Ecological Processes in Landscape Architecture: Everything Flows, Everything Grows argues that landscape architecture should design with change—erosion, decay, growth and succession—rather than against it.
About This Book
For much of its history, landscape design has aimed at a stable, finished image. Katarina Bajc traces a shift away from that ideal towards an acceptance of ecological dynamics such as shifting plant populations, emergence and decay, and shows how sustainability makes these processes central to the discipline.
Practice-oriented and interdisciplinary, the book combines in-depth explorations of built landscape projects with contemporary theories of environmental perception, opening up new aesthetic possibilities for landscapes that are always in motion.
Key Features
- In-depth studies of projects that design with ecological processes
- Grounded in contemporary theories of environmental perception
- Practice-oriented and interdisciplinary in approach
- Richly illustrated in colour
What You'll Discover
- Why static landscape images are giving way to dynamic ones
- How erosion, decay and growth can become design tools
- The aesthetics of landscapes that change over time
- How sustainability is reshaping landscape practice
About the Author
Katarina Bajc is a landscape architect and deputy professor for sustainable open space and urban design at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences. She is also a research associate at the Blue-Green Infrastructure Lab at HafenCity University Hamburg.
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Dimensions: 170 × 240 mm
- Pages: 264
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783035629682
- Publisher: Birkhäuser
Perfect For: Landscape architects, urban designers, ecologists and students looking for a process-led approach to design.