ABSTRACT
Nineteenth-century Romantic writers used hand drawing and written “word-painting” as a tool to investigate the perceptive qualities of nature. Both in literature and design sectorial press, scholars and writers have discussed how to render the impression of the environment. The sharp light on the dusty atmosphere surrounding the high-rise glass reflective façades, the bright glare that such light generates on the limestone built piazzas and the humid, dense air were not considered while designing the landscapes around the infrastructure. While designing environments, practitioners envision their products in 3D, 4D, 5D models, and visualise them through rendered images. Most of the time such representations focus on form and elements, and prevent them from retaining the complexity of information embedded in the Umwelt. The fact of acknowledging the sensory qualities of the environment and its relationship with the subject is therefore a reason to experiment with landscape narration.
