Mutation and Morphosis: Landscape As Aggregate - Couverture souple

 
9783037786185: Mutation and Morphosis: Landscape As Aggregate
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ISBN 10 : 3037786183 ISBN 13 : 9783037786185
Editeur : Lars Muller Publishers, 2019

Synopsis

Anyone viewing what we call a “landscape” from a distance will recognize that it is an artifact, a habitat created by humans as part of our built environment. Designing this realm carefully is a discipline that is taking on increasing importance today. Gu¨nter Vogt, with his practice in VOGT Landscape Architects and as a professor at ETH Zu¨rich, has developed a set of tools and a working method that incorporate all the different dimensions of the human-designed environment, from the large-scale landscape to the small-scale urban public space.

Mutation and Morphosis looks at all the many aspects involved in the collective process of designing and shaping landscapes, from planning to implementation. The model as a tool and the collection as a driving force are illustrated on the basis of an astonishing variety of topics. In theoretical discussions and the examination of detailed dossiers of facts on the ground, a trajectory is traced: from the emergence of new landscapes as a result of climate change to the migration of the wolf to Central Europe, from the impact of invasive plants to the study of geological formation processes. The panorama that unfolds gives us insights into the broad context that landscape architects must consider in their work, exemplified by the outstanding projects realized by VOGT.

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À propos de l?auteur

GUNTHER VOGT, who founded Vogt Landscape in 2000, has been Professor for Landscape Architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich since 2005 and was awarded the Prix Meret Oppenheim 2012 for his projects and surveys both in landscape architecture and urban development. THOMAS KISSLING is a Swiss architect. Since 2010 he has been research assistant at the chair of Günther Vogt at the institute for landscape architecture at the ETH Zurich.

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Anyone viewing what we call a “landscape” from a distance will recognize that it is an artifact, a habitat created by humans as part of our built environment. Designing this realm carefully is a discipline that is taking on increasing importance today. Gu¨nter Vogt, with his practice in VOGT Landscape Architects and as a professor at ETH Zu¨rich, has developed a set of tools and a working method that incorporate all the different dimensions of the human-designed environment, from the large-scale landscape to the small-scale urban public space.

Mutation and Morphosis looks at all the many aspects involved in the collective process of designing and shaping landscapes, from planning to implementation. The model as a tool and the collection as a driving force are illustrated on the basis of an astonishing variety of topics. In theoretical discussions and the examination of detailed dossiers of facts on the ground, a trajectory is traced: from the emergence of new landscapes as a result of climate change to the migration of the wolf to Central Europe, from the impact of invasive plants to the study of geological formation processes. The panorama that unfolds gives us insights into the broad context that landscape architects must consider in their work, exemplified by the outstanding projects realized by VOGT.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Lars Muller Publishers
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3037786183
ISBN 13 
9783037786185
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
700
Éditeur
Vogt Günther, Kissling Thomas
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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