DESIGN RESEARCH FOR URBAN LANDSCAPES theories and methods

• Other Authors: Prominski, Martin (Editor), Seggern, Hille von (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2019
• Subjects: Urban landscape architecture; City planning
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Within the spatial design disciplines, research through design as a tool and practice has often been neglected. This book provides a much-needed companion to the theories, methods and processes involved in using design-based research in landscape, architecture and urban design.

Table of Contents:

• Crossing fields : designing and researching Raumgeschehen / Hille von Seggern
• Design research as a non-linear interplay of five moments / Martin Prominski
• Navigating in urban landscapes : mapping as a navigational strategy in designing landscapes / Sigrun Langner
• Walk with me! : how walking inspires designing / Henrik Schultz
• Design comments : a dialogue-based approach to using designerly knowledge in transdisciplinary contexts / Katrina Wiberg
• On playing and designing : gaining knowledge and finding ideas through play during the process of designing urban landscapes / Christiane Kania-Feistkorn
• Holding onto the land / Karin Helms
• Urban landscape stories : narratives as a design research tool / Anke Schmidt
• Creating future research platforms / Marie Markman
• Setting out : creative strategies for the beginning phase in large-scale landscape design / Julia Werner.