Table of Contents

FOREWORD



INTRODUCTION



I. SUBJECT, METHOD, TECHNIQUE



SUBJECT

1. LANDSCAPE AS SPATIAL DESIGN

1.1 Architecture and landscape

1.2 The form of the man-made landscape

1.3 The form of the urban landscape

1.4 Composition as framework



METHOD

2. DESIGN RESEARCH AND RESEARCH BY DESIGN

2.1 Object and context



TECHNIQUE

3. THE DRAWING AS INSTRUMENT

3.1 Copying

3.2 Analytical drawing

3.3 Experimental drawing

3.4 The drawing process

3.5 Drawing technique and research technique



II. DRAWINGS



1. PLAN ANALYSIS

1.1 The basic form

1.2 The spatial form

1.3 The metaphorical structure

1.4 The form of the programme



2. TYPOLOGY

2.1 The compositional elements

2.2 The compositional scheme

2.3 The typological transformation



3. THE DESIGN EXPERIMENT

3.1 The experimental transformation of topography

3.2 The experimental transformation of the type



4. THE TRIAL DESIGN



REVIEW



A. research methods

B. drawing techniques

C. research techniques

D. methods and techniques

BIBLIOGRAPHY BY CHAPTER



INDICES



- drawing techniques

- research techniques

- landscape architectonic terms

- topography



 

About the Author

Clemens Steenbergen (Autor des Titels „Architecture and Landscape – The Design Experiment of the Great European Gardens and Landscapes") lehrt seit 1993 Landschaftsarchitektur an der TU Delft. Seine Lehr- und Forschungsschwerpunkt umfasst drei Kernthemen: das Verhältnis von Architektur und Landschaft, das Verhältnis von Stadt und Landschaft sowie die Typologie der niederländischen Landschaft. Im Zentrum stehen analytische, entwurfstheoretische, typologische und kompositorische Fragestellungen.