Restoring Landscapes
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Department of Landscape Architecture
Table of Contents Introduction Abstract..............................03 Reading #1....................... 05 Reaction Summary............06 Word #1.............................08 Word #2.............................10 Reading #2...................... 13 Reaction Summary............14 Word #3.............................16 Word #4.............................18 Reading #3....................... 21 Reaction Summary............22 Word #5.............................24 Word #6.............................26 Lecture #1....................... 29 Reaction............................. 30 Word #7.............................32 Word #8.............................34 Lecture #2....................... 37 Reaction............................. 38 Word #9............................ 40 Word #10...........................42 Wandering #1................. 45 Reaction............................. 46 Images................................ 47 Wandering #2................. 49 Reaction............................. 50 Images................................ 51 Closing Statement......... 54
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The Necessity for Ruins Response to Reading Generated Writing
J.B. Jackson Published in 1980 University of Massachusetts Press
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Preserving historical sites have become something that is highly desired, yet we have abandoned the need to restore it in a strategic form, that benefits the ecosystem. Landscape architects are in the need to use their imagination to empower historical sites that allow landscapes regeneration. Time is full of surprises and the way the land is manipulated in its existing conditions and empower the spacial conditions. Designing landscapes that adapt to the existing conditions while interpreting the historical aspects that the core of the land once had, and manipulating it in a sense that allows users to become aware of the historical value of the site. Maintaining a balance in the reconstruction of the site while also allowing for a make believe setting that is reasonable, and adaptable to the conditions by which the land stands upon. Cautiously remaking a scene that once existed while maintaining a respect for its past utilization. Allowing users to perceive a piece of history, while also using a modern design approach to embrace the natural, historical surroundings embedded in the core of the site. Pausing visitors 06
to truly embrace the space and provide a hint of historical value. Truly recreating a site, while allowing users to truly understand its value and admiring the qualities that the past has provided, and allowing future improvements to the ecology.
Allowing users to perceive a sense of change that is embedded with a historical connection. Recognizing a historical value while also allowing for the respect and enjoyment of the space. Remembering the best materials used in a site and allowing, creating an ethical connection within the necessity of ruins. There is a modernist design approach that allows for a restoration purposes, while respecting past materials and building upon them, hence providing a hint of historical value. A well designed use of space will last a lifetime, yet a building could deteriorate and need the support to empower its significance.
Designers have found a way to celebrate and honor historical sites, while also allowing visitors to pause and truly encompass the virtue the space has provided. The reconstruction of the site becomes the reenactment and the process by which landscapes complete their existence as a sequence, that could become adjusted within time. Learning on how the past becomes part of the daily life of visitors and reconnecting its historical value. Landscapes that imitate the natural existing form allow a harmonic emphasize and the acceptance of urbanization.
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Encase (Verb) ---to enclose in or as in a case. (www.thefreedictionary.com)
There is a need to keep things enclosed for safety reasons. When a landscape is valuable the need to emphasize a enclosed design becomes a necessity. An enclosed landscape allows the user to become aware of the value and its historical value. If a landscape is not taken care of visitors could over-visit and destroy the landscape. There is a need to set the boundaries and protect its surroundings. There is an argument that the natural backdrop diminishes by doing a design like this. The reality is that it becomes necessary 08
and there are design methods that could prevent the natural backdrop from diminishing. Encasing the landforms surroundings and wrapping it together to complement the design can beautify the landscape and protect it in the process.
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Uplifting (verb) ---an act of lifting up or raising; elevation. (www.dictionary.com)
Landscapes could become uplifted with a positive design that allows a revitalization design. Implementing positive and strategic design methods could revive a space that has been forgotten or destructed due to weathering deterioration, or climate change. There becomes a process in design that further investigates the livability of plant material. Allowing spontaneous vegetation to become mixed with natives and exotic plant material will provide a vital design. Adapting to the natural conditions and 10
implementing plant material that supports the natural ecological conditions.
