Throughout the 3d focus week between the 24th and the 28th January 2011 a series of lectures were held at Kingston University. The focus subject was based around ‘What Is Landscape’ with several guests from professional practices visiting to contribute their own findings and experiences.
Heather Ring from Wayward Plants talked about her approach to re-using plants and creating green landscapes within confined urban environments.
Christian Spencer Davies from AModels introduced his company’s creative approach to modelling architecture and landscapes. Je Ahn & Maria Smith who together form Studio Weave presented some of their interesting projects, all very site specific and unique. Trenton Oldfield from This is Not a Gateway talked about his own research into boundaries specifically the effect of fences on public space. Sam Johnston from Gustafson Porter talked about landscape from a broad sense right down to how we experience what Landscape is emotionally, which was quite captivating. Even from his own thoughts, Landscape can still only be described and understood in loose terms as it is such a broad field, as Neil Porter said in early 2011 “It’s everything under the sun”.
Will Sandy from Three Green Dots talked about his experimental and witty projects that aim to provoke a reaction and cause people to perceive their surroundings from a new perspective.
My Personal Response - I came away from this series of lectures with new insight and ideas, not specifically about ‘what landscape is’ but more about what ‘Landscape’ can be. When looked at from a fresh, creative approach, work within the field of landscape architecture can cause numerous changes within society, ecologies, community relationships and so on, ultimately heightening our sense of the environments within which we live, connecting us to our primary sources and simultaneously excelling our daily functions to enable more efficient daily performance.
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