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Informationen zum Autor NIALL KIRKWOOD, ASLA, is Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Professor of Landscape Architecture and Technology at the Harvard Design School. Klappentext Weatering and Durability in Landscape Architecture provides authoritative guidelines to weathering, durability, and physical changes in the designed landscape over time.* Provides innovative weathering strategies illustrated with case studies.* Includes information on completed landscapes with data and commentary on maintenance and durability.* Provides the personal weathering and durability strategies of leading experts. Zusammenfassung Weathering and durability have significant impacts on any built environment, and in the case of landscape architecture, these issues can be particularly important as wear and tear, weather patterns, poor design, and neglected maintenance schedules can all result in a deteriorated landscape. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface vii Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii Part One Design for Weathering and Durability 1 Chapter 1 Time and the Built Landscape 3 Chapter 2 Aspects of Permanence 25 Chapter 3 Design Approaches 41 Part Two Landscape Architectural Design Case Studies 59 Chapter 4 Case Studies 61 Case Study A Expiration Date 64 Vintondale Colliery Park Reclamation, Vintondale, Pennsylvania Julie Bargmann Case Study B Constructing Memory 80 A Memorial to Rosie the Riveter, Richmond, California yl Barton Case Study C The Persistence of Spatial Structure 96 Mid-America All-Indian Center, Wichita, Kansas Edward L. Blake, Jr. Case Study D The Readjusted Scales of Duration 112 A Private Summer Retreat, Western Maine Michael Blier Case Study E Working Materials 133 Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial, Indianapolis, Indiana Eric Fulford and Ann Reed Case Study F Dimensions of Process and Change 154 Crissy Field: A Tidal Marsh Restoration, San Francisco, California Mary Margaret Jones Case Study G Aesthetics of Cultural Weathering 174 Moyland Elementary School Playground, Hartford, Connecticut; Courtyard and Meditation Labyrinth, Chester, Connecticut Mikyoung Kim Case Study H Urban Legacies 192 Cook + Phillip Park, Sydney, Australia Elizabeth Mossop Case Study I Evolving Economies 211 Casa Cabo, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico Margie Ruddick Case Study J Maturing Practices 226 Advantica Plaza and Park, Spartanburg, South Carolina Peter Lindsay Schaudt Case Study K Perpetual Material 243 Aluminum Garden, New York, New York Ken Smith Case Study L Compressed 260 "Compressed": A Temporary Landscape Installation, Cazenovia, New York H. Keith Wagner Part Three Afterword 277 Chapter 5 Achievements and Challenges 279 Bibliography and Further Reading 287 Index 291 ...
