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Landscape Architecture: Site / Non-Site
by Michael Spens (Editor) · Vol. 77, No. 2 · 2007 · Wiley
Architectural Design (AD) Special Issue Landscape & Site Design Landscape Architecture & Urbanism Intermediate
An Architectural Design special issue examining contemporary landscape architecture and the changing relationship between designed landscapes, sites, architecture, and broader environmental systems.
Title: Landscape Architecture: Site / Non-Site
Subtitle: —
Author / Editor: Michael Spens (Editor)
Type: Architectural Design (AD) Special Issue / Architectural Journal
Edition: Vol. 77, No. 2
Year: 2007
Publisher: Wiley / Architectural Design
ISBN: 978-0-470-06585-9
Slug: landscape-architecture-site-non-site
Summary
The issue explores how landscape architecture operates across physical sites and wider territorial, ecological, and urban contexts. It considers contemporary landscape strategies, the relationship between architecture and landscape, and approaches that move beyond conventional site boundaries.
Key takeaways
- 1.Landscape architecture can operate beyond the boundaries of an individual site.
- 2.Contemporary landscape design increasingly connects architecture with larger ecological systems.
- 3.Urban landscapes can function as infrastructure as well as public space.
- 4.Site-specific design should consider wider environmental and territorial relationships.
- 5.Landscape strategies can reshape relationships between built and natural environments.
- 6.Architecture and landscape can be developed as integrated design disciplines.
- 7.Ecological processes can become active components of landscape design.
- 8.Contemporary landscape practice challenges traditional definitions of site and context.
CreaCore Insight
The site/non-site relationship encourages architects and landscape designers to think beyond property boundaries and understand projects as part of larger ecological, urban, and territorial systems.
Practical application
Useful for landscape-architecture research, site analysis, urban landscape design, ecological planning, public-space projects, landscape urbanism, and integrating landscape strategies into architectural design.
Good to know
Who it's for: Architecture Students, Architects, Conservation Professionals, Architectural Designers, Building Professionals
ISBN: 978-0-470-06585-9
Topics
Landscape Architecture Urban Projects Public Space