Synchronous Horizons: Redefining Spatial Design in Landscape Architecture Through Ambient Data Collection and Volumetric Manipulation (2012)
article⁄Synchronous Horizons: Redefining Spatial Design in Landscape Architecture Through Ambient Data Collection and Volumetric Manipulation (2012)
abstract⁄The premise of this paper addresses the limited shared vocabulary of landscape architecture and architectural design evident in the application of terms such as ‘spatial design’ and ‘spatial planning’. In their current usage, such terms emphasize the visible, terrestrial, pedestrian perspective level, often to the absolute exclusion of a spatial, ie. volumetric, comprehension of the environment. This deficit is acutely evident in the education of Landscape Architecture and Architecture, and discussion of their shared ground. The dominant document to map such analysis and design is the plan, or 3ddimensional representations of the same, restricted to an extrusion or height map. GIS techniques in spatial design tend to be weighted towards visual, surface based data slope analysis, exposure, viewshed etc.. Our goal within this domain lies in transforming aspects of the intangible the characteristics of open space itself into a form that is legible, quantifiable, and malleable.
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| Year |
2012 |
| Authors |
Melsom, James; Fraguada, Luis; Girot, Christophe. |
| Issue |
ACADIA 12: Synthetic Digital Ecologies |
| Pages |
355-361 |
| Library link |
N/A |
| Entry filename |
synchronous-horizons |
