Transforming landscapes : Michel Desvigne paysagiste / edited by Francoise Fromonot.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Desvigne, Michel, 1958---Criticism and interpretation.

Desvigne, Michel.

Landscape architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Place of Publication:

Basel, Switzerland : Birkhauser, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Michel Desvigne is the most renowned French landscape architect in the world. Based in Paris, he has held guest professorships at such distinguished institutions as the Architectural Association in London and Harvard University. Desvigne’s projects have a strong strategic and conceptual component. Urban infrastructure projects play a major role, and emphasize the urban planning and design expertise evident in his landscape architecture. The book documents ten of Devigne’s major projects from France, the US, Spain and Qatar, in which he is responsible not only for the landscape architecture, but for coordination of the entire project. How can such highly complex projects be realized? What does the intellectual thought process look like? What specific problems arise in their realization?

Michel Desvigne ist der international profilierteste französische Landschaftsarchitekt. Ansässig in Paris, hatte er Gastprofessuren an der Architectural Association in London, an der Harvard University und anderswo inne. Desvignes Projekte haben eine starke strategische und konzeptionelle Komponente. Eine große Rolle spielen Verkehrsprojekte, die die städtebaulich-planerische Kompetenz seiner Landschaftsarchitektur unterstreichen. Das Buch dokumentiert zehn Großprojekte Desvignes aus Frankreich, den USA, Spanien und Qatar, bei denen er nicht nur für die Landschaftsarchitektur, sondern für die gesamte Projektleitung verantwortlich zeichnet. Wie lassen sich solche Projekte hoher Komplexität realisieren? Wie entwickelt sich der intellektuelle Gedankengang? Welche spezifischen Probleme stellen sich bei der Umsetzung?

Contents:

Photo essay: Paris-Saclay, the edge of the campus

Contents

Landscape design as urban design?

TIMELINE OF THE TEN PROJECTS

OLD PORT AND PUBLIC SPACES IN THE CITY CENTRE, MARSEILLE, FRANCE

The living ground

PORT-MARIANNE, MONTPELLIER, FRANCE

Time and coherence

LYON CONFLUENCE, LYON, FRANCE

BORDEAUX RIVE DROITE, BORDEAUX, FRANCE

Plants as a working material

PARIS-SACLAY CLUSTER, SACLAY PLATEAU, GRAND PARIS, FRANCE

New territories for public space

BULEVAR DEL FERROCARRIL, BURGOS, SPAIN

Representing over time

CENTRALITÉ AND CHAIN OF PARKS, EURALENS, MINING BASIN, FRANCE

DETROIT EAST RIVERFRONT, DETROIT, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES

Landscape as a reference

NOVARTIS CAMPUS, EAST HANOVER, NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES

DOHA COASTLINE, QATAR

Project credits

A territorial attitude

An idea in landscape

Michel Desvigne biography

Author biographies

Illustration credits

Photo essay: Bordeaux, Angéliques Park

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-0356-0997-7

OCLC:

1163878447