Landscape Architecture: Landscape Architecture: - School of ...

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Bernard Lassus, The Garden of Seasons, Colas Corporation, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 2002 The garden on the lower terrace of Riboulet’s building as seen from the Exhibition Hall at the Colas Corporation. accessible only for security purposes – extends in front of the chairman’s office on the seventh floor and, just above the office, the second terrace in front of the board’s meeting room provides space for board members to relax and gaze at the main terrace below. Given this vantage point, Lassus decided to pursue his exploration of garden abstraction, and proposed turning the main terrace into an abstracted baroque garden theatre (the Théâtre de Verdure), the sole performer being a picturesque garden grotto sheltering a minimalist fountain – all made from perforated metallic slabs. The allusion to Versailles with its bosquets and the grotto of Apollo, a few miles away from the building, is transparent and intriguing. Yet this garden theatre points beyond Modernism. Its artificial grotto engages in a dialogue with Noguchi’s stone sculptures, and its fountain of neon tubes interacts with Dan Flavin’s installations. These aesthetic exchanges raise questions about change and continuity in French gardens, materials and technologies, arts and patronage. Members of the board will discover this garden from the upper terrace beyond the abstract foreground of a colorful orchard and flowery meadow, which contrary to the main theatrical garden terrace will be open to seasonal changes at the CEO’s request. To enhance the conceptual contrast between the fixity of time on the lower terrace and the passing of time on its upper counterpart, Lassus has introduced a very strong visual contrast between the two spaces. On the lower terrace the hedges, topiary trees, and even the rocks of the fountain appear flattened, as if at a great distance from the viewer, while on the upper terrace the highly tactile presence of trees, fruits and flowers underscores their proximity. Such a vivid experience of aerial perspective stimulates board members to philosophise about change through time, tradition versus modernity, and art versus nature. 4 Note 1. For a more detailed presentation of this project, see Michel Conan, ‘The Garden of Seasons by Bernard Lassus: Coming to terms with a de-centered world’, in Contemporary Garden Aesthetics, Creations and Interpretations, Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture XXIX, Dumbarton Oaks & Harvard University, Washington DC, in press. Text © 2007 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Images: pp 60-4 © Bernard Lassus; p 65 © Michel Conan 65
Deep Explorations into Site/Non-Site The Work of Gustafson Porter Light and water are generally regarded as the signature elements of Kathryn Gustafson’s work. Michael Spens highlights here how in recent projects with London-based partner Neil Porter, Gustafson has also developed a particular sensitivity to the specifics of site and context. This has led to strong narrative interpretations that are most apparent in the use of memory and history in their two projects for Beirut and their evocation of natural ecosystems in the Gardens by the Bay for Singapore. 66
Page 1 and 2:
4 Landscape Architecture: Site/Non-
Page 3 and 4:
4Architectural Design Forthcoming T
Page 5 and 6:
ISBN-13 9780470034798 ISBN-10 04700
Page 7 and 8:
Alison and Peter Smithson, Upper La
Page 9 and 10:
Introduction Site/Non-Site Extendin
Page 11 and 12:
The most dramatic case of the expan
Page 13 and 14:
Dixon and Jones Architects, Exhibit
Page 16 and 17:
From Mound to Sponge How Peter Cook
Page 18: The Oslo Patch investigates a new w
Page 21 and 22: The Frenzy of Theorising In our tim
Page 23 and 24: Giovanni Bellini, The Madonna of th
Page 25 and 26: landscape architects, not only one
Page 27 and 28: Recombinant Landscapes in the Ameri
Page 29 and 30: West 8 and du Toit Allsopp Hillier
Page 31 and 32: Cooper, Robertson & Partners, Coast
Page 33 and 34: Cooper Carry, Mizner Park, Boca Rat
Page 35 and 36: Brian McGrath and Victoria Marshall
Page 37 and 38: forest in terms of human carbon pro
Page 39 and 40: Urban American Landscape
Page 41 and 42: Patricia Johanson, Fair Park Lagoon
Page 43 and 44: flights up extending for 22 city bl
Page 45 and 46: City, a new mixed-used neighbourhoo
Page 47 and 48: Ken Smith, Mary Miss, Enrique Norte
Page 49 and 50: 46
Page 51 and 52: Toronto Waterfront Revitalisation S
Page 53 and 54: Running the entire length of the sc
Page 55 and 56: Operationalising Patch Dynamics Vic
Page 57 and 58: TILL, Monroe Center for the Arts Wa
Page 59 and 60: 56
Page 61 and 62: urban-interface, Megalopolis Now, B
Page 63 and 64: Recent Works by Bernard Lassus At t
Page 65 and 66: Bernard Lassus, motorway landscapes
Page 67: View of the upper terrace of the ol
Page 71 and 72: Aerial photo of the site showing th
Page 73 and 74: Gustafson Porter, Hadiqat As-Samah
Page 75 and 76: Gustafson Porter, Shoreline Walk, B
Page 77 and 78: Gustafson Porter, Gardens by the Ba
Page 79 and 80: ‘Activating Nature’ The Magic R
Page 81 and 82: Collage of the Garden for a Plant C
Page 83 and 84: Zaha Hadid Architects and Gross.Max
Page 85 and 86: Mosbach Paysagistes, Le Jardin Bota
Page 87 and 88: Mosbach Paysagistes, Le Jardin Bota
Page 89 and 90: West 8, Luxury Village, Moscow, Rus
Page 91 and 92: Landscapes of the Second Nature Emp
Page 93 and 94: The recent work of Beigel and Chris
Page 95 and 96: Structures on the new harbour ramp.
Page 97 and 98: Architecture Research Unit, Paju Bo
Page 99 and 100: ARU design model of Paju landscape
Page 101 and 102: City in Suspension New Orleans and
Page 103 and 104: the start, settlers had to construc
Page 106 and 107: in order for water to pour into the
Page 108 and 109: An empty lot on high ground. View o
Page 110 and 111: In August 2005, 80 per cent of New
Page 112 and 113: Is There a Digital Future Landscape
Page 114 and 115: not therefore about averting disast
Page 116 and 117: C O N T E N T S 4+ 114+ Interior Ey
Page 118 and 119:
The shop floor of the department st
Page 120:
Render of the three types of screen
Page 123 and 124:
Building Profile Louise T Blouin In
Page 125 and 126:
1 Entrance lobby void 2 North stair
Page 127 and 128:
7 6 7 5 4 1 2 3 1 Exhibition space
Page 129 and 130:
Practice Profile The Tailored Home
Page 131 and 132:
Front and back elevations. Bungalow
Page 133 and 134:
Entry detail. 130+
Page 135 and 136:
Loft area. Split-Level to Loft, sou
Page 137 and 138:
Home Run Dosson in Casier, Italy Va
Page 139 and 140:
The subsidised residential housing
Page 141 and 142:
In the complex next to the countrys
Page 143 and 144:
McLean’s Nuggets Learning from th
Page 145 and 146:
Site Lines Night Pilgrimage Chapel
Page 147:
4 Architectural Design Landscape Ar
show all

Landscape Architecture: Landscape Architecture: - School of ...

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?