The bench in the garden
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The bench, an apparently small and almost irrelevant object, appears to function as a significant object in both through specific physical placement and in a more general sense- that of the blended domain of aesthetics, garden history, architecture, spatiality and subjectivity. The bench acts as a powerful visual machine, regulating the reception of a landscape in what it(...)
The bench in the garden
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The bench, an apparently small and almost irrelevant object, appears to function as a significant object in both through specific physical placement and in a more general sense- that of the blended domain of aesthetics, garden history, architecture, spatiality and subjectivity. The bench acts as a powerful visual machine, regulating the reception of a landscape in what it has to offer to its visitors. By transmitting verbal messages through inscriptions, citing other benches as part of a complex walk circuit, providing rest and inviting users to discover new aspects of the site, this highly polysemic element orients and disorients the visitor at the same time.
Landscape Theory
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Limité un temps à un genre de la peinture, le paysage est aujourd'hui partout : via les questions d'urbanisme, d'environnement, de développement durable, il occupe l'espace de la plupart des problématiques engageant l'avenir. Géographie, histoire, moeurs, économie, agronomie, arts, littérature, voyages, philosophie, politique aussi bien sûr – tous ces champs, il les(...)
Les cahiers de l'École de Bois
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Limité un temps à un genre de la peinture, le paysage est aujourd'hui partout : via les questions d'urbanisme, d'environnement, de développement durable, il occupe l'espace de la plupart des problématiques engageant l'avenir. Géographie, histoire, moeurs, économie, agronomie, arts, littérature, voyages, philosophie, politique aussi bien sûr – tous ces champs, il les croise. Mais dans cette étendue il se perd quelque peu, et d'autant plus facilement que ni ses échelles (de l'infime à l'immense), ni ses modes d'interventions (des grands travaux au jardinage) ne sont fixés. Pourtant cette dispersion, gage de diversité, est le terreau où il se ressource. C'est cette multiplicité des approches que ce numéro explore et interroge.
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Pagan's progress
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In an age of ecological turbulence, our understanding of the hills, rivers and fields we live among is more critical than ever. But what might the academic study of geography fail to teach us, and what relationships to the land might be revealed by reinvestigating the neglected knowledge practices of myth, history and legend? Michael Dames sets out to reconnect with the(...)
Pagan's progress
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In an age of ecological turbulence, our understanding of the hills, rivers and fields we live among is more critical than ever. But what might the academic study of geography fail to teach us, and what relationships to the land might be revealed by reinvestigating the neglected knowledge practices of myth, history and legend? Michael Dames sets out to reconnect with the hallowed landscapes of Britain and Ireland, and finds them populated by ancient goddesses, strange rites, and embedded energies. As he voyages beneath the Neolithic immensity of Silbury Hill, past the chalk horses of Uffington, and the ravaged cliffs of Land’s End peninsular, Dames meets a wild community of holy cows, industrious bees, Sheila-na- Gigs, and Salmon women, channeling the peculiar folk tales they have to tell.
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The long, long life of trees
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Since the beginnings of history trees have served humankind in countless useful ways, but our relationship with trees has many dimensions beyond mere practicality. Trees are so entwined with human experience that diverse species have inspired their own stories, myths, songs, poems, paintings, and spiritual meanings. Some have achieved status as religious, cultural, or(...)
The long, long life of trees
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Since the beginnings of history trees have served humankind in countless useful ways, but our relationship with trees has many dimensions beyond mere practicality. Trees are so entwined with human experience that diverse species have inspired their own stories, myths, songs, poems, paintings, and spiritual meanings. Some have achieved status as religious, cultural, or national symbols. In this beautifully illustrated volume Fiona Stafford offers intimate, detailed explorations of seventeen common trees, from ash and apple to pine, oak, cypress, and willow. The author also pays homage to particular trees, such as the fabled Ankerwyke Yew, under which Henry VIII courted Anne Boleyn, and the spectacular cherry trees of Washington, D.C. Stafford discusses practical uses of wood past and present, tree diseases and environmental threats, and trees’ potential contributions toward slowing global climate change. Brimming with unusual topics and intriguing facts, this book celebrates trees and their long, long lives as our inspiring and beloved natural companions.
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Le paysage peut-il réenchanter un site en désuétude, en attente d'un nouvel horizon ? C'est l'hypothèse de départ de la démarche "Atelier des territoires", à l'initiative du ministère en charge de l'urbanisme. Entre 2015 et 2017, cinq sites à reconquérir ont donc fait l'objet d'études de terrain dans ce sens : à Annonay, au sud d'Avignon, à Fort-de-France/Le Lamentin, à(...)
L'horizon des lieux : réparer par le paysage
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Le paysage peut-il réenchanter un site en désuétude, en attente d'un nouvel horizon ? C'est l'hypothèse de départ de la démarche "Atelier des territoires", à l'initiative du ministère en charge de l'urbanisme. Entre 2015 et 2017, cinq sites à reconquérir ont donc fait l'objet d'études de terrain dans ce sens : à Annonay, au sud d'Avignon, à Fort-de-France/Le Lamentin, à l'entrée nord de Perpignan et à Saint-Brieuc. Cinq équipes de paysagistes et architectes - Frédéric Bonnet (agence OBRAS), Bertrand Folléa et Claire Gautier (Folléa-Gautier), Cécile Beaudesson (Devillers et Associés), Sébastien Penfornis (Taktyk), Clément Bollinger et Simon Lacourt (Caudex) -, services de l'Etat et élus locaux discutent concrètement du destin de ces territoires variés, réinventent l'aménagement à travers le filtre du paysage et de ses unités visuelles et vécues, et font émerger des projets novateurs.
