any value, however, until a group of young artists, designers, architects and community residents began a back-to-the-earth farming effort.
The participants view farming and cooking as a way for people to share knowledge and traditions, and as a path for cultural renewal and neighborhood rebirth. During the year in which the project developed the residents themselves became the most important people involved, and in September 2009 took over its management. They created a committee of eight people responsible for the kitchen and garden, and committed to actively continuing food production and cooking. In addition, the space serves as a location for workshops and neighborhood cultural programs. Altogether it functions as a core around which the community can engage in the process of “place-building”. A key value of this project is the sense of security that the community kitchen has brought to the residents.
The project demonstrates that the self-determination of residents in guiding the character of their city is not only desirable but feasible, even without their having any formal control of space. By reclaiming public space as part of a vibrant community, the participants not only endowed themselves with power and aroused their awareness of their rights, but empowered other communities to act in kind.
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