Drawing for Landscape Architects 2: Perspective Views in History, Theory, and Practice (Student Edition) (Construction and Design Manual) - Softcover

Wilk, Sabrina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3869228539 ISBN 13: 9783869228532

Publisher: DOM Publishers, 2022

Synopsis

In recent years, perspective views have swept into the foreground in the field of landscape architecture. They have become the showpiece of any new design project, frequently overshadowing the plan as the principal graphic mediator of ideas. Perspectives communicate planned spaces unlike any other orthographic architectural projections, easily connecting with ­human modes of vision and perception. Yet we have become so accustomed to seeing them that we no longer examine their underlying messages.

 

This manual examines the history of these multifaceted images and their power to shape our expectations and thinking. Moving chronologically from the Renaissance to the present day, the book charts their evolution and dissects the ­motives ­behind their construction. It also provides clear practical guidance on how to compose persuasive images for diverse audiences.

 

Presented in this book are numerous historical and contemporary examples, underscoring the perspective’s continuing importance in professional practice.

 

Key thematic areas include:

• Introduction to terminology: Basics and principles
• Constructing and composing perspectives
• Transmitting messages: The landscape as a medium for ideas
• Enduring themes of beauty, the sublime, and awe
• The future of perspective views

About this title

About the Author

Sabrina Wilk is landscape architect and designer from Toronto. She holds international degrees in landscape architecture (Toronto), architecture (Karlsruhe) and adoctorate in art history (Dublin). Her professional design work has always focused on visual representation, both in analogue and digital graphics. She has been a full-time professor of drawing and visualisation in landscape architecture at the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Germany, since 2005, and has taught visualisation courses at many institutions across Europe. Her passion for landscape imagery led to her founding the LineScape drawing academy, and she remains dedicated to fostering a culture of diverse visualisations and graphic exploration within the landscape design professions.

Edition details

• Publisher: DOM Publishers
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3869228539
• ISBN 13: 9783869228532
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 292