ABSTRACT
To Design Landscape sets out a distinctively practical philosophy of design, in accessible format. Based on the notion that landscape design is a form-based craft addressing environmental processes and utility, Dee establishes a framework for approaching such craft with modesty and ingenuity, using the concept of "aesthetics of thrift".
Employing numerous case studies-as diverse as Hellerup Rose Garden in Denmark; Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, USA; Rousham Gardens, Oxfordshire, UK and Tofuku-ji, in Kyoto, Japan - to illustrate her ideas, the book is a beautiful portfolio of Dee's drawings, which are both evocative and to the point.
The book begins with a 'Foundations' section, which sets out the basis of the approach. 'Principles' chapters then elaborate eleven significant considerations applicable to any design project, regardless of context and scale. Following on, 'Strategies' chapters reinforce the principles, and suggest further ways of designing, adaptable to different conditions. Dee ends with a focus on 'Elements', case studies and verb lists providing sources for the designer to consider how the components - vegetation, water, terrain, structures, soils, weather, and the sky - might be engaged, mediated and joined.
Catherine Dee’s book is for all those who would craft landscape, from the gardener, to the professional landscape architect, to the student of design
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |11 pages
Foundations
chapter |3 pages
To design landscape
chapter |2 pages
Craft
chapter |2 pages
Form
chapter |3 pages
The aesthetics of thrift: art, nature and utility
part |114 pages
Principles
chapter |10 pages
Sculpting time
chapter |12 pages
All possible forms
chapter |12 pages
Nature, culture, both
chapter |8 pages
Soft, rock-hard and evergreen time
chapter |12 pages
Elemental register
chapter |12 pages
Hand and machine
chapter |10 pages
Modesty and ingenuity in art
chapter |8 pages
Economy of means
chapter |12 pages
Utilitarian form
chapter |8 pages
Context is everything
chapter |9 pages
Raking
part |67 pages
Strategies