The landscape
When building in an open setting, the landscape is a powerful condition. It can change quite substantially with no human intervention – even if it is manmade, and just seemingly naturalistic – because the seasonality of climate does this all on its own. The cycles and rhythms of the natural world can shape the land in profound ways that make our human footprint on it diminutive. In this sense, landscape is the ultimate context. As landscape architects, we embrace this way of seeing. Read more
Talk / Planning Utopia: Ebenezer Howard to Post-Covid via Harlow
The utopic vision of the Garden City is as much a spatial idea as a social one. Could it hold valuable lessons for how we plan communities in light of the Covid-19 pandemic?
