Main entry:

Mertens, Elke, author.

Title & Author:

Visualizing landscape architecture : functions, concepts, strategies / Elke Mertens ; translation from German, Michael Robinson with Alison Kirkland.

Publication:

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag AG, [2010]
©2010

Description:

191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 30 cm + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.)

Notes:
The DVD contains films described in the "Time" chapter on pages 116-119
Includes bibliographical references (page 191) and indexes.
Introduction : Conveying ideas and planning aims in plans and images -- Presentation methods in the past -- Finding ideas and forms -- Part 1. Functions. Plane -- two-dimensional presentations : possibilities and limitations -- Space -- presentation of living spaces -- Time -- the forth dimension -- Part 2. Concepts. Visual presentations over the course of the planning process -- Visual presentations for competitions -- Part 3. Strategies. Urbanization : a challenge for sustainable landscape planning -- Planning with climate change -- Scenarios as a basis for guiding and designing the growth of major cities.
Credits: Translation from German, Michael Robinson with Alison Kirkland.
Originally published in German with title: Landschaftsarchitektur visualisieren: Funktionen, Konzepte, Strategien.

Summary:

"We don't sell gardens--we sell images of gardens." This observation on the part of a landscape architect makes it clear just how important it is that a design be effectively communicated to the community, clients, and the public. Drawings, models, simulations, and films communicate the designers' proposed ideas and solutions, but they also convey their attitude toward the use of nature and the environment. With myriad possibilities, including computer programs as well as hand drawings and models, which continue to be widely used, and strong competition in the field, there is now a huge variety of visual representations, with agreed-upon rules but also a great deal of freedom

ISBN:

9783764387891 (hardcover)
3764387890 (hardcover)

Subject:

Landscape architectural drawing.
Landscape architecture Designs and plans.
Landscape architecture.
Dessin d'architecture du paysage.
Architecture du paysage Dessins et plans.
Architecture du paysage.
landscaping.
space.
public parks.
digital image processing.
communication.

Form/genre:

DVD-Video discs.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Optical disks.
DVDs.
Architectural drawings.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 265443
Call No.: BIB 196902
Status: Available