Desimini, Jill, author.

Cartographic grounds : projecting the landscape imaginary / Jill Desimini & Charles Waldheim.

First edition.

New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2016]
©2016

271 pages : color illustrations , color maps ; 28 cm

"Mapping has been one of the most fertile areas of exploration for architecture and landscape in the past few decades. While celebrating this shift in representation from the material and physical description toward the depiction of the unseen and often immaterial, Cartographic Grounds takes a critical view toward the current use of data mapping and visualization and calls for a return to traditional cartographic techniques to reimagine the manifestation and manipulation of the ground itself. Each of the ten chapters focuses on a single cartographic technique--sounding/ spot elevation, isobath/contour, hachure/hatch, shaded relief, land classification, figure-ground, stratigraphic column, cross-section, line symbol, conventional sign-- and illustrates it through beautiful maps and plans from notable designers and cartographers throughout history, from Leonardo da Vinci to James Corner Field Operations. Mohsen Mostafavi, dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, introduces the book, a veritable atlas of contemporary maps and techniques that is as beautiful as it is useful"-- Provided by publisher.

9781616893293 (hardback)
161689329X (hardback)

Cartography Methodology.
Landscape assessment.
Landscape design.
Landscapes.
Cartographie Méthodologie.
Paysages Évaluation.
Aménagement paysager.
Paysages.
landscapes (environments)
DESIGN / Reference.
REFERENCE / Atlases.
ARCHITECTURE / Landscape.
Karte
Kartografie
Kartografische Darstellung
Methode
Science.
Cartography Philosophy.

Waldheim, Charles, author.
Waldheim, Charles author.

Location: Library main 292855
Call No.: BIB 237399
Status: Available