Treib's Six Axioms of Modernist Landscape Architecture
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Compared with the polemical outpourings of the architects, Modernism in landscape architecture was an altogether more tentative affair. Nevertheless, Marc Treib (1993: 36-67), who has conducted an extensive investigation of the movement in America, is prepared to identify an "imperfect, ill-formed and implicit manifesto". This manifesto has six axioms which can be summarised as follows:
Compared with the polemical outpourings of the architects, Modernism in landscape architecture was an altogether more tentative affair. Nevertheless, Marc Treib (1993: 36-67), who has conducted an extensive investigation of the movement in America, is prepared to identify an "imperfect, ill-formed and implicit manifesto". This manifesto has six axioms which can be summarised as follows:
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A denial of historical styles. Instead landscape expression derives from a rational approach to the conditions created by industrial society, the site and the programme.
A denial of historical styles. Instead landscape expression derives from a rational approach to the conditions created by industrial society, the site and the programme.
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A concern for space rather than pattern, deriving a model from contemporary architecture.
A concern for space rather than pattern, deriving a model from contemporary architecture.
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Landscapes are for people. Although addressed to a variety of purposes, landscape design ultimately concerns making outdoor places for human use.
Landscapes are for people. Although addressed to a variety of purposes, landscape design ultimately concerns making outdoor places for human use.
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The destruction of the axis. The modern landscape, perhaps influenced by cubist space, is multifaceted and omnidirectional.
The destruction of the axis. The modern landscape, perhaps influenced by cubist space, is multifaceted and omnidirectional.
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Plants are used for their individual qualities as botanical entities and sculpture.
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Integration of house and garden, not "house-and-then-a-garden
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em breve algumas imagens ilustradroras destes axiomas enunciados por Marc Treib ( ver post :http://nucleoap.blogspot.com/2009/04/leituras-que-marcam-marc-treib.html
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