Landscape as Dialogue

A New Approach to Site Analysis and Design

Cory Parker

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Routledge
30 April 2025

Landscape art & architecture; Human geography; Global warming; Civil engineering, surveying & building; Gardens (descriptions, history etc)

Landscape as Dialogue redefines the process of understanding landscapes for students and practitioners so they can create more integrated, healthy places. Traditional site analysis sees the landscape as a series of components, evaluated individually, before being put back together. This perpetuates existing social hierarchies, maintains the need for high energy inputs and trumpets iconic designs that contribute to gentrification. This book examines the process of landscape dialogue as a natural give and take with the environment, drawing on diverse and challenging writings from design, geography, philosophy and ecological sciences to probe the relationship between humans and landscape. Each chapter begins with a discussion of a theoretical approach to landscape dialogue, such as perception, information or critique, before offering a series of practical steps and representation techniques that designers can use in understanding the landscape. Detailed illustrated case studies from around the world, including Hawaii, the American Southwest, Japan, China, Mexico, Turkey and Peru, explore the book’s lessons in practice. This must-read book offers a radical alternative to conventional analytical approaches, inspiring designers to fully engage in the landscape to ultimately generate ecologically considered places.

By: Cory Parker
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
ISBN: 9780367746537
ISBN 10: 0367746530
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 30 April 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. The landscape speaks – the problem of “site” 2. Landscape information – the problem of analysis 3. Landscape perception and motion 4. Landscape immersion - Time in the landscape 5. Landscape relations – how connections structure dialogue 6. Landscape critique – critical engagement and violence 7. Landscape dissent – transgression, protest and the body 8. Landscape formation – openness to personal change Conclusion

Cory Parker is a landscape architect and geographer who teaches at the University of California, Davis.