Form and Fabric in Landscape Architecture: A Visual Introduction

by Dee; Catherine

• ISBN13: 9780415246378
• ISBN10: 0415246377
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-11-09
• Publisher: Taylor & Franci

Summary

Using a highly illustrated analysis, the book identifies a structure for understanding landscapes, their use and perception, and for guiding the design activity which is such a fundamental part of the discipline. Landscape architecture is a visual subject and the book is illustrated with the author's own drawings; explanatory text will accompanies the illustrations and there is a full introduction to the book and each section.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(1)
About this book	1	(1)
Using this book	2	(3)
Landscape fabric	5	(27)
Contexts for the design of landscapes	6	(7)
Global landscape	7	(1)
Landscape processes and systems	8	(1)
Landscapes and people	9	(1)
Regional landscapes	10	(1)
Towns and cities	11	(1)
City districts	11	(1)
Urban greenspace and communications	12	(1)
Models of design and qualities of place	13	(8)
Responsiveness	14	(1)
Originality	14	(1)
Recycling versus tobula rasa	15	(1)
Robustness and inclusiveness	16	(1)
Mystery, legibility, complexity and coherence	17	(1)
Unity with diversity	18	(1)
Prospect and refuge theory	19	(1)
Wholeness and integration	20	(1)
The integrated design of places	21	(11)
Integrated design - an example	22	(4)
Integration of spaces and paths	26	(2)
Integration of spaces, paths, edges, thresholds and foci	28	(2)
Integration of topography, vegetation, structures and water	30	(2)
Spaces	32	(49)
Definitions	33	(1)
Ground, `wall' and `sky' planes	34	(1)
Design planes and landscape elements	35	(1)
People's use and experience of spaces	36	(1)
Form of spaces	37	(1)
Interpretation of existing site forms	38	(1)
Geometry	38	(1)
Metaphor	39	(1)
Symbolism	39	(1)
Abstraction and use of natural forms	40	(1)
Archetypes	41	(1)
Vernacular	41	(1)
Historic paradigms	41	(1)
Space enclosure	42	(1)
Degrees and permeability of enclosure	42	(1)
Enclosure and character of spaces	43	(1)
Enclosure and microclimate	44	(1)
Spaces and edges	45	(1)
Scale of spaces	46	(1)
Human scale	47	(1)
Scale and context	47	(1)
Vastness to intimacy	48	(1)
Proportion of spaces	49	(1)
Satisfying proportions	49	(1)
Over-vertical and under-vertical enclosure	50	(1)
Space relationships	51	(1)
Sequence of spaces	51	(1)
Topographic space relationships	51	(1)
Contrast and similarity of spaces	52	(1)
Space relationships - an example	53	(1)
Topographic spaces	54	(8)
Topographic design	54	(1)
Flatness and degrees of intervention	55	(1)
Cut and fill	56	(1)
Bowls and hollows	57	(1)
Mounds and mounts	58	(1)
Plateaus	59	(1)
Terraces	60	(1)
Subterranean spaces	61	(1)
Vegetation spaces	62	(7)
Ecological and environmental roles of vegetation	63	(1)
Glades	64	(1)
Forest space and the formalised forest	65	(1)
Parkland	66	(1)
Hedged and herb enclosures	67	(1)
Vegetated carpets	68	(1)
Leaf ceilings	68	(1)
Built spaces	69	(7)
Public squares	70	(1)
Courtyards	71	(1)
Walls and walled gardens	72	(1)
Permeable enclosing structures	73	(1)
Canopies	74	(1)
Floors	75	(1)
Water spaces	76	(5)
Lakes and waterscapes	77	(1)
Pools and ponds	78	(1)
Water walls and moving water	79	(1)
Moats - water as enclosing element	80	(1)
Paths	81	(34)
Definitions	82	(1)
People's use and experience of paths	83	(1)
Movement - kinetic experience of landscape	83	(1)
Different users, uses and modes of transport	84	(1)
Official and unofficial paths	84	(1)
Sequence and incident	85	(1)
Arriving and leaving	85	(1)
Ecological corridors	86	(1)
Path systems and hierarchies	87	(1)
Networks, nodes and foci	87	(1)
Paths, spaces and edges	88	(1)
Paths as spaces	89	(1)
Form	90	(1)
Form generators	90	(1)
Axis and meander	91	(1)
Degrees of enclosure	92	(1)
Topographic paths	93	(6)
Degrees of intervention	93	(1)
Ledge paths	94	(1)
Cuttings	95	(1)
Ridge paths	96	(1)
Spiral and zig-zag paths	97	(1)
Stepped paths, staircases and ramps	98	(1)
Vegetation paths	99	(6)
Avenues	100	(1)
