Modern landscape / Michael Spens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spens, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscape architecture.

Landscape design.

Landscape gardening.

Physical Description:

239 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Phaidon Press, 2003.

Summary:

Modern Landscape is a truly innovative volume providing an in-depth analysis of contemporary landscape architecture. Over the last decade, the urban and rural architectural invention of the twentieth century has been augmented by a twenty-first century concern for the impact of ecological and climatic change upon the natural environment. This has begun to effect a radical re-ordering of landscape design priorities. Landscape designers have historically collaborated with architects and engineers but it is the complementary role of land and installation artists and sculptors that especially characterizes contemporary project work. Modern Landscape showcases recent schemes by, among others, Bernard Lassus, Lawrence Halprin, George Hargreaves Associates, Itsuko Hasegawa, Martha Schwartz, Colvin & Moggridge, Peter Latz & Partners, as well as by younger recognized designers such as Danadjieva & Koenig Associates, Mikyoung Kim, Gross Max, Jacqueline Osty, Bet Figueras and Toru Mitani. The remit of the book extends to include examples of how the new environmental thinking differentiates practice in the twenty-first century, illustrating this with examples of works by such eminent architects as Daniel Libeskind (with Lutzow 7), Juhani Pallasmaa, Hans Hollein, Enric Miralles, Chris Wilkinson and Glenn Murcutt.

Michael Spens' introductory section looks at historical and modernist precedents and his research shows that the sources of contemporary inspiration are often drawn from a more historic documentation of man's interaction with the environment through paintings, drawings, major landscape designs and the natural world. He has also defined four key categories of landscape design and divided this book into corresponding sections -- Parkland, Architecture as Landscape, Garden Landscapes and Urban Inventions. Within each section the illustrated case studies of projects such as the Barcelona Botanic Gardens, the ETA Hoffman garden at the Jewish Museum, Berlin and Sydney's Olympic Park, all completed in the last decade, expand the discussion of landscape criteria across a diverse range of planning and design issues.

Contents:

Parkland 22

Castletown Cox, County Kilkenny, Ireland, 2001 / Colvin & Moggridge 24

Parc St Pierre, Amiens, France, 1996 / Jacqueline Osty 30

Emscher Park, Duisburg-Nord, Germany, 1993-2001 / Peter Latz & Partners 38

Yokohama Portside Park, Yokohama, Japan, 1999 / Hiroki Hasegawa 46

Fontsanta Park, Barcelona, Spain, 2001 / Manuel Ruisanchez 52

West Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, Seattle, USA, 1999 / Danadjieva & Koenig Associates 58

Yuma East Wetlands, Colorado River, USA, 2002 / Fred Phillips 64

Barcelona Botanic Gardens, Barcelona, Spain, 2000 / Bet Figueras 70

Architecture as Landscape 76

Imperial War Museum North, Salford, Manchester, UK, 2002 / Studio Libeskind 80

Igualada Cemetery, Catalonia, Spain, 1991 / Enric Miralles, Carme Pinos 86

Vulcanology Museum, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2002 / Hans Hollein 92

Weald & Downland Museum Workshop, West Sussex, UK, 2002 / Edward Cullinan Architects 98

Osaka City University Media Centre, Osaka, Japan, 2002 / Makoto Noborisaka, David Buck 104

European Film College, Ebeltoft, Denmark, 1992 / Heikkinen & Komonen Architects with Jeppe Aagaard Andersen 110

Niigata Performing Arts Cultural Centre, Niigata, Japan, 1993-8 / Itsuko Hasegawa 116

Arthur & Yvonne Boyd Education Centre, Riversdale, West Cambewarra, NSW, Australia, 1999 / Glenn Murcutt, Wendy Lewin, Reg Lark 122

Garden Landscapes 128

Esso Headquarters, Reuil-Malmaison, France, 1992 / Kathryn Gustaffson 132

Garden Of Fine Art, Kyoto, Japan, 1994 / Tadao Ando 138

Jewish Museum, Berlin, Germany, 1997-2001 / Studio Libeskind with Lutzow 7 144

Garden For Novartis Pharma KK, Ibaraki, Japan, 1993 / Toru Mitani 150

Kitagata Garden City, Gifu, Japan, 2000 / Martha Schwartz 156

Borneo Sporenburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1998-2001 / West 8 162

Autoroute Rest Area, Nimes-Caissargues, France, 1990 / Bernard Lassus 168

Urban Interventions 174

The Upper Square, Olomouc, Czech Republic, 2000 / Petr Hajek, Jaroslav Hlasek, Jan Sepka 180

Aleksanderinkatu, Helsinki, Finland, 1993 / Juhani Pallasmaa 186

Whiteinch Cross, Glasgow, UK, 1999 / Gross Max 192

Congressional Medal Of Honor Memorial, Indianapolis, USA, 1999 / Ninebark 198

Moylan School Playground, Hartford, Connecticut, USA, 1997 / Mikyoung Kim 204

Promenade Plantee, Viaduc des Arts, Paris, France, 1988-96 / Jacques Vergely, Philippe Mathieux, Patrick Berger 210

Haas Promenade, Jerusalem, Israel, 2000 / Lawrence Halprin, Shlomo Aronson 216

Public Spaces at the Olympic Park, Homebush, Sydney, Australia, 2000 / George Hargreaves Associates 222

Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Gateshead, UK, 1999 / Wilkinson Eyre 228.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-235) and index.

ISBN:

0714841552

OCLC:

51837685