Projective Ecologies
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (849 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1940291127 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 314 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Top Notch Read Deco Crow Certainly a worthy addition to the personal libraries of landscape architects, both professionally and academically. Students will also benefit from giving this tome a read, as Chris Reed (of Stoss L.U.) and Nina-Marie Lister (an academic who is as sharp as a knife) have cura
He is an internationally recognized figure in the fields of landscape and urbanism, most recently involved in major re-visioning strategies for downtown Dallas and its riverfront; for derelict refinery and port sites along the lakefront in Mississauga, Canada; for the city of Detroit; for major new waterfront developments in Shanghai and Green Bay; and for a vibrant new plaza at the heart of Harvard University s campus. Nina-Marie Lister is
AN AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS (ASLA) BEST BOOK OF 2014:This new collection of essays, edited by Chris Reed, ASLA, founder of Stoss Landscape Urbanism, and Nina-Marie Lister, Affil. ASLA, professor at Ryerson University, is a timely overview of contemporary thinking about ecology and design.
Researchers, theorists, social commentators, and designers have all used ecology as a broader idea or metaphor for a set of conditions and relationships with political, economic, and social implications.Projective Ecologies takes stock of the diversity ofcontemporary ecological research and theory--embracing Felix Guattari's broader definition of ecology as at once environmental, social, and existential--and speculates on potential paths forward for design practices. Where are ecological thinking and theory now? What do current trajectories of research suggest for future practice? How can advances in ecological research and modeling, in social theory, and in digital visualization inform, with greater rigor, more robust design thinking and practice?New original essays by Peter Del Tredici, Erle Ellis, Christopher Hight, Sanford Kwinter, Sean Lally, Nina-M