Why is Landscape Beautiful? : The Science of Strollology

ISBN-13: 9783035604078 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 320 str.

Opis

Lucius Burckhardt (1925-2003) lehrte an der Universitat Kassel Architekturtheorie, grundete in den 1980er Jahren die Promenadologie, die Spaziergangswissenschaft, und entwickelte sie zu einer komplexen und weitsichtigen Planungs- und Designdisziplin. Das Buch veroffentlicht in englischer Sprache 32 Texte des Design- und Planungskritikers, in deren Zentrum die Aspekte Landschaft, Gartenkunst und Spaziergangswissenschaft stehen.

Spis treści

Instead of a preface: Hans Ulrich Obrist in conversation with Annemarie & Lucius Burckhardt

I. Landscape

1. Landscape Development And The Structure Of Society (1977)
2. Why Is Landscape Beautiful? (1979)
3. Ecology. Just A Fashion? (1984)
4. Nature Is Invisible (1989)
5. Nature Has Neither A Kernel Nor A Husk (1989)
6. Aesthetics And Ecology (1990)
7. Aesthetics Of The Landscape (1991)
8. Landscape Is Transitory (1994)
9. Wasteland As Context. Is There Any Such Thing As The Postmodern Landscape?
10. Landscape (1998)

II. Gardening and Garden Art

1. Gardening. An Art And A Necessity (1977)
2. No Man s Land (1980)
3. Destroyed By Tender Loving Care (1981)
4. Reason Sleeps In The Garden (1988)
5. Gardens Are Images (1989)
6. In Nature s Garden (1989)
7. Nature And The Garden In Classicism (1963)
8. Garden Design. Where To Next? (1981)
9. A Critique Of The Art Of Gardening (1983)
10. Perspectives From Mount Furka (1988)
11. Natura Maestra (1999)
12. Current Trends In Garden Design (1999)

III. Strollology

1. Strollological Observations On Perception Of The Environment And The Tasks Facing Our Generation (1996)
2. Strollology or The Science Of Walking//Of Taking A Walk (1995)
3. Mountaineering On Sylt (1989) Nikolaus Wyss In Conversation with Lucius Burckhardt
4. It Is A Matter Of Looking and Recognizing (1993) Thomas Fuchs In Conversation with Lucius Burckhardt
5. Strollology. A New Science (1998)
6. On Movement And Vantage Points. The Strollologist s Experience (1999)

O autorze

Lucius Burckhardt (1925 2003), Gründer der Spaziergangswissenschaft, lehrte Architekturtheorie in Kassel.