Landscape as Dialogue

Autorentext

Cory Parker is a landscape architect and geographer who teaches at the University of California, Davis.

Klappentext

This book examines the process of landscape dialogue as a natural give and take with the environment, offering a series of practical steps and techniques that designers can use in understanding the landscape. Case studies from the US, Japan, China, Mexico, Turkey, and Peru explore the book's lessons in practice.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. The landscape speaks the problem of site 2. Landscape information the problem of analysis 3. Landscape perception and motion 4. Landscape immersion - Time in the landscape 5. Landscape relations how connections structure dialogue 6. Landscape critique critical engagement and violence 7. Landscape dissent transgression, protest and the body 8. Landscape formation openness to personal change Conclusion