Landscape Theory
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Volume five of the Landscript series examines material culture in the context of landscape architecture theory and design, positing the constructed landscape as a site for the investigation of human-nature relations and the factors that mediate their production, from labor to physical materials.
Landscript 5: material culture, assembling and disassembling landscapes
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Volume five of the Landscript series examines material culture in the context of landscape architecture theory and design, positing the constructed landscape as a site for the investigation of human-nature relations and the factors that mediate their production, from labor to physical materials.
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Voisins animaux
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Tout au long de sa vie, Henry D. Thoreau a porté un vif intérêt pour le règne animal. Préférant la compagnie de ceux qu'il nomme ses "voisins", ses "co-habitants" voire ses "amis" à celle de ses concitoyens, il consacre un temps infini à leur observation sur le terrain. Abeille, lynx du Canada, moufette, petit-duc maculé, tortue... n'ont plus de secret pour le naturaliste(...)
Voisins animaux
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Tout au long de sa vie, Henry D. Thoreau a porté un vif intérêt pour le règne animal. Préférant la compagnie de ceux qu'il nomme ses "voisins", ses "co-habitants" voire ses "amis" à celle de ses concitoyens, il consacre un temps infini à leur observation sur le terrain. Abeille, lynx du Canada, moufette, petit-duc maculé, tortue... n'ont plus de secret pour le naturaliste amateur. L'ermite de Walden consigne ensuite avec précision des notes dans son Journal, nourries de réflexions et parfois d'humour, qui laissent entrevoir un autre mode de vie considérant pleinement la nature. Dans l'idée de présenter un panorama permettant d'appréhender l'animalité, Michel Granger a opéré une sélection qui souligne toute la richesse et la diversité de cette pensée profondément libre.
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Landscape as protagonist
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A publication that attempts to challenge the property development industry’s current perspective on plants and landscapes in the built realm; where generally speaking, they are viewed as aesthetic objects used to beautify built spaces. Discussions, findings, interviews with Thomas Doxiadis, Marjetica Potrc and Dan Pearson and essays by Bruce Pascoe, Tanya Patrick,(...)
Landscape as protagonist
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A publication that attempts to challenge the property development industry’s current perspective on plants and landscapes in the built realm; where generally speaking, they are viewed as aesthetic objects used to beautify built spaces. Discussions, findings, interviews with Thomas Doxiadis, Marjetica Potrc and Dan Pearson and essays by Bruce Pascoe, Tanya Patrick, Katherine Sundermann, Andrew Reynolds and Cameron Allan McKean. Illustrations by Al Stark. The publication content is informed by a symposium held as part of Melbourne Design Week 2019. It features findings, essays, interviews and original photography by Melbourne design studio U-P.
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A world-leading expert shares her amazing story of discovering the communication that exists between trees, and shares her own story of family and grief. Now, in her first book, Suzanne Simard brings us into her world, the intimate world of the trees, in which she brilliantly illuminates the fascinating and vital truths—that trees are not simply the source of timber(...)
Finding the mother-tree: discovering the wisdom of the forest
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A world-leading expert shares her amazing story of discovering the communication that exists between trees, and shares her own story of family and grief. Now, in her first book, Suzanne Simard brings us into her world, the intimate world of the trees, in which she brilliantly illuminates the fascinating and vital truths—that trees are not simply the source of timber or pulp but are a complicated, interdependent circle of life; that forests are social, cooperative creatures connected through underground networks by which trees communicate their vitality and vulnerabilities with communal lives not that different from our own. Simard describes up close—in revealing and accessible ways—how trees, living side by side for hundreds of years, have evolved; how they perceive one another, learn and adapt their behaviors, recognize neighbors, and remember the past; how they have agency about their future; how they elicit warnings and mount defenses, compete and cooperate with one another with sophistication: characteristics previously ascribed to human intelligence, traits that are the essence of civil societies. And, at the center of it all, the Mother Trees: the mysterious, powerful forces that connect and sustain the others that surround them.Simard, born and raised in the rain forests of British Columbia, spent her days as a child cataloging the trees from the forest; she came to love and respect them and embarked on a journey of discovery and struggle. Her powerful story is one of love and loss, of observation and change, of risk and reward. And it is a testament to how deeply human scientific inquiry exists beyond data and technology: it’s about understanding who we are and our place in the world.
Landscape Theory
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Défini comme l’ensemble des relations sensibles que l’homme entretient avec son environnement naturel et urbain, c’est de paysage qu’il s’agit ici? ; de paysage comme espace, mais aussi comme au-delà de l’espace, à la fois révélateur et source de questionnements pour ceux qui l’observent et le vivent. Vaste panorama de l’histoire de la pensée du paysage, cet ouvrage offre(...)
Voir la terre : six essais sur le paysage et la géographie
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Défini comme l’ensemble des relations sensibles que l’homme entretient avec son environnement naturel et urbain, c’est de paysage qu’il s’agit ici? ; de paysage comme espace, mais aussi comme au-delà de l’espace, à la fois révélateur et source de questionnements pour ceux qui l’observent et le vivent. Vaste panorama de l’histoire de la pensée du paysage, cet ouvrage offre au lecteur six essais comme autant d’horizons à sa réflexion. Moral et spirituel d’abord, littéraire, esthétique, philosophique et scientifique encore. Scandé par l’analyse de quelques œuvres majeures, c’est finalement à l’expérience existentielle qu’il se consacre, au sein de laquelle les paysages relèvent irrévocablement de la nécessité et du besoin. Quand bien même le contexte de crise écologique nous enjoint aujourd’hui de nous [re]demander « pourquoi ».
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