Hidden landscapes: the metropolitan garden as a multi-sensory expression of place

The Metropolitan Garden' shows how small scale public spaces become important alternatives in a worldwide process of urbanisation. This book offers possibilities to experience (smaller) rest spaces on the scale of human and physical perception. The garden is the classical example in making a la...

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1. Verfasser: Wit, Saskia de 1969- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Abschlussarbeit Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam Architectura & Natura [2018]
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Zusammenfassung:The Metropolitan Garden' shows how small scale public spaces become important alternatives in a worldwide process of urbanisation. This book offers possibilities to experience (smaller) rest spaces on the scale of human and physical perception. The garden is the classical example in making a landscape expressive and can structure urban conditions at the same time. With six prototypes: The Tofuku-ji Hojo gardens in Kyoto (1938), St. Catherine's College Quadrangle in Oxford (1959), Paley Park in Manhattan (1967), de Reflection Garden, Seattle (1979), the Jardin de Crazannes Garden and Jardin des Oiseaux, along the motorway in France (1993), and the Wasserkrater garden in Bad Oeynhausen in Germany (1997)
Beschreibung:Elaborated and edited version of the PhD thesis "Hidden landscapes: the metropolitan garden and the genius loci"
Beschreibung:431 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten, Pläne 24 cm
ISBN:9789461400611