Landscape architecture essay for MARCH 26
LAA • 5235
Professor Juan Antonio Bueno
Florida International University School of Architecture
Theory of Landscape Architecture
Simon Swaffield, editor. 2002 Theory in Landscape Architecture Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvannia Press
LAA • 5235
book 2
PATRICK CONDON page 84
module 7
LAURIE OLIN page 77
PETER WALKER page 87
MARC TREIB page 89
JELLICOE & JELLICOE page 80
NAN FAIRBROTHER page 82
CATHERINE HOWETT page 108
module 7
PETER JACOBS pages 116
LAURIE OLIN
Form, Meaning, and Expression page 77
particular topics to consider
In the Introduction to Part III, John Simonds is quoted as having
written “What counts is the experience.” Do you agree?
Do forms come from forms?
Are all the forms already in nature?
Is the goal of landscape architecture to express
the relationship between nature and culture?
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JELLICOE & JELLICOE
The Landscape of Man page 80
particular topics to consider
If myth led to humanism in landscape architecture,
what is next?
If our sense of time contracted and of space expanded
in the last century, how has it changed in our century?
Is a “single great idea” possible or desirable
in landscape architecture?
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NAN FAIRBROTHER
New Lives, New Landscapes page 82
particular topics to consider
Is it possible to create beautiful, mature industrial landscapes?
Will they develop their own beauty?
Is the historic preservation movement sufficient?
If not, what is missing?
Is the environmental movement sufficient?
If not, what is missing?
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PATRICK CONDON
Cubist Space, Volumetric Space page 84
particular topics to consider
Is classical or postmodern, volumetric space valid today?
Is modern, cubist space valid today?
What is valid space today?
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PETER WALKER
Minimalist Landscape page 87
particular topics to consider
Is minimalism an appropriate expression in the landscape,
especially in the sensual landscape?
Is a landscape that is not referential or representational
appropriate in site design?
Can minimalism bridge classicism and modernism?
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MARC TREIB
Must Landscapes Mean? page 89
particular topics to consider
Is ecological design a moral imperative?
Is the Neoarchaic, Genius of the Place, Zeitgeist, Vernacular,
or Didactic landscape the appropriate approach to design?
If significance is culturally circumscribed and, ultimately,
personally determined, how do you instill meaning today?
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CATHERINE HOWETT
Systems, Signs, and Sensibilities page 108
particular topics to consider
Are the new ecology, semiotics, or environmental psychology
correct approaches to landscape design? How so?
Are species diversity, structural complexity, and indigenous
vegetation sufficient in landscape design?
Is ecology an appropriate metaphor for the design process?
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PETER JACOBS
De/Re/In[form]ing Landscpae page 116
particular topics to consider
Was ecology the pause that refreshed?
Is landscape of nature or of culture?
Have we escaped homogenization, internationalism, and
functionalism in the twentieth-first century?
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