Exploring the Boundaries of Landscape Architecture

Exploring the Boundaries of Landscape Architecture

by SimonBell (Editor), RichardStiles (Editor), IngridSarlovHerlin (Editor)

Synopsis

What have cultural anthropologists, historical geographers, landscape ecologists and environmental artists got in common? Along with eight other disciplines, from domains as diverse as planning and design, the arts and humanities as well as the social and natural sciences, they are all fields of importance to the theory and practice of landscape architecture.

In the context of the EU funded LE:NOTRE Project, carried out under the auspices of ECLAS, the European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools, international experts from a wide range of related fields were asked to reflect, each from their own perspective, on the interface between their discipline and landscape architecture. The resulting insights presented in this book represent an important contribution to the development the discipline of landscape architecture, as well as suggesting new ways in which future collaboration can help to create a greater interdisciplinary richness at a time when the awareness of the importance of the landscape is growing across a wide range of disciplines.

Exploring the Boundaries of Landscape Architecture is the first systematic attempt to explore the territory at the boundaries of landscape architecture. It addresses academics, professionals and students, not just from landscape architecture but also from its neighbouring discipline, all of whom will benefit from a better understanding their areas of shared interest and the chance to develop a common language with which to converse.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 344
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 18 Aug 2011

ISBN 10: 0415679842
ISBN 13: 9780415679848

Author Bio
Simon Bell OPENspace research centre, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland, and Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia Ingrid Sarloev Herlin Swedish Agricultural University, Alnarp, Sweden Richard Stiles Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria