Crossing the rocky landscape - The way of landscape discourse of Bernard Lassus

Author: (French) Michel Conan / Zhao Hongmei / Li Yueting
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: This book primarily introduces the differences between architectural design and landscape design, further exploring the characteristics of modern landscape design and creation in various cultural contexts. It provides a way of thinking, allowing us to realize the intentions behind landscape works and reveal ourselves during the stage of landscape beautification... This book is suitable for scholars and students of philosophy, art and aesthetics, landscape architecture and planning, urban and environmental design, cultural geography and environmental studies, as well as readers interested in environmental issues. It is one of the few critical studies on artistic creation based on empirical observations, a research that began with Rudolf Arnheim's famous review, "The Origin of Painting: Picasso's Guernica," in 1962. This book is also one that uses a wealth of documents and photographs marked with on-site construction progress as the research foundation for the entire landscape project design process. From a purely design perspective, this project is highly unusual, emphasizing the creation of visual rhythm in the landscape. First, the book highlights the differences between architectural design and landscape design; second, it encourages further exploration of the characteristics of modern landscape design and creation in various cultural contexts. The design of the Crazannes quarry is unique, with its purpose being to provide an artwork that speaks to different audiences without imposing an authoritarian sense of taste. It is a scenario landscape, attracting different interests from urban and rural people, and drivers cannot share the viewing pleasure with hikers. Those interested in local history, ecology, archaeology, or photography will also have different ways of appreciating it. Designers concerned with the cultural diversity of nature in the modern world may find this approach appealing. Finally, the book introduces a new landscape aesthetics. It is worth emphasizing that the relevance of this landscape project to modern China, the combination of highway construction and landscape aesthetics. Undoubtedly, the uniqueness of the design and its dialogue with the Crazannes quarry demonstrate a valuable example. This book does not aim to propose a design model; it provides a way of thinking. As you read and reflect on the creative possibilities it presents, you will come to cherish this book more. This book is aimed at readers of different types: scholars and students of philosophy, art and aesthetics, landscape architecture and planning, urban and environmental design, cultural geography and environmental studies. What is important is that those interested in environmental issues and willing to think about their meaning and dilemmas in a different way.