Basic theoretical texts for landscape architects.

For decades, landscape architecture was driven solely by artistic sensibilities. But in these times of global change, the opportunity to reshape the world comes

Phenomenology, Materiality, Cybernetics, Palimpsest, Cyborgs, Landscape Urbanism, Typology, Semiotics, Deconstruction - the minefield of theoretical ideas that

This condition of adaption and evolution is called emergence.

This book is about materials. The fundamental properties and technical aspects are reviewed within a context of a material’s history, the theories of its mean