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More Groundswell
"Landscape architecture is back"
Photo courtesy of the Estate of Kazuaki HosokawaSlate 's architecture critic, Witold Rybczynski, reviews MoMA's Groundswell exhibit with a slide-show essay. Bookending the review, Mr. Rybcynski provides some historical perspective of landscape design, and laments the lack of a "landscape approach to rebuilding" the World Trade Center site.

And we've added LOTS of images of our own for your browsing pleasure (thanks to MoMA's Press Office). Lots of images means waiting for them to download... please be patient, won't you?

Enjoy.

Link: Slate - The Aesthetics of Urban Renewal
Reference: Groundswell (Land+Living)
Reference: "Confronting Blight With Hope" (Land+Living)
Reference: "From Ruin and Artifice, Landscapes Reborn" (Land+Living)

Photo above right:
Keyaki Plaza / Saitama New Urban Center, Saitama City, Japan / 1994–2000
Peter Walker, Peter Walker William Johnson and Partners
Yoji Sasaki, OHTORI Consultants Environmental Design Institute
and Masayuki Kusumoto, NTT Urban Development Co.


View from Environment Gallery toward west
Bordeaux Botanical Garden / La Bastide, Bordeaux, France / 2000–02
Mosbach Paysagistes
Photo courtesy of Mosbach Paysagistes/Catherine Mosbach


Rendering of proposed Bradford Bowl and City Hall
Bradford City Centre Master Plan / Bradford, England /2003; projected completion, 2020
Alsop Ltd
Image courtesy of Alsop & Partners and Bradford Centre Regeneration


View of tidal wetlands and Golden Gate Bridge Crissy Field / Presidio National Park, San Francisco, California / 1994–2001
Hargreaves Associates
Photo courtesy of Hargreaves Associates


Ore bunker adapted for rock climbing walls
Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park International Building Exhibition (IBA) / Emscher Park, Duisburg, Germany / 1990–2002
Latz + Partner
Photo courtesy of Harf Zimmermann


Hanging Ditch fountain
Exchange Square / Manchester, England / 1998–2000
Martha Schwartz, Inc.
Photo courtesy of Martha Schwartz


Rendering of lifescape from southeast
Fresh Kills lifescape / Staten Island, New York / 2001–05; projected start of construction, 2007
James Corner, Field Operations
Image courtesy of Field Operations


View from upper level terrace toward path
Igualada Cemetery Park / Igualada, Spain / 1985–96 (partially complete)
Enric Miralles and Carme Pinós
Photo courtesy of Duccio Malagamba


View from northeast toward Invalidenstrasse
Invalidenpark / Berlin, Germany / 1992–97
Christophe Girot, Atelier Phusis
Photo courtesy of Christophe Girot


Rendering of view toward downtown Seattle
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle Art Museum / Seattle, Washington / 2001-06
Weiss/Manfredi Architects
Photo courtesy of Weiss/Manfredi Architects


Aerial view at night
Piccadilly Gardens / Manchester, England / 1998–2002 ARUP and EDAW
Photo courtesy of EWAW / 2002 Dixi Carrillo


Aerial view at night
Schouwburgplein (Theater Square) / Rotterdam, the Netherlands / 1991–96
Adriaan Geuze, West 8 urban design & landscape architecture bv
Photo courtesy of Jeroen Musch


Concept plan of Shanghai Carpet
Shanghai Carpet / Shanghai Yang Pu University City Hub / 2003; projected completion, 2006
Tom Leader Studio, with Michael Duncan, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Image courtesy of Tom Leader Studio


Aerial view of lawn over parking garage with limestone walls for fire stairs
Shell Petroleum Headquarters / Rueil-Malmaison, France / 1989–91
Kathryn Gustafson (1, 2) directing Paysage Land, and Valode & Pistre Architectes
Photo courtesy of Kathryn Gustafson


Topographic plan
Southeast Coastal Park, Forum 2004 / Barcelona, Spain / 2000–04
Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Foreign Office Architects
Image courtesy of Foreign Office Architects


 Comments (10)
kaya  — May 4, 2005
very good
this site is good but it could be improved by some more infomation and some games.
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luis  — June 17, 2005
incredible
I can't believe it was possible. I write from Argentina, we have thousands of places like Duisburg former industry towns closed, but, they are still useless. How many time took to build the Duisburg-nord landscape? how much it costs? nobody destroy it? how is the annual cost of keep it working and clean? who pays and how? how many people use it? is there any other town that did the same? Thanks PS we have a natural reserve built naturally, and 1 or 2 times for year is under fire, because estate companies pay people to start fires and destroy the place to get the land at cheap prices
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luis  — June 17, 2005
incredible
can you anwser many of my questions about Duisburg-nord landscape? my mail is luis_arg@mixmail.com thanks
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raulito  — July 11, 2006
good job, keep up the good work, or make your design more holystic
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ani  — February 24, 2007
perfekte! sikur te vizitonit shqiperine,ka shume per te bere ketu!!
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zhang  — October 13, 2008
very beautiful design
good job,I'm very like you and your work.I'm working in Shenzhen of China with landscape design. can you anwser many of my question about middle school landscape? my mail is jiaziyy2005@yahoo.com.cn
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mars  — November 19, 2008
beyond my imagination
above
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reza  — September 5, 2009
iaghoby
no english
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miravales  — November 28, 2009
crazy
unbelievable idea always amased
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zohaib  — April 10, 2010
praise
nice work done
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