Landscape as Dialogue
eBook - ePub

Landscape as Dialogue

A New Approach to Site Analysis and Design

  1. 262 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Landscape as Dialogue

A New Approach to Site Analysis and Design

About this book

Landscape as Dialogue redefines the process of understanding landscapes for students and practiĀ­tioners so they can create more integrated, healthy places. Traditional site analysis sees the landscape as a series of components, evaluated individually, before being put back together. This perpetuates existing social hierarchies, maintains the need for high energy inputs and trumpets iconic designs that contribute to gentrification. This book examines the process of landscape dialogue as a natural give and take with the environment, drawing on diverse and challenging writings from design, geography, philosophy and ecological sciences to probe the relationship between humans and landscape. Each chapter begins with a discussion of a theoretical approach to landscape dialogue, such as perception, information or critique, before offering a series of practical steps and representation techniques that designers can use in understanding the landscape. Detailed illustrated case studies from around the world, including Hawaii, the American Southwest, Japan, China, Mexico, Turkey and Peru, explore the book's lessons in practice. This must-read book offers a radical alternative to conventionĀ­al analytical approaches, inspiring designers to fully engage in the landscape to ultimately generate ecologically considered places.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. About the author
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 The landscape speaks: the problem of ā€œsiteā€
  9. 2 Landscape information: the problem of analysis
  10. 3 Landscape perception and motion
  11. 4 Landscape immersion: time in the landscape
  12. 5 Landscape relations: how connections structure dialogue
  13. 6 Landscape critique: critical engagement and violence
  14. 7 Landscape dissent: transgression, protest and the body
  15. 8 Landscape formation: openness to personal change
  16. Conclusion
  17. Acknowledgements
  18. Illustration credits
  19. Index