ABSTRACT

Landscape architects generally produce effective landscape images of views or plans-visualizations-that today are almost exclusively generated with the help of computer programs. Software tools have been produced in the last few years that have opened up entirely new dimensions of objectivity

CONTENTS

7.1 Introduction ................................................................................................ 133 7.1.1 Renewable Energies, Sustainable Landscape,

and Landscape Architecture ........................................................ 134 7.1.2 Spatial Turn: Space and Landscape ............................................. 135

7.2 Methodology of Visualization ................................................................. 137 7.2.1 Rendering ........................................................................................ 138 7.2.2 Mapping .......................................................................................... 139 7.2.3 Quality Criteria for Visualizations .............................................. 140

7.3 Examples of and Discussion on Visualizing Space Models ................ 141 7.3.1 Datascapes (MVRDV) .................................................................... 141 7.3.2 Urban Portrait (ETH Studio Basel) .............................................. 142 7.3.3 Systemic Design and Drosscape (Alan Berger et al.) ................ 144 7.3.4 Shapes of Urban Landscapes: Between Typology

and Idiography ............................................................................... 144 7.4 Visualization of Energy Landscapes ....................................................... 149

7.4.1 Rational Techniques as Landscape Elements ............................ 149 7.4.2 Responding Techniques as Landscape Relations ..................... 153 7.4.3 Relational Design as Creating Sustainable Energy

Landscapes...................................................................................... 156 7.5 Conclusions ................................................................................................. 157 References ............................................................................................................. 159

and performance in the understanding, development, and communication of space-both in design practice and in research.