Reading for designing
Are you already subscribed?
Login to check
whether this content is already included on your personal or institutional subscription.
Abstract
The development of the Web and the continuing increase in the computing power of our devices – and the conseguent quickness of our daily experience – are deeply changing the way we see, hear, read and memorize. Thus, the meaning we can have through our senses – and the shape of our minds modeled by reading, by words – is changing: we are moving toward a «poorness», a decrease in complexity and focus on. «However, we think that a «Landscape Architect», who is able to deal with a complex issue, acts – even with continuing education about reading, seeing, hearing – on: (a) «inspiration» of the senses and ideas: which occurs in the processing of experiences, of course including reading and listening»; (b) «expiration»: in terms of the ability to express and narrate one's personal elaboration aimed at a specific case-project. Thus, if we wanted to define the profile of the «Good Landscape Designer» today, we could say that he uses – and maintains in excellent efficiency also thanks to focused and slow reading – listening and memory as indispensable tools for his projects
Keywords
- design
- landscape
- inspiration
- expiration