It captures something of the ‘essence’ of what it is that draws us in….makes us want to notice the big ‘dramas’ and the small ‘flourishes’ in nature.

Movements in life in the natural world parallels movements in our own.

Franz Leitner also works as an architectural designer (rather than architect?);

“In working as an architectural designer, I have come to recognize that the exceptional spaces we inhabit deserve reverence to those who created them. I have great respect for Artists, Architects, Landscape Architects, Craftsmen, and the Patrons of these professions.”

heres another West8 design that perhaps blurs the boundaries between the two:

http://www.landartbasics.co.uk/html/square.html

i think i said it was like bringing a field into the city.

Diurnal to nocturnal and seasonal variations adds another dimension. With deserts topography, geology, wildlife and the societies and cultures that the desert supports (both permanent and transitory)are all important.

Created landscapes. West8’s Schouwburgplein in Rotterdam. Would they say it is an example of Urban Design or Landscape Design? How do you think they would distinguish between the two types of design problems?

when i said there were no boundaries, i should have said there don’t have to be boundaries. you can use them in the landscape too of course – to create tension and mystery, a sense of transition, or to conceal and then reveal views

But then, we architects happy turn our hand to many things, such as campus planning and masterplanning and also design building complexes and compose buildings with indoor and outdoor areas and atria all of which means we sometimes dabble in landscape (however inexpertly)!

Because of this we also arrange outdoor space, consider how one space leads to another and how the feeling changes as it does so.

There are boundaries in architecture (which can both be occupied and moved through and across) and architects rather delight in them. Especially the condition of being on the boundary for example a porch or a verandah or a patio or a deck or a window seat or a juilet balcony, or a conservatory or an outdoor room…..

Transitions: well you can have a lot of fun with them! They can be as fluid or disjointed, as slow or as fast, as easily understood or as difficult, as transparent or translucent, as ephemeral or solid as you like!

Weather does wonderful things to architectural materials that we are rather impressed by too, for example the greying of timber and the greening of copper. And you can always grow plants on and in architecture in a variety of ways!

If there was no plant in sight – would it still be a landscape?

there are no boundaries

the transition between spaces is more fluid

the spaces are subject to constant change through natural processes

youre right, my original post applies mainly to ‘ordinary’ domestic buidings. religous and civic buildings would have been designed to stand out from their surroundings, emphasising their importance.

‘understanding the difference between created and natural beauty’ i love that. perhaps theres room for some sort of overlap?

i’ll try and get a look at that project. unfortunately, everytime i use Flash my computer crashes! poor old things a bit buggy.

Note the incredible but different siting and design of these Greek monasteries: http://www.mit.edu/people/dimitrib/Monasteries_Photos/S_panel2_page.html.

I thought of your beach house when I was viewing this project online in Australia;

http://www.oconnorandhoule.com/www_o+h_proj08.html