Indeterminacy, the I Ching, and John Cage
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Indeterminacy, the I Ching, and John Cage

A New Design Method for Landscape Architecture

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eBook - ePub

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

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Tables
  9. List of Appendices
  10. Introduction: Toward Non-intention
  11. Part I: The Foundations of Indeterminacy
  12. Part II: A Specific Model for Design: John Cage's Approach to Indeterminacy
  13. Part III: Application of Indeterminacy to a Specific Landscape
  14. Appendix A: Equivalency Tables
  15. Appendix B: Hexagram Cast Tables
  16. Appendix C: Miscellaneous Charts
  17. Appendix D: Materials Charts
  18. Appendix E: Comparative Evaluation Chart
  19. Appendix F: Design Process Statistics
  20. Appendix G: Additional Images
  21. Appendix H: Other Modes of Indeterminacy
  22. Sources
  23. Index