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WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE?
Anntje Wong and Ferry Barnhoorn, Tools for Design, MSc2 Anntje: I’m sorry, but I don’t know what it actually is. I know there is a new Mastertrack and I know it is about how you shape the public space, but I don’t know enough about it. Ferry: Like Anntje, I don’t really know what they actually do. But I do think that is has relevance in the future. The Netherlands has a lot of constructed landscape. Everything is constructed actually. In the bigger projects from the 90s and before, there was a lack of coherence between architecture and landscape. I think Landscape architecture can improve that, but I’m not sure if that is something they are focussing on right now.
Freek Bronsvoort, recent graduate Dwelling Personally, landscape architecture enriches and complements my architectural designs. Landscape architecture is the first step towards connecting your building to its surroundings. That is my approach, from the perspective of the dwelling. What is a garden? How do you connect the building to the street?
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Machiel van Dorst, Associate professor Chair of Environmental Design It is very important because it not only connects architecture and urbanism, but also nature and the built environment, the two most important environments of human beings. It is also so important that Landscape is now within this faculty, because it is more than just art, it is also technology, underground sewage systems for instance. It is about all those layers.
Egidijus Kasakaitis, Complex Projects, MSc 4 The importance of Landscape Architecture is defined by its functional use in the certain context. As an instance we could compare golf courses, where landscape is a crucial element of that typology. While designing in urban context the building and its program already plays the key role in relation with its adjacencies.
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Editorial Board Helen de Jager Daphne Bakker Jane Stortelder Brigitte O'Regan Soscha Monteiro de Jesus
Cover illustration Elevation De Hoofden Superloft Concept, Marc Koehler Architects
Contributors Karin Laglas Anna Wojcik Shortsighted Architecture Robert Nottrot
Michiel Bosch, Materialisation, MSc4 To create pleasant surroundings between building volumes which have a positive effect on the moods of the inhabitants.
Linde Jorritsma and Lieve Croonen, BSc 1 Linde: When you design a building, it has to fit within the surroundings. The landscape should be one of your considerations. Lieve: I agree. You always have to design with the surrounding environment in mind. But landscape architecture is very broadly defined.
Editorial Advice Board Marcello Soeleman Sue van de Giessen Inge Pit Robert Nottrot Linda de Vos Pierijn van der Putt Ivan Thung Print Drukkerij Tan Heck, Delft
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