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Sanda Lenzholzer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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"Science" and "Art" in Landscape Architecture knowledge production
2020Co-Authors: Sanda LenzholzerAbstract:Within Landscape Architecture, two main approaches exist in the discipline- one art and one science related approach. Much criticism arose on outdoor space design that relies on either ‘art’ or ‘science’ approaches. This caused avoidance and underuse of many outdoor spaces. At the basis are two problems. Firstly, Landscape Architecture is not an art and not a science. Because of this misconception, there is a problem of epistemological kind, resulting in a lack of suitable methods to produce design knowledge. To overcome the epistemological problem of divergent knowledge claims in art (constructivist) and science (positivist) I suggest a pragmatic epistemological approach that combines the different ways of knowledge production. Based on this, suitable research methods need to be developed, mainly employing ‘research through design’ methods. These epistemological and methodological topics need to be studied in depth and eventually taught in Landscape Architecture schools. Application of such integrated design knowledge in practical Landscape Architecture projects will help to create outdoor environments that do not suffer the shortcomings of ‘Landscape Architecture as art’ or ‘Landscape Architecture as science’.
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RTD in Landscape Architecture : a first State of the Art
DRS2018: Catalyst, 2018Co-Authors: Sanda Lenzholzer, Steffen Nijhuis, João CortesãoAbstract:The discussion regarding the relation of design and research in Landscape Architecture started somewhat later than in other design disciplines. But the past decade has shown a sharp rise of publications on ‘research through/by design(ing)’ (RTD). The literature has now reached a level of richness that enables a review of the State of the Art and a differentiation of types of contributions to the discourse. We reviewed more than 200 publications (scientific journal papers, conference papers, PhD theses, MSc theses and others) on RTD in relation to Landscape Architecture and closely related disciplines. The review shows that a rather small portion of the publications deals with RTD a scholarly sense. The remaining portion of scholarly publications offered a useful base for further scrutiny. We categorised the relevant literature according to types of publications and the epistemological stances taken. Based on this categorisation we identified areas that need further research and thus sketched an agenda for further research on RTD in Landscape Architecture.
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climate responsive Landscape Architecture design education
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2013Co-Authors: Sanda Lenzholzer, Robert D. BrownAbstract:There is compelling evidence that Earth's climate is changing, in most cases becoming warmer. This effect is exacerbated in urban environments by the growth of urban heat islands. These two processes can have far-reaching effects on human thermal comfort and health. Landscape Architecture is well positioned to ameliorate these effects through planning and site design, but only if the designer understands how an urban environment creates microclimates. In order to prepare our students for the climate challenges they will face in future urban planning and design practice, we have introduced climate-responsive design classes into the curricula of two schools of Landscape Architecture, one in Wageningen, The Netherlands and the other in Guelph, Canada. In this article we describe the methods that we used to teach climate-responsive design by integrating scientific information into the creative design process. The method consisted of three main steps. First students accumulated and summarized climate knowledge at the appropriate scales. This information was used to analyze a study site and identify climate-related problems. The final step was to use this knowledge as a basis for generating design solutions and testing them for their climate-appropriateness. These courses prepare future professionals to ameliorate the effects of climate change and urban heat island intensification and create living environments that are thermally comfortable and healthy.
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research through designing in Landscape Architecture
Landscape and Urban Planning, 2013Co-Authors: Sanda Lenzholzer, Ingrid DuchhartAbstract:Abstract There is a general consensus amongst Landscape Architecture academia that the discipline has to urgently advance its methodological repertoire to generate new knowledge and thus strengthen the academic position of Landscape Architecture. To enhance the methodological repertoire, the core activity of Landscape Architecture – designing – needs more emphasis in research. Therefore, we shed light on methods that actively employ designing within the research process or ‘research through designing’ (RTD) in this essay. We position ‘research through designing’ in general discussions on research and design relations and indicate its great importance for Landscape Architecture research. Building upon Creswell's well established overview of knowledge claims ((post)positivist, constructivist, advocacy/participatory and pragmatic) and related research methods, we categorize different types of RTD for Landscape Architecture in these knowledge claims. For each claim, we articulate types of new knowledge that is searched for, related research questions, appropriate RTD methods and evaluation strategies. In grounding RTD in Creswell's framework, we argue that many types of designing can be a respected research method when they comply with the respective rules. With this overview, we would like to facilitate further methodological discussion in Landscape Architecture and enhance interdisciplinary communication and cooperation with other academic disciplines.
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'Research through designing' in Landscape Architecture
Landscape and Urban Planning, 2013Co-Authors: Sanda Lenzholzer, Ingrid Duchhart, Jusuck KohAbstract:There is a general consensus amongst Landscape Architecture academia that the discipline has to urgently advance its methodological repertoire to generate new knowledge and thus strengthen the academic position of Landscape Architecture. To enhance the methodological repertoire, the core activity of Landscape Architecture - designing - needs more emphasis in research. Therefore, we shed light on methods that actively employ designing within the research process or 'research through designing' (RTD) in this essay. We position 'research through designing' in general discussions on research and design relations and indicate its great importance for Landscape Architecture research. Building upon Creswell's well established overview of knowledge claims ((post)positivist, constructivist, advocacy/participatory and pragmatic) and related research methods, we categorize different types of RTD for Landscape Architecture in these knowledge claims. For each claim, we articulate types of new knowledge that is searched for, related research questions, appropriate RTD methods and evaluation strategies. In grounding RTD in Creswell's framework, we argue that many types of designing can be a respected research method when they comply with the respective rules. With this overview, we would like to facilitate further methodological discussion in Landscape Architecture and enhance interdisciplinary communication and cooperation with other academic disciplines. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
Robert D. Brown - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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climate responsive Landscape Architecture design education
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2013Co-Authors: Sanda Lenzholzer, Robert D. BrownAbstract:There is compelling evidence that Earth's climate is changing, in most cases becoming warmer. This effect is exacerbated in urban environments by the growth of urban heat islands. These two processes can have far-reaching effects on human thermal comfort and health. Landscape Architecture is well positioned to ameliorate these effects through planning and site design, but only if the designer understands how an urban environment creates microclimates. In order to prepare our students for the climate challenges they will face in future urban planning and design practice, we have introduced climate-responsive design classes into the curricula of two schools of Landscape Architecture, one in Wageningen, The Netherlands and the other in Guelph, Canada. In this article we describe the methods that we used to teach climate-responsive design by integrating scientific information into the creative design process. The method consisted of three main steps. First students accumulated and summarized climate knowledge at the appropriate scales. This information was used to analyze a study site and identify climate-related problems. The final step was to use this knowledge as a basis for generating design solutions and testing them for their climate-appropriateness. These courses prepare future professionals to ameliorate the effects of climate change and urban heat island intensification and create living environments that are thermally comfortable and healthy.
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evidence based Landscape Architecture the maturing of a profession
Landscape and Urban Planning, 2011Co-Authors: Robert D. Brown, Robert C CorryAbstract:Abstract Professions tend to change over time, typically becoming more scholarly as information is generated and incorporated into practice. Medicine has made the transition to a scholarly profession over the past hundred years or so and has recently embraced the concept of evidence-based medicine. Landscape Architecture is poised to become a more scholarly profession and this essay proposes that it become a discipline of evidence-based Landscape Architecture. Actions for everyone from professors and administrators to practicing professionals are suggested to meet the goal of a more scholarly, relevant profession. The risk of ignoring the trend of evidence as a basis for practice is described in terms of the divergence among historical medical disciplines.
