This work collects a number of essays that discuss why landscape is gaining increased attention in contemporary society, and what new possibilities might emerge from this situation. Themes such as urbanism, reclamation, infrastructure, geometry, and representation are explored in discussions ddrawn from developments not only in the United States but also in the Netherlands, France, India and Southeast Asia. The contributors to this book include Alan Balfour, Denis Cosgrove, Georges Descombes, Marc Treib, Alex Wall, and Sebastien Marot.
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实际上,布景式的景观并不成为问题,如果不是充斥了人们视野的多愁善感和逃避现实的内在结构;这里没有任何东西可以期待。在这里,景观仅仅是一个空洞的符号,一个已死的事件,一个深度美学化了的不包含意义的体验,一个没有许诺的未来。
从视觉效果出发的冲动否定了更深层次的存在、关系和创造;它掩盖了其形成和构成的因素,并且严重阻碍了设计和规划与场地之间以更具批判性的精神建立不同的文化关系。
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