Do I agree with the following?
'Landscape Architecture is an Art, but a social Art; it is also a way of protecting, restoring or creating natural systems - unlike painting Sculpture, Photography or even Architecture it cannot exist apart from other disciplines. It never seriously flirted with the autonomy that other arts sought in the modernist era. In that sense, it is the perfect form for expressing cultural ambitions in a complex hybrid global era when the creation and the preservation of habitable environments at every scale - and for every income group - are among the most pressing challenges we face' - John Beardsley
Yes, I do but......Landscape Architecture is also a science, including a social science! Who said "art is form without the function"? As architects we should be concerned with creating/modifying natural processs and forms to achieve desirable environmental and social ends. One could argue that if we do this well, then the results will be beautiful, (although a new aesthetic may need to evolve for the populace to fully appreciate them.)
'Landscape Architecture is an Art, but a social Art; it is also a way of protecting, restoring or creating natural systems - unlike painting Sculpture, Photography or even Architecture it cannot exist apart from other disciplines. It never seriously flirted with the autonomy that other arts sought in the modernist era. In that sense, it is the perfect form for expressing cultural ambitions in a complex hybrid global era when the creation and the preservation of habitable environments at every scale - and for every income group - are among the most pressing challenges we face' - John Beardsley
Yes, I do but......Landscape Architecture is also a science, including a social science! Who said "art is form without the function"? As architects we should be concerned with creating/modifying natural processs and forms to achieve desirable environmental and social ends. One could argue that if we do this well, then the results will be beautiful, (although a new aesthetic may need to evolve for the populace to fully appreciate them.)
Which space do you occupy????
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