
Indeterminacy, the I Ching, and John Cage
A New Design Method for Landscape Architecture
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Indeterminacy, the I Ching, and John Cage
A New Design Method for Landscape Architecture
About this book
The creative use of indeterminacy, that is, "chance," is an often-overlooked design opportunity despite the universality of chance in art, nature, science, and life. How can "chance," a seemingly capricious phenomenon, be made to work for someone? One controlled use of chance is through the Chinese I Ching "chance operations" method of composer and artist John Cage (1912–1992). This book addresses the questions of how one might approach using this method in landscape architectural design, what the outcome of such an indeterminate design would be, and whether or not it could lead to a viable constructed landscape.
In addition, this book answers the question: What is the relationship between the I Ching, John Cage, and the constructed landscape anyway? The final product of the exploration of this method is a new hypothetical redesign of an existing plaza using Cage's techniques and a comparative evaluation of the new indeterminate concept and the two pre-existing designs, using the original program objectives as a guide against which the three designs can be judged for effectiveness.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Appendices
- Introduction: Toward Non-intention
- Part I: The Foundations of Indeterminacy
- Part II: A Specific Model for Design: John Cage's Approach to Indeterminacy
- Part III: Application of Indeterminacy to a Specific Landscape
- Appendix A: Equivalency Tables
- Appendix B: Hexagram Cast Tables
- Appendix C: Miscellaneous Charts
- Appendix D: Materials Charts
- Appendix E: Comparative Evaluation Chart
- Appendix F: Design Process Statistics
- Appendix G: Additional Images
- Appendix H: Other Modes of Indeterminacy
- Sources
- Index