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Spontaneous Urban Vegetation Response to Reading Generated Writing
Peter Del Tredici Published in 2010 Berghahn 13
Preserving historical landscapes with spontaneous planting material while implementing a historical value. A landscape has become sustainable and also resemble the current site conditions. The existing conditions have to be well thought out, existing land material-soil-water-air direction etc. As landscape architects there is a need to value and enhance the natural existing plant material from the past to flourish and help the ecosystem while doing so. With that being said, there is a need to become aware of the existing site conditions, yet the site could take advantage of the introduction of new plant material, that could provide new ecological and social value with the introduction of new plant species. Mixing up existing plant material with spontaneous vegetation could become functional and allows a mastering perspective that becomes manageable, and beautify land use. As technology advances the use of GIS, allows further investigation of the landforms and its context. The information gathered to allow for the need of spontaneous vegetation 14
vegetation allows historical preservation to become of a greater outcome. Landscapes are constantly becoming the process that becomes the mosaic perspective to shift. Plant material becomes the cope of the forgotten spatial space. There is a need to understand that climate has shifted and the past planting material may not benefit the land in the way that it did years ago. Designers can allow for a modernistic approach and build upon the existing space and make it ecologically friendly. It is important to note that as technological transportation has shifted, so has the adaptation of vegetation. Designs have to take this into account and choose the most appropriate material for the urban vegetation and also thing about weather conditions. Increased population changes the plant material due to the density of buildings, roads, cars etc. In most cases 3째 warmer, thus shifting the adaptation of plant vegetation disturbing spontaneous vegetation. As cities become denser it creates a disturbance in the historical native species. Cities are becoming highly dense, resulting
in the disturbance of native species, thus resulting in the decline of their existence. Due to the existing conditions in the city, native plants do not tend to thrive due to the density of population and the improper growing conditions. Due to the disruption done with construction and our population increase, we have disrupted the natural habitat. Urban spontaneous vegetation has begun and it is only helping our landscapes, thus we should use it in a strategic manner to provide an ecosystem that can take advantage of the site. Due to the disruption done in the building and our population increase, we have disrupted natural habitat. Opportunities may arise if; spontaneous
vegetation, given adequate time to develop into “wild urban woodlands,â€? can make important contributions to the ecological and social fabric of cities and their surrounding regions. (KĂśrner 2005;Pink 2009.) Urban spontaneous vegetation has begun and it is only helping our landscapes, thus we should use it in a strategic manner to provide an ecosystem that we take advantage of. The way we manipulate our landscapes involves changing our thoughts of native plants and emphasizing in spontaneous vegetation and allowing beneficial factors towards our landscapes preservations.
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growth
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Population is rising and landscape is becoming critical. The constant need to build housing has decreased our open space, resulting in a crucial reduction in the habitat for wildlife. Historical landscape could become impacted if there is no protection. There is a need for historical landscapes to risen and allow a more grandiose impact in our community. Designers are aware of the situation, yet it becomes the developers that are also aware, yet they choose not to notice the circumstances. There needs to be a mentality 16
change since many landscapes could become affected.
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Vernacular (noun) ---a landscape that evolved through use by the people whose activities or occupancy shaped it. Through social or cultural attitudes of an individual, a family, or a community, the landscape reflects the physical, biological, and cultural character of everyday lives. Function plays a significant role in vernacular landscapes. This can be a farm complex or a district of historic farmsteads along a river valley. Examples include rural historic districts and agricultural landscapes. (www.nps.gov)
Historical landscapes have become what they are today due to the users that protect them, and emphasized its importance. Architecture becomes nothing if it does not have Landscape near its surroundings. The Landscape becomes the shadow that is embedded in the soul of the land and psychologically it plays a big role in the way we live and treat our 3rd places. Historical landscaped have a role to frame the way we perceive a landscape and it allows frameviews that allow the buildings to become less of a solid and 18
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FLO AND THE DIALECTICAL LANDSCAPE Response to Reading Generated Writing
Praeger Published in 1973 University of California Press 21
Frederick Law Olmsted was able to visualize a more grandiose picture that could embed a new design that would compliment the historical aspect of the site, while creating a dialectical landscape. Taking advantage of the historical impacts Mother Nature has induced and emphasizes it and tells a story that users could experience. Artistic stone arches became a triumph opportunity, since it created and possibility to occupy natural landforms. Views of design that no other designer could visualize, and becoming a fanatic of the site to create a design that would become a process with time: ever changing. Rules had to be broken and a systematic design was immensely needed. Preserving a masterpiece landscape that is emphasized in process since every nook was intentionally done with a futuristic vision. Solving problems and finding simple solutions was a unseen dream that became a system that works over time. Envisioning a disrupted landforms and taking a constraint into an opportunity while revitalizing a natural landscape. Using existing materials and embedding it in the landscape while creating the 22
illusion that it has been there for years. Geological changes in a busy city was the intent and a landscape that could change not only night and day, yet also through the years. Paths that are very artistic and changing landforms to create vistas, frames if you will. Surprising the idea of scale, revealing its grandiose space. Moving trough space and have a series of composed views that are unnatural yet they are intended to look real. Progression was key since the year’s would take charge of the changing landscape.
