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"Accidental gravity" moves from upstate New York to the contemporary western U.S. and into Canada, from urban and suburban places to wild lands. The essays are informative, but the focus is personal. Quetchenbach writes about urban and suburban places as well as wild lands. In the first section of the book, he focuses on suburban neighborhoods, “the places where tensions(...)
Accidental gravity: residents, travelers, and the landscape of memory
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"Accidental gravity" moves from upstate New York to the contemporary western U.S. and into Canada, from urban and suburban places to wild lands. The essays are informative, but the focus is personal. Quetchenbach writes about urban and suburban places as well as wild lands. In the first section of the book, he focuses on suburban neighborhoods, “the places where tensions between human and animal nature, and between differing concepts of the natural world, come to the fore.” In the second section, he juxtaposes these humanized places with Yellowstone National Park, in the context of climate change and other contemporary pressures. This is nature writing at its finest.
Théorie du paysage
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Today, designers are shifting the practice of landscape architecture towards the need for a more complex understanding of ecological science. Constructed Ecologies presents ecology as critical theory for design, and provides major ideas for design that are supported with solid and imaginative science. Margaret Grose presents wide-ranging new approaches and shows the(...)
Constructed ecologies: critical reflections on ecology with design
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Today, designers are shifting the practice of landscape architecture towards the need for a more complex understanding of ecological science. Constructed Ecologies presents ecology as critical theory for design, and provides major ideas for design that are supported with solid and imaginative science. Margaret Grose presents wide-ranging new approaches and shows the importance of learning from science for design, of going beyond assumptions, of working in multiple rather than single issues, of disrupting linear design thinking, and of dealing with data.
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Clouds: nature and culture
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Richard Hamblyn explores the notable presence of clouds in literature and the arts (including music and sculpture) while outlining their growing scientific significance in the context of climate change. The book covers the history, science and art of clouds, including the controversial history of cloud modification. All the major cloud types are discussed and illustrated,(...)
Clouds: nature and culture
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Richard Hamblyn explores the notable presence of clouds in literature and the arts (including music and sculpture) while outlining their growing scientific significance in the context of climate change. The book covers the history, science and art of clouds, including the controversial history of cloud modification. All the major cloud types are discussed and illustrated, including clouds on other planets, as well as the increasing number of man-made clouds that fill our changeable skies.
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J'ai vu une fleur sauvage
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« Le but de ces pages est de faire connaître un des domaines les plus admirables de la nature : celui des fleurs sauvages dans nos campagnes. Des splendeurs à portée de chacun, mais que l’on peut piétiner toute sa vie sans jamais se pencher pour les admirer. On passe ainsi à côté de joies, à coup sûr renouvelables chaque année. Ce plaisir intense exige un apprentissage :(...)
J'ai vu une fleur sauvage
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« Le but de ces pages est de faire connaître un des domaines les plus admirables de la nature : celui des fleurs sauvages dans nos campagnes. Des splendeurs à portée de chacun, mais que l’on peut piétiner toute sa vie sans jamais se pencher pour les admirer. On passe ainsi à côté de joies, à coup sûr renouvelables chaque année. Ce plaisir intense exige un apprentissage : savoir reconnaître ces fleurs demande un peu de patience mais se révèle gratifiant au possible, tant est grande la diversité des fleurs sauvages et leurs variations selon les moments de leur vie – et de la nôtre. Pour faciliter cette initiation, j’ai souhaité ici livrer mon rapport personnel à chacune de ces fleurs. » H. R. Ainsi, l’auteur présente avec tendresse plusieurs dizaines de fleurs observées au quotidien sous ses fenêtres et dans les bois de Malicorne, mais que nous pouvons tous croiser au cours de nos promenades : du Millepertuis perforé à l'altière Reine-des-prés, du Pissenlit Dent-de-lion (sur lequel tous les enfants ont soufflé un jour) à la délicate Véronique de Perse en passant par le Bouillon-blanc (surnommé Mars attacks à Malicorne tellement ils est partout) et la Monnaie-du-Pape (dont le nom fait référence à ses fruits plats). Pour chacune de ces fleurs aux noms évocateurs, Hubert Reeves nous dévoile une anecdote, une histoire, une sensation. Puis, à travers ses « Propos botaniques », il nous rappelle la science de la ronde des saisons, de la minutieuse pollinisation, des incroyables copies de l’ADN... Et oui ! C’est plus beau maintenant que l’on sait !
