In Gardens (eBook)

Profiles of Contemporary European Landscape Architecture

Udo Weilacher (Autor)

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2005
183 Seiten
Birkhäuser (Verlag)
978-3-7643-7662-8 (ISBN)

Infos

The past decade has witnessed new interpretations of the great themes of traditional European garden art in profusion. Drawing on his intensive studies of some 30 influential European projects, Udo Weilacher presents a panorama of the most significant developments since the publication of his groundbreaking work Between Landscape Architecture and Land Art in 1996.

Inhalt

Introduction. Reading in gardens 13
Garden of Cosmic Speculation near Dumfries. A cosmogenic park landscape 22
Little Sparta in Stonypath. A garden as space for political experience 28
Garden of the AMU professional training centre in Holstebro. Symbolic readings 34
Interpolis Garden in Tilburg. Forest park with computer interface 38
District Parks in Bijlmermeer near Amsterdam. No flowers on board 43
Varus Battle Museum and Park in Bramsche-Kalkriese. Traces in steel 48
Black Garden in Nordhorn. Heroic death in the tulip field 54
Invalidenpark in Berlin. Reading along historic city lines 59
Garden of Memories in Duisburg. White memory on a green ground 65
Landscape Park Duisburg Nord. Climbers on “Monte Thyssino” 70
Museum Island Hombroich. Art in an artificial Arcadia 75
Park of Magic Waters in Bad Oeynhausen. Tales of the water dragon 82
District Parks in Kronsberg, Hanover. Tree island and woodland clearing 87
Place du Général Leclerc in Tours. Iceberg in a sea of lilac 92
Place de la Bourse in Lyon. Box-trees parking in Stock Exchange Square 96
Les Jardins de l’Imaginaire in Terrasson. Fragments of garden history 100
Garden of Violence in Murten. The peaceful garden Utopia 108
Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue in Rüschlikon. Empty plinths in the box parterre 114
Front Garden and Courtyard for the Basler + Partner Building in Zurich. An urban garden beyond ecological clichés 123
Oerliker Park in Zurich. A park as a promise 130
MFO Park in Zurich. Green fur on a steel skeleton 137
Garden for the Fondation Jeantet de Médicine in Geneva. A sunken hortus conclusus 142
Osservatorio geologico on the Cardada. Joints in panoramic view 147
Mountain Garden in Graz. Landscape in abstract folds 152
Jardí Botànic de Barcelona. Nature fragments in a geometrical network 158
Parc del Clot in Barcelona. A young classic with two faces 164
Tarot Garden near Garavicchio. In the garden of the fateful cards 169
Rock Garden in Chandigarh. Rebellion against Modernism 175

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.5.2005
• Illustrationen: Udo Weilacher, Rita Weilacher
• Verlagsort: Basel/Berlin/Boston
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Schlagworte: Gärten • Landschaftsarchitektur • Parks
• ISBN-10: 3-7643-7662-7 / 3764376627
• ISBN-13: 978-3-7643-7662-8 / 9783764376628