Forest paths	101	(1)
Green tunnels	102	(1)
Hedged walks	103	(1)
Grass, vegetated floors and meadow paths	104	(1)
Built paths	105	(6)
Streets	106	(1)
`Backs'	107	(1)
Path floors	108	(1)
Raised walks	109	(1)
Covered walks	110	(1)
Water paths	111	(4)
The design of paths adjacent to water	112	(1)
Rivers and canals in urban environments	113	(1)
Designed linear waterbodies	114	(1)
Edges	115	(29)
Definitions	116	(1)
People's use and experience of edges	117	(1)
Edges as social places	118	(1)
Architecture-landscape interface	119	(1)
Public, private and semi-private interfaces	120	(1)
Ecotones	121	(1)
Edge meanings	122	(1)
Horizons	122	(1)
Edges and spaces, paths, thresholds and foci	123	(1)
Forms	124	(1)
Rugged and smooth edges and their juxtaposition	124	(1)
Interlock	125	(1)
Barriers - intentional and unintentional	125	(1)
Gradients	126	(1)
Rhythm, sequence, repetition	126	(1)
Edge sub-spaces - niches	127	(1)
Topographic edges	128	(4)
Spurred edges	129	(1)
Stacked edges	129	(1)
Banks	130	(1)
Ridges	130	(1)
Ditches	130	(1)
Steps as edges	131	(1)
Cliffs and chasms	131	(1)
Vegetation edges	132	(4)
`Soft' and `colonising' edges	133	(1)
Forest edge	134	(1)
Avenue as place to be	134	(1)
Hedges and shrubby edges	135	(1)
Meadowed edges	135	(1)
Built edges	136	(3)
Building-landscape interface	137	(1)
Colonnades and columns	137	(1)
Walls - buttressed and indented	138	(1)
Permeable structures	138	(1)
Water's edge	139	(5)
Beaches	140	(1)
Platforms, boardwalks and piers	141	(1)
Promenades	142	(1)
Wetlands and marginal water places	143	(1)
Foci	144	(25)
Definitions	145	(1)
People's use and experience of foci	146	(1)
Foci, destination places and paths	147	(1)
Places to gather	148	(1)
Foci and spaces	149	(1)
Focal spaces	149	(1)
Foci and edges	149	(1)
Public sculpture	150	(1)
Buildings as foci	150	(1)
Landmarks for orientation	150	(1)
Scale of foci	151	(1)
Hidden foci	151	(1)
Contrast	152	(1)
Verticality of form	152	(1)
Centrality and isolation of form	153	(1)
Singularity of form	153	(1)
Topographic foci	154	(4)
Mounts, tors and mountains	155	(1)
Bowls and craters	156	(1)
Points and spurs	157	(1)
Vegetation foci	158	(3)
Single trees	159	(1)
Group of trees	159	(1)
Topiary forms	160	(1)
Built foci	161	(5)
Buildings	162	(1)
Follies, theatrical structures and remnants	163	(1)
Rocks and standing stones	164	(1)
Sculpture	165	(1)
Water foci	166	(3)
Fountains	167	(1)
Waterfalls	168	(1)
Springs, fonts and wells	168	(1)
Thresholds	169	(19)
Definitions	170	(1)
People's use and experience of thresholds	171	(1)
Entry spaces - outdoor anterooms	172	(1)
Gateways	172	(1)
Building entrance places	173	(1)
Places of arrival, setting out and rest	173	(1)
`In between	174	(1)
`Unofficial' places	174	(1)
A small space linking larger spaces across an edge	174	(1)
Windows and frames	175	(1)
Places between earth and sky	175	(1)
Topographic thresholds	176	(3)
Topographic gateways	177	(1)
Landings and staircases	178	(1)
Hollows	178	(1)
Vegetation thresholds	179	(3)
Green threshold `rooms'	180	(1)
Green gateways	180	(1)
Windows and frames	181	(1)
Tree canopies	181	(1)
Built thresholds	182	(3)
Built gateways	183	(1)
Built outdoor `rooms'	183	(1)
Pavement	183	(1)
Terraces	184	(1)
Water thresholds	185	(3)
Inlets and harbours	186	(1)
Decks and platforms	186	(1)
Water in rest and entrance places	187	(1)
Detail	188	(23)
Definitions	189	(1)
People's use and experience of landscape detail	190	(1)
Detailed design and the senses	191	(1)
Surface texture, pattern, colour and light	192	(1)
Pattern	192	(1)
Texture	193	(1)
Colour	194	(1)
Light	195	(1)
Furniture	196	(1)
Seating	196	(1)
Earth and rock detail	197	(3)
Sight	198	(1)
Touch	199	(1)
Sound	199	(1)
Smell	199	(1)
Vegetation detail	200	(4)
Change and time	201	(1)
Sight	201	(1)
Touch	202	(1)
Sound	202	(1)
Smell	203	(1)
Taste	203	(1)
Built detail	204	(3)
Sight	205	(1)
Touch	206	(1)
Sound	206	(1)
Smell	206	(1)
Water detail	207	(4)
Sight	208	(1)
Sound	208	(1)
Touch	209	(1)
Taste and smell	210	(1)
Bibliography	211	(1)
Further reading	211	(1)
Sources for illustrations	212