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THE PERSPECTIVE AND PRACTICE OF THE SUCCESSFUL SWISS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT GÜNTHER VOGT
Anyone viewing what we call a landscape from a distance will recognize that it is an artifact, a habitat created by humans as part of our built environment. Designing this realm carefully is a discipline that is taking on increasing importance today. Gunter Vogt, with his practice in VOGT Landscape Architects and as a professor at ETH Zurich, has developed a set of tools and a working method that incorporate all the different dimensions of the human-designed environment, from the large-scale landscape to the small-scale urban public space.00'Mutation and Morphosis' looks at all the many aspects involved in the collective process of designing and shaping landscapes, from planning to implement...
Inspired by the architects' tradition of passing on experience in conversation form, this paperback book provides insights into the ideas, methods, and memories of one of Europe's most innovative landscape architects. In twelve concise conversations, Vogt inquires into the meaning of landscape architecture in the context of the worldwide urbanization process, and tries to define this young discipline's position. To this day, our concept of landscape appears to be influenced by an Arcadian ideal. Only when landscapes are understood on several levels, as the product of natural, cultural, and social processes, can atmospheric and living urban landscapes appropriate to the specific situation be created. Günther Vogt sees landscape architecture decidedly as part of a city, given its close relationship to topography, architecture, and infrastructure.
Contemporary landscape architecture is seeking a modern and independent language. Dieter Kienast is one of the leading protagonists of this movement. He has won many public competitions in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. This monograph is the first to present his complete works on private gardens and parks: around 30 designs, 22 of which have been realized, are discussed.
GA1/4nther Vogt legt anhand einer typologischen Struktur (Landschaft, Park, Platz, Garten, Promenade etc.) dar, auf welcher gedanklichen Grundlage die erfolgreichen Projekte von Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten entstehen. In den vergangenen Jahren haben sie viel beachtete internationale Projekte in Europa und den USA realisiert; beispielsweise fA1/4r die Tate Modern in London, einen neuen Typ des Stadtgartens (mit Herzog & de Meuron), in ZA1/4rich haben sie im Hotel Hyatt einen AWettergartenA von grosser poetischer Kraft geschaffen (mit Meili, Peter Architekten), in Basel einen tropischen Innengarten fA1/4r den Novartis Campus (mit Diener & Diener) und zuletzt in MA1/4nchen den Aussenraum der Allianz Arena gestaltet (mit Herzog & de Meuron).
Der Landschaftsarchitekt Dieter Kienast, geb.1945, gehört zu den wichtigsten Protagonisten der gegenwärtigen Landschaftsarchitektur. In diesem Band wird deutlich, wie er innovativ versuchte, den vielfältigen Ansprüchen an den öffentlichen Freiraum sinnfällig gerecht zu werden.