Representing Landscape Architecture

__Representing Landscape Architecture__ offers a broad investigation of how the designed landscape is and has been represented: for design study, for criticism and even for its realization. It has been said that we can only realize what we can imagine. But in order to realize we must convey ideas to others as well as to ourselves. Representation is by no means neutralВ and the process of communication, the process by which the imagination takes its first form, itself necessarily limits the range of our design possibilities. Computers further remove from cognitive processes and raise new questions about methods and limits. Written by a team of renowned practitioners and academics, thisВ book is the best available reference to date on the many dimensions of landscape representation. Offers A Broad Investigation Of Various Mediums Through Which The Designed Landscape Has Been Depicted, Examining It From The Limits Imposed By A Historical Perspective, And Through The Mode Of Graphic Representation Used During The Various Stages Of The Design Process And From The Perspective Of The Relationship Between The Client And The Maker Throughout Their Interactions. On The Use And Misuse Of Historical Landscape Views / Dianne Harris And David L. Hays -- Scenic Transformation And Landscape Improvement : Temporalities In The Garden Designs Of Humphry Repton / Stephen Daniels -- Color Fields / Walter Hood -- Observation And The Analytical Representation Of Space / Chip Sullivan -- From Paper To Park / Thorbjörn Andersson -- No Representation Without Representation / Randolph Thomspon Hester, Jr. -- On Plans / Marc Treib -- Skewed Realities : The Garden And The Axonometric Drawing / Dorothée Imbert -- Drawings At Work : Working Drawings, Construction Documents / Laurie Olin -- Modeling The Landscape / Peter Walker -- Modeling, Physical And Virtual / Kirt Rieder -- Photographic Landscapes : Time Stilled, Place Transposed / Marc Treib -- Set And Location : The Garden And Film / Kenneth Helphand -- From Chalk To Cad : Drawing Materials In The Work Of Alle Hosper / Noël Van Dooren. Edited By Marc Treib. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 3 Copyright......Page 4 Dedication......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Introduction......Page 19 Acknowledgments......Page 22 1 On the Use and Misuse of Historical Landscape Views......Page 23 2 Scenic Transformation and Landscape Improvement: Temporalities in the Garden Designs of Humphry Repton......Page 43 3 Color Fields......Page 57 4 Observation and the Analytical Representation of Space......Page 63 5 From Paper to Park......Page 75 6 No Representation Without Representation......Page 97 7 On Plans......Page 113 8 Skewed Realities: The Garden and the Axonometric Drawing......Page 125 9 Drawings at Work: Working Drawings, Construction Documents......Page 141 10 Modeling the Landscape......Page 161 11 Modeling, Physical and Virtual......Page 169 12 Photographic Landscapes: Time Stilled, Place Transposed......Page 189 13 Set and Location: The Garden and Film......Page 205 14 From Chalk to CAD: Drawing Materials in the Work of Alle Hosper......Page 225 Index......Page 240

Representing Landscape Architecture offers a broad investigation of how the designed landscape is and has been represented: for design study, for criticism and even for its realization.

It has been said that we can only realize what we can imagine. But in order to realize we must convey ideas to others as well as to ourselves. Representation is by no means neutral and the process of communication, the process by which the imagination takes its first form, itself necessarily limits the range of our design possibilities. Computers further remove from cognitive processes and raise new questions about methods and limits.

Written by a team of renowned practitioners and academics, this book is the best available reference to date on the many dimensions of landscape representation.

The Arts Book Cover 1 Title 3 Copyright 4 Dedication 5 Contents 6 Introduction 19 Acknowledgments 22 1 On the Use and Misuse of Historical Landscape Views 23 2 Scenic Transformation and Landscape Improvement: Temporalities in the Garden Designs of Humphry Repton 43 3 Color Fields 57 4 Observation and the Analytical Representation of Space 63 5 From Paper to Park 75 6 No Representation Without Representation 97 7 On Plans 113 8 Skewed Realities: The Garden and the Axonometric Drawing 125 9 Drawings at Work: Working Drawings, Construction Documents 141 10 Modeling the Landscape 161 11 Modeling, Physical and Virtual 169 12 Photographic Landscapes: Time Stilled, Place Transposed 189 13 Set and Location: The Garden and Film 205 14 From Chalk to CAD: Drawing Materials in the Work of Alle Hosper 225 Index 240 Written by a team of renowned practitioners and academics, this book offers a broad investigation of how the designed landscape is and has been represented: for design study, for criticism and even for its realization