Weathering and Durability in Landscape Architecture

Weatering and Durability in Landscape Architecture provides authoritative guidelines to weathering, durability, and physical changes in the designed landscape over time. * Provides innovative weathering strategies illustrated with case studies. * Includes information on completed landscapes with data and commentary on maintenance and durability. * Provides the personal weathering and durability strategies of leading experts.

Preface vii Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii Part One Design for Weathering and Durability 1 Chapter 1 Time and the Built Landscape 3 Chapter 2 Aspects of Permanence 25 Chapter 3 Design Approaches 41 Part Two Landscape Architectural Design Case Studies 59 Chapter 4 Case Studies 61 Case Study A Expiration Date 64 Vintondale Colliery Park Reclamation, Vintondale, Pennsylvania Julie Bargmann Case Study B Constructing Memory 80 A Memorial to Rosie the Riveter, Richmond, California yl Barton Case Study C The Persistence of Spatial Structure 96 Mid-America All-Indian Center, Wichita, Kansas Edward L. Blake, Jr. Case Study D The Readjusted Scales of Duration 112 A Private Summer Retreat, Western Maine Michael Blier Case Study E Working Materials 133 Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial, Indianapolis, Indiana Eric Fulford and Ann Reed Case Study F Dimensions of Process and Change 154 Crissy Field: A Tidal Marsh Restoration, San Francisco, California Mary Margaret Jones Case Study G Aesthetics of Cultural Weathering 174 Moyland Elementary School Playground, Hartford, Connecticut; Courtyard and Meditation Labyrinth, Chester, Connecticut Mikyoung Kim Case Study H Urban Legacies 192 Cook + Phillip Park, Sydney, Australia Elizabeth Mossop Case Study I Evolving Economies 211 Casa Cabo, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico Margie Ruddick Case Study J Maturing Practices 226 Advantica Plaza and Park, Spartanburg, South Carolina Peter Lindsay Schaudt Case Study K Perpetual Material 243 Aluminum Garden, New York, New York Ken Smith Case Study L Compressed 260 “Compressed”: A Temporary Landscape Installation, Cazenovia, New York H. Keith Wagner Part Three Afterword 277 Chapter 5 Achievements and Challenges 279 Bibliography and Further Reading 287 Index 291