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Landscape theory in design
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Phenomenology, Materiality, Cybernetics, Palimpsest, Cyborgs, Landscape Urbanism, Typology, Semiotics, Deconstruction - the minefield of theoretical ideas that students must navigate today can be utterly confusing, and how do these theories translate to the design studio? "Landscape theory in design" introduces theoretical ideas to students without the use of jargon or an(...)
Landscape theory in design
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Phenomenology, Materiality, Cybernetics, Palimpsest, Cyborgs, Landscape Urbanism, Typology, Semiotics, Deconstruction - the minefield of theoretical ideas that students must navigate today can be utterly confusing, and how do these theories translate to the design studio? "Landscape theory in design" introduces theoretical ideas to students without the use of jargon or an assumption of extensive knowledge in other fields, and in doing so, links these ideas to the processes of design. In five thematic chapters Susan Herrington explains: the theoretic groundings of the theory of philosophy, why it matters to design, an example of the theory in a work of landscape architecture from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, debates surrounding the theory (particularly as they elaborate modern and postmodern thought) and primary readings that can be read as companions to her text. An extensive glossary of theoretical terms also adds a vital contribution to students’ comprehension of theories relevant to the design of landscapes and gardens.
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Paysages et jardins divers
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La rumeur des paysages vient jusqu’à nous; c’est le bruissement du vent dans les feuillages, le ressac des vagues sur la plage, le froissement imperceptible des nuages qui prennent forme lorsque nous les nommons, les décrivons et les imaginons. Plutôt que de chercher à dire ce qu’est un paysage, à le définir ou à en faire la théorie savante, ce livre propose d’en raconter(...)
Paysages et jardins divers
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La rumeur des paysages vient jusqu’à nous; c’est le bruissement du vent dans les feuillages, le ressac des vagues sur la plage, le froissement imperceptible des nuages qui prennent forme lorsque nous les nommons, les décrivons et les imaginons. Plutôt que de chercher à dire ce qu’est un paysage, à le définir ou à en faire la théorie savante, ce livre propose d’en raconter des histoires à partir des quelques pistes que savent nous faire découvrir les jardiniers et les paysagistes mais aussi tous ceux qui nous apprennent à mieux voir. Cette nouvelle édition comprend quatre nouveaux textes.
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City and country are generally regarded as opposites. But today’s landscape architecture explores both of them as a single system, making it possible to see the mutual dependency of these supposedly opposing developments. In view of massive changes in ecological systems, as well as increasing migration and the spread of unplanned human settlements, landscape architecture(...)
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Out there: landscape architecture in the global terrain
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City and country are generally regarded as opposites. But today’s landscape architecture explores both of them as a single system, making it possible to see the mutual dependency of these supposedly opposing developments. In view of massive changes in ecological systems, as well as increasing migration and the spread of unplanned human settlements, landscape architecture is also being confronted with global challenges. "Out there: landscape architecture in the global terrain" is a plea to redefine the discipline’s position. Innovative but complex approaches are presented in examples of specific projects from all over the world. Landscape architecture today commits itself to the spatial systems that will shape tomorrow’s society.
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Hong Kong’s border with Shenzhen is dissolving. By 2047, the border will likely not exist. Integration with the Mainland will remove distinctions created by the "One Country Two Systems" policy. The uncertainty surrounding what will happen has created anxiety relating to law, identity, freedom of speech, and voting rights. Caught in this debate is the Frontier Closed(...)
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Border ecologies: Hong Kong's mainland frontier
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Hong Kong’s border with Shenzhen is dissolving. By 2047, the border will likely not exist. Integration with the Mainland will remove distinctions created by the "One Country Two Systems" policy. The uncertainty surrounding what will happen has created anxiety relating to law, identity, freedom of speech, and voting rights. Caught in this debate is the Frontier Closed Area, a 1951 undeveloped buffer zone of estuaries, fish farms, forests, villages and military posts. In contrast, Shenzhen, has exploded into a metropolis of 15 million plus. The book explores this unique border ecology. Design strategies inserted within this ecology promote alternate forms of development. The example widens the discourse on borders to raise critical issues that impact the contemporary city.
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.
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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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