ABSTRACT

The fourth book in Nadia Amoroso‘s Representing Landscapes series, this text focuses on traditional methods of visual representation in landscape architectural education. Building on from the previous titles in the series, which look at digital and hybrid techniques, Representing Landscapes: Analogue is a return to the basic foundations of landscape architecture’s original medium of visual communication.

Each of the 20 chapters includes contributions from leading professors teaching studio and visual communication courses from landscape architecture programs across the globe, showcasing the best student examples of analog techniques. It demonstrates the process from graphics as a form of research, design development, and analysis, to the final presentation through drawings, models and descriptive captions of the methods, styles and techniques used. It features critical and descriptive essays from expert professors and lecturers in the field, who emphasise the importance of the traditional medium as an intrinsic part of the research, design and presentation process.

Over 220 full colour images explore the range of visual approaches students and practitioners of landscape architecture can implement in their designs. With worked examples in the chapters and downloadable images suitable for class use, this is an essential book for visual communication and design studios.

chapter 1|14 pages

Introduction

Why use the analogue in today’s landscape architectural education?

chapter 3|4 pages

Marking time

chapter 5|11 pages

Composing cartographies of complexity

chapter 6|7 pages

Urban sketching

The practice of sketching and communicating

chapter 7|7 pages

The hand graphics experience

chapter 9|10 pages

Inside out

Illustrating site experience through drawing

chapter 10|12 pages

Intent and craft

Making refined drawings

chapter 16|11 pages

Land types and models’ forms

The art of represented models in middle-scale landscape architecture

chapter 17|12 pages

Modeling ecologies

Raw materials and conceptual optics

chapter 18|10 pages

A kiss over a tweet

Operating a snow academy to scale in a cool climate

chapter 19|9 pages

Modeling ideas

Landscapes as representational systems

chapter 20|9 pages

Making parts and pieces

part |46 pages

Afterwords

chapter 21|12 pages

A new way to produce landscapes

Portal into intuition as method: DoodleTech

chapter 22|10 pages

How a sketchbook shapes a practice

OLIN

chapter 23|9 pages

Strokes of inspiration

The hallmark of evocative design – EDSA hand graphics

chapter 24|13 pages

The analogue version