Landscape Urbanism is a theory of urban planning arguing that the best way to organize cities is through the design of the city’s landscape, rather than the design of its buildings.
Landscape urbanism is a response to the limited understanding or portrayal of project and site context currently employed by both architects and landscape architects. It is also a notion put forth strategically by landscape architects as a means for differentiating their profession among the design professions, particularly architecture, and in response to the superficial role landscape architects increasingly find themselves in.
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Literature & Resources:
- The Landscape Urbanism Reader, Charles Waldheim
- http://www.public.asu.edu/~icprv/Urban%20Concentration/UrbanismCourse/Talensyllabus1.pdf
- http://www.terrafluxus.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/final-format-LU-bib-2.pdf
- http://www.junctures.org/index.php/junctures/article/viewFile/92/94
- https://placesjournal.org/author/charles-waldheim/
- http://www.smgov.net/Departments/OSE/categories/landscape.aspx
- https://www.thehighline.org/about/sustainable-practices
- www.qu.edu.qa/offices/avp…/_Doc1__FMP_Rev.4.pdf
- http://www.qatartourism.gov.qa/en-us/thingstodo/activities/parks.aspx
- https://www.wbdg.org/ccb/AF/AFDG/landscape.pdf
- http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/geos.html
- http://lda.ucdavis.edu/people/2013/KScott.pdf