Intermediate Natures: The Landscapes of Michel Desvigne

Published by Birkhäuser 2009

Intermediate Natures

The Landscapes of Michel Desvigne

With contributions by: Gilles A. Tiberghien
Translated by: Elizabeth Kugler
Preface by: James Corner

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8952-9

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About this book

A monograph on Michel Desvigne

Michel Desvigne is no doubt the most high-profile French landscape architect working today. He collaborates with architects like Richard Rogers, Norman Foster, Renzo Piano, Ieoh Ming Pei, Herzog and de Meuron, and Jean Nouvel, and his projects are synonymous with a strong strategic and conceptual component, influenced by insights from geography. Traffic projects also play an important role in his work – they underscore the competence of landscape architecture in matters of city planning.
This thematic monograph documents the key elements of Desvigne’s work in individual chapters: processes of transformation, geography, territory, urban structures, and public squares. Each of these themes is vividly illustrated by selected projects, including the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, the French Ministry of Culture in Paris, and Keio University in Tokyo.

Sensational projects in USA, Japan and France serve as a source of inspiration
Collaborations with Jean Nouvel, Richard Rogers, Norman Foster, Herzog and de Meuron
With essays by internationally famous authors Gilles Tiberghien and James Corner

Author / Editor information

Gilles Tiberghien, philosopher and author in the field of Land Art; James Corner, designer and theorist, Pennsylvania University, USA.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	i
AGRICULTURE, TEXTURE, AND THE UNFINISHED JAMES CORNER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
INTRODUCTION MICHEL DESVIGNE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
LANDFORMS THE NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURES OF CITIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
TERRITORIES AND SHAPES OF TIME URBAN TRANSFORMATIONS AND LANDSCAPES IN COUNTERPOINT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
LANDSCAPES BEHIND THE SCENES A LINK BETWEEN LANDSCAPE AND URBAN SPRAWL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
URBAN FIELDS THE MEANING OF A PARK IN THE CITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
TRANSPOSITIONS AN INTERLOCKING AND REVERBERATING SYSTEM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
VEGETATION AS SETTING LIVING ENVIRONMENT IN MINIATURE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
A LANDSCAPE DEFERRED GILLES A. TIBERGHIEN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
KALEIDOSCOPE LANDSCAPES IN DEVELOPMENT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Professional/practitioner
Pages
- Main content: 199
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 137
- Coloured Illustrations: 356
Keywords: Landscape architecture

eBook

Published: November 20, 2008
ISBN: 9783764389529

Hardcover

Published: November 20, 2008
ISBN: 9783764377144