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Open Space (noun) ---undeveloped land that is protected from development by legislation. (www.dictionary.com)
Open space becomes a opportunity for developers to implement their housing designs, yet it is not really benefiting a space. There are instances where it is needed, yet there is also a time to hold back and use it to provide an ecological value. Open space could further allow spontaneous vegetation and the ability to add value to the community. The study of the open space could further allow possible solutions to the space instead of development. There is a need for livable spaces, yet if it is further investigated it could have 24
a cultural meaning and the need for preserving the landscape could become necessary. It can also become a historical landscape once the designer has implemented natural design that attracts wildlife to better the ecology.
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Framing (noun) ---the act, process, or manner of constructing anything (www.dictionary.com)
Framing could further allow the investigation of a site. If the pieces are taken apart and distorted the experience could further allow a better understanding of the possibilities. Looking at the entire frame could blind us from the historical value the landscape has. Movement allows a design to move forward and the frames become the puzzle to the design process- thus resulting in the value of the site
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Lectures Adapting by Design Mia Leher ML+A 29
Preserving cities like Los Angeles needs a profound understanding of the existing conditions and its cultural impact. There are many things to consider and one of them is the ability to understand water needs and the role the LA river plays. Policy also matters since Los Angeles is very particular
in safety. Los Angeles becomes part of one of the largest infrastructures in the world. This is one of the many reasons why Los Angeles has a tremendous amount of historic value. There is no point in recreating the land to what it used to be, yet imply a design that further benefits the ecosystem. Culture
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Shifting (noun) ---a change of transfer from one place, position, direction, etc., (www.dictionary.com)
Everything in a landscape shifts in one way or another. Climate changes and it affects the plant material we have. It becomes a problem.... or does it? It becomes the solution to the design and it allows a more diverse design. The positions by which the design is placed is critical since its significance becomes crucial in the location that it is located in. Historical landscapes are unique because many things can shift, yet their importance, or value is maintained. Historical landscapes age and as time passes by their cultural value 18 32
rises. There is an adaptation factor in the landscape, yet the historical value never changes.
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Nesting (verb) ---to place a routine inside another routine that is at a higher hierarchical level. (www.dictionary.com)
Historical landscape s ling to one another becoming a nest. Landscapes are protected by the natural surroundings and the users, becoming the nest that protects the landscape from loosing its importance. The wholes in the nest are big enough to allow us the users to see the impact they could acquire and the need for us to protect their natural surrounding, to become a more grandiose design. Every frame has a purpose and e necessity to become empowered through design methods that allow a plausible 34 18
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Lectures Bob Perry
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Obtaining learned knowledge with planting material and implementing it to preserve landscapes. Life is pushing forward and essentially becoming very abundant and diverse. Plants coexist and should become designed in a strategic manner to preserve the landscape. The form of the landscape is followed by its function, thus resulting in a greater achievement preserving and enhancing the landscape. Planting material can create an abundant and creative spontaneous planting material that encompasses its natural conditions. James Corner is one
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of those designers that allows for modern design elements while implementing a historical outlook towards a memorable sense of place. Changing the way the design adapts and evolves within the environmental conditions that become fit to the natural surroundings.
Plants tell us the history by the plants and roots that they produce. Understanding how plant materials behave to the existing conditions that frame and sharpen the perspective by which we view landscapes. Never forgetting that plant materials become the basis of life while preserving a landscape.
Designing landscapes that are abundant and permitting the emulation of nature enhancing past benefits. Diversifying plant material that allows sustainable benefits tend to compliment the preservation of the landscape, mixing and matching the process of nature. All design principles mean nothing until they are used wisely.
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Edging (verb) ---is the boundary line of a surface or plane. (www.dictionary.com)
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There becomes a need to know the boundary by which the landscape lands upon. This can become a direct link of the placement, or resemblance of the landscape. It could be on the the edge of a historical landforms and the need to acknowledge it becomes crucial. Landscapes have layers that complement each other and it becomes important to know how they can blend together to allow a more grandiose historical landscape. The historical landscape becomes the surface plane that holds everything together and it becomes the most important part of the
design. Studying the edge treatment becomes the connectivity to the landscape.
