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Can topography facilitate the refinement of landscape design methods?

01.17.24 | Higher Education Press

Panoramic aerial photography of the Qilin transportation hub in suburban Nanjing, where the three-dimensional technology recorded the constructed terrain and surface features in two dimensions. The distortion in the image makes the landscape unfamiliar to us, who can unexpectedly and strongly perceive the fragmented landscape at the urban fringe and its major cause of transportation infrastructure. Credit: Xiaoan Wu

In the field of Landscape Architecture, Topography aims to study the complex and ongoing changing relationship between humans and the land through continuously updated and iterative tools and media. It maintains a balance between abstract concepts and concrete perceptions, which can both drive the development of science and technology in this field and hold on to openness to artistic expression. Thus, topographical design may be an effective way to help facilitate refining landscape design methods.

The work entitled “ Can Topography Facilitate the Refinement of Landscape Design Methods? ” was published on the journal of Landscape Architecture Frontiers (December 7, 2023).