Exploring the Boundaries of Landscape Architecture

ISBN-13: 9780415679848 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 340 str.

Simon Bell; Ingrid Sarlov Herlin; Richard Stiles

Opis

What have cultural anthropologists, historical geographers, landscape ecologists and environmental artists got in common? Along with eight other disciplines, from domains as diverse as planning and design, the arts and humanities as well as the social and natural sciences, they are all fields of importance to the theory and practice of landscape architecture. In the context of the EU funded LE: NOTRE Project, carried out under the auspices of ECLAS, the European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools, international experts from a wide range of related fields were asked to reflect, each from their own perspective, on the interface between their discipline and landscape architecture. The resulting insights presented in this book represent an important contribution to the development the discipline of landscape architecture, as well as suggesting new ways in which future collaboration can help to create a greater interdisciplinary richness at a time when the awareness of the importance of the landscape is growing across a wide range of disciplines. Exploring the Boundaries of Landscape Architecture is the first systematic attempt to explore the territory at the boundaries of landscape architecture. It addresses academics, professionals and students, not just from landscape architecture but also from its neighbouring discipline, all of whom will benefit from a better understanding their areas of shared interest and the chance to develop a common language with which to converse.

Spis treści

Foreword.  Introduction  Part 1  1. Theoretical Landscapes  2. Trees: The Living Structure of the Landscape  3. Space, Place and Perception   4. A Prospect of Time  Part 2   5. Space, Place and Gaze  6. Are Landscape Ecology/Architecture Synergistic?  7. Past Meets Present  8. Trees Shaping Landscapes  Part 3  9. Valuing the View  10. Space, Place, Site and Locality  11. Greening Planning  12. The Place of Landscape  Part 4: Conclusions  13. Reflections and Conclusions

O autorze

Simon Bell OPENspace research centre, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland, and Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia

Ingrid Sarlöv Herlin Swedish Agricultural University, Alnarp, Sweden

Richard Stiles Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria