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1、美国：景观基础设施-SWA 案例研究“这真的是一部重要的编年体书籍，全书概括了多年来的各种景观设计，这种案例学习对于成为专业的景观园林设计师十分重要。 ”-2012 年美国景色美化设计师协会专业奖项陪审团作者：SWA Group 出版商：Birkhauser项目概述：这本书名为景观基础设施 ，是一本融合了评论性文章和案例研究的书籍，向人们展示了公共设施未来的发展趋势，认为公共设施未来必定发展成为多功能设施，融合交通的可替换模式，强调公众可进入性，环保又经济实惠的事物。书中所有文章都出自名家之手，14 个个案研究项目使理论更加生动。这本书适用于学生、实践者和政府规划机构，有利于重新定义快速发展的
2、城市中，公共设施的发展潜能。全书通篇都是讲的景观园林基础设计，是一个混合了设计公司产品、设计工作室设计以及个人灵感喷发的新型出版物。HONOR AWARD-“This is really important work to chronicle. This firm has been at it for so long, its refreshing to see this compilation of projects over the course of so many years. Its important to the profession to be aware of the kin
3、d of work and the gamut of everything in which theyve been involved.”2012 Professional Awards JuryLandscape Infrastructure: Case Studies by SWASWA Group, Los AngelesPublisher: BirkhauserProject StatementLandscape Infrastructure: essays + case studies, aims to postulate the future of infrastructure a
4、s being directly linked to a multi-functional approach that integrates alternative modes of transit, enhances public accessibility, is ecologically performative and economically sound. Critical essays by renown authors and 14 case study projects, positions this publication as a valuable resource for
5、 students, practitioners and municipal planning officials seeking to redefine the potentialities of infrastructure in our rapidly changing cities and towns.Project Narrative“While ostensibly about landscape infrastructure, this type of book is a new sort of publishing hybrid that has emerged, combin
6、ing the firm-specific work within a more topical subject matter on a particular typology or approach to project work. If this new type of book is the trend, its a welcome one The book is richly detailed and provides interesting exploration of topics. The 14 case studies of projects - organized per H
7、ungs four areas of performance, aggregate, network, and increment - are introduced with a concise description and many graphics, exploring the process as well as the product - showcasing innovation beyond merely showing off a project.” Jason King, Book review of Landscape Infrastructure: essays + ca
8、se studies, Landscape + Urbanism BlogspotLandscape Infrastructure: essays + case studies drew substantial inspiration from a symposium held at the University of Toronto in 2008, called “Landscape Infrastructures Emerging Practices, Paradigms and Technologies Reshaping the Contemporary Urban Landscap
9、e,” in which academics, writers, and practitioners shared their views on this topic and its potential to heighten the polemics of landscape. The symposium posited that landscape infrastructure repositions landscape as a complex, instrumental system of essential services, resources, and processes tha
10、t underpins contemporary urban economies and acts as a kind of performative hybrid infrastructure that is as much about culture as it is about engineering. The symposium participants overwhelmingly argued that a fresh point of view is needed to plan and manage cities with outdated infrastructure and
11、 that a focus on infrastructure is the key to a more vibrant and functional 21st-century city.The TopicThe primary goal of this publication is to continue this dialogue by engaging and redefining infrastructure through critical essays on the topic of landscape infrastructure and case study projects.
12、 We have then taken the conversation beyond the pages of this book via social media, lectures, blogs, universities, and within the designers office. Through these multiple platforms we seek to position the future of infrastructure as an integrated alternative for improving mass transit, enhancing pu
13、blic accessibility and ecological performance, while remaining economically sound. Further objectives of the book and other media outlets are to merge relevant topics in hydrology, natural systems, density, transit, pollution, and public health with infrastructure and program. At the beginning of th
14、e book, a series of essays explore landscape infrastructures potential as a means of furthering this discussion. Fourteen case study projects are offered, not as a definitive collection, but rather as a broad outline positing a set of principles and strategies with which to explore the potential of
15、this topic. As an integral part of our daily regimen, infrastructure must be reimagined for the advancement of our culture, ourselves, nature, and the lifestyles we hope to sustain now and in the future.As the world faces an urgent need for new and repaired infrastructure systems, design and plannin
16、g professionals have the crucial opportunity to reimagine networks that support multiple uses and functions. For example, Americas infrastructure is decaying at an astonishing rate. The U.S. Interstate system alone is over 80 years old and crumbling under the stress of increased usage. As traditional single-use systems, these highways and their counterparts aqueducts and railways have slowly run their course and have become obsolete in