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The relationship between research and design in Landscape Architecture
Landscape and Urban Planning, 2003Co-Authors: Lee Anne S. Milburn, Robert D. BrownAbstract:A study was undertaken to explore the incorporation of research into the Landscape architectural design process. A review of the literature revealed five discrete models by which research is integrated into design: concept-test; analysis-synthesis; experiencial; complex intellectual activity; and associationist. In-depth interviews with eight Landscape Architecture educators and a mail-in survey of all Landscape Architecture educators in North America failed to confirm the utility of these five models. Instead, a different kind of model emerged from the results. In this model, research is incorporated at three stages of the design process: before design; during design; and after design. Before design, there appear to be two categories of research: indirect (which includes intrinsic research, library research, and review of precedents and case studies); and direct (which includes site inventory and analysis). During design, research seems to have two key roles: influencing the concept generation process and the application of the concept on the site. Five models emerged for using research during design: artistic, intuitive, adaptive, analytical, and systematic. Finally, after design research has two roles: evaluation of design, and justification of design. This categorization, as elucidated by educators, provides insight into the Landscape Architecture design process and its communication and teaching. © 2002 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
Ingrid Duchhart - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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research through designing in Landscape Architecture
Landscape and Urban Planning, 2013Co-Authors: Sanda Lenzholzer, Ingrid DuchhartAbstract:Abstract There is a general consensus amongst Landscape Architecture academia that the discipline has to urgently advance its methodological repertoire to generate new knowledge and thus strengthen the academic position of Landscape Architecture. To enhance the methodological repertoire, the core activity of Landscape Architecture – designing – needs more emphasis in research. Therefore, we shed light on methods that actively employ designing within the research process or ‘research through designing’ (RTD) in this essay. We position ‘research through designing’ in general discussions on research and design relations and indicate its great importance for Landscape Architecture research. Building upon Creswell's well established overview of knowledge claims ((post)positivist, constructivist, advocacy/participatory and pragmatic) and related research methods, we categorize different types of RTD for Landscape Architecture in these knowledge claims. For each claim, we articulate types of new knowledge that is searched for, related research questions, appropriate RTD methods and evaluation strategies. In grounding RTD in Creswell's framework, we argue that many types of designing can be a respected research method when they comply with the respective rules. With this overview, we would like to facilitate further methodological discussion in Landscape Architecture and enhance interdisciplinary communication and cooperation with other academic disciplines.
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'Research through designing' in Landscape Architecture
Landscape and Urban Planning, 2013Co-Authors: Sanda Lenzholzer, Ingrid Duchhart, Jusuck KohAbstract:There is a general consensus amongst Landscape Architecture academia that the discipline has to urgently advance its methodological repertoire to generate new knowledge and thus strengthen the academic position of Landscape Architecture. To enhance the methodological repertoire, the core activity of Landscape Architecture - designing - needs more emphasis in research. Therefore, we shed light on methods that actively employ designing within the research process or 'research through designing' (RTD) in this essay. We position 'research through designing' in general discussions on research and design relations and indicate its great importance for Landscape Architecture research. Building upon Creswell's well established overview of knowledge claims ((post)positivist, constructivist, advocacy/participatory and pragmatic) and related research methods, we categorize different types of RTD for Landscape Architecture in these knowledge claims. For each claim, we articulate types of new knowledge that is searched for, related research questions, appropriate RTD methods and evaluation strategies. In grounding RTD in Creswell's framework, we argue that many types of designing can be a respected research method when they comply with the respective rules. With this overview, we would like to facilitate further methodological discussion in Landscape Architecture and enhance interdisciplinary communication and cooperation with other academic disciplines. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
Jacek Konopacki - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The technology of augmented reality – virtual reconstructions of Landscape Architecture design
2014Co-Authors: Jacek KonopackiAbstract:The technology of augmented reality – virtual reconstructions of Landscape Architecture design
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the technology of augmented reality virtual reconstructions of Landscape Architecture design
Czasopismo Techniczne. Architektura, 2014Co-Authors: Jacek KonopackiAbstract:The technology of augmented reality – virtual reconstructions of Landscape Architecture design
Jusuck Koh - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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'Research through designing' in Landscape Architecture
Landscape and Urban Planning, 2013Co-Authors: Sanda Lenzholzer, Ingrid Duchhart, Jusuck KohAbstract:There is a general consensus amongst Landscape Architecture academia that the discipline has to urgently advance its methodological repertoire to generate new knowledge and thus strengthen the academic position of Landscape Architecture. To enhance the methodological repertoire, the core activity of Landscape Architecture - designing - needs more emphasis in research. Therefore, we shed light on methods that actively employ designing within the research process or 'research through designing' (RTD) in this essay. We position 'research through designing' in general discussions on research and design relations and indicate its great importance for Landscape Architecture research. Building upon Creswell's well established overview of knowledge claims ((post)positivist, constructivist, advocacy/participatory and pragmatic) and related research methods, we categorize different types of RTD for Landscape Architecture in these knowledge claims. For each claim, we articulate types of new knowledge that is searched for, related research questions, appropriate RTD methods and evaluation strategies. In grounding RTD in Creswell's framework, we argue that many types of designing can be a respected research method when they comply with the respective rules. With this overview, we would like to facilitate further methodological discussion in Landscape Architecture and enhance interdisciplinary communication and cooperation with other academic disciplines. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