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Technology (noun) ---a scientific or industrial process, invention, method, or the like. (www.dictionary.com)
There is a opportunity to add technology to better preserve the landscape. Piezzo panels could become a opportunity in the landscape to preserve resources. There are other opportunities like solar panels, yet there is a need to use technology wisely and in a strategical form. Everything has a balance and the need to maintain that balance in a landscape becomes crucial in its existence. Designs have to investigate many things in order to implement the use of technology. Just because it exist, it does not have to be 42 18
implemented in the design. Creating livable and memorable spaces should become the necessity. Emphasizing a historical landscape could become embedded with technology if it is used very strategically.
Using Technology
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Wanderings Frank Ghery - LACMA
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Designing a landscape that allows users to learn about the historical value needed to adapt to existing conditions and represent the historical aspects of the site. The design should manipulate the core attributes of the site and reveal it to the visitor. Maintaining a balance in the reconstruction of the site while also allowing for a make believe setting that is reasonable, and adaptable to the conditions by which the land stands upon. Cautiously remaking a scene that once existed while maintaining a respect for its past utilization. This position will allow designers to perceive a piece of history, while also using a modern design approach to embrace the natural, historical surroundings embedded in
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the core of the site. Pausing visitors to truly embrace the space and provide a hint of historical value. Truly recreating a site, while allowing users to truly understand its value and admiring the qualities that the past has provided, and allowing future improvements to the ecology. Allowing users to perceive a sense of change that is embedded with a historical connection. Educating ourselves and implementing it in the design world while, adding historical value allowing for the respect and enjoyment of the space. Remembering the best materials used in a site and allowing, creating an ethical connection within the necessity of ruins. There is a modernist design
approach that allows for a restoration purpose, while respecting past materials and building upon them, hence providing a hint of historical value. A well-designed use of space will last a lifetime, yet a building could deteriorate and need the support to empower its significance. Designers have found a way to celebrate and honor historical sites, while also allowing visitors to pause and truly encompass the virtue the space has provided.
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Wanderings Philadelphia’s Magical Garden
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Open spaces become an opportunity to implement a historical landscape. Implementing a design that becomes memorable to a community, and allow for recycled material to become the emphasize of the design is a great quality. Philadelphia’s Magical Garden is leaving its mark, and it is sprawling its design around the neighborhood. A memorable design arises due to the significance of the city. Philadelphia is known for murals, yet there is a twist to it while implementing used material that allows the community to contribute. The use of tiles, brick, glass, bike-rims, bowls, etc., allows a clean neighborhood. The
site is becoming a historical landscape since it will forever be remembered, and in the process it is educating the community on the beautification of land. There is no limit to a vertical wall, since there is also the use of using the ground plane and the overhead plane. There is no limit when allowing for a creative design that has become a historical 3rd place for the community in Philadelphia. Landscapes that have meaning add value to their existence, this is why the site has become a attraction to the community, and it allows the experience factor that makes it very personal. Historical landscapes need a meaningful value to them and Philadelphia’s magic Garden has that quality.
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Closing Statement Landscapes age with time, yet some have a deeper meaning to them, resulting in the necessity of restoration. Designers are in the need to fully investigate the core of the natural conditions while implementing a urban sprawl. Spontaneous vegetation has taken over versus the native plants. In the landscapes the
problem becomes the solution. Reinforcing and implementing a necessity of spontaneous vegetation and allowing it to adapt to the core. Preserving landscapes that allow a meaningful restoration process. Landscapes are constantly becoming the process that allows a modern style to become implemented. Indicating a 53
a restoration process that encourages users to become aware of the past, and revitalizing the core of the site. Adapting to the ecological changes climate and population have implemented and building upon it. -The problem becomes the Solution. Historic places remain special to users because they are tangible points of reference, and design can empower this if used wisely. A memorable landscape that elicits a strong emotional impact in the daily life of the users with the preservation design method to keep it alive. Taking a preservation design career could become a design stretch that could bring opportunities to become a memorable sense of place. With design it can become a sense of place rather than form, giving the historic landscape a sense of memorable experiences. Designing memorable landscapes are important precisely because it allows users to have a point of reference that can become part of their daily life. Historical landscaped become embedded in our daily life and as a landscape architect, it is part of a process that is maintained a memorable sense of place.