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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Sharma, Bhavika
• North, Alissa
• Moying, Wang
• Ying, Wang
• Yuting, Gao

Titel

Terrain-Specific: Contemporary Landscape Architecture in Canada

Ist Teil von

• Landscape Architecture Frontiers, 2022-12, Vol.10 (6), p.90

Ort / Verlag

Higher Education Press Limited Company

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The Canadian landscape has typically captured a global imaginary of a pristine wild, but how might its urban designed landscapes be distinctly understood? Foregrounded by the landscape transformations accelerated by climate change, the book Innate Terrain: Canadian Landscape Architecture, edited by Professor Alissa North from the University of Toronto, highlights landscape architecture projects situated on the unique Canadian terrain. Providing further provocation on Canadian landscape architecture, Innate Terrain seeks to fill the literary gap on contemporary landscape perspectives, distinguishing Canadian landscape architecture from global practice, and particularly, its well-documented American counterpart. Landscape architecture in the Canadian context has evolved and established its own distinct identity, one imbued with national and local sensitivities. Informed by diverse environmental and cultural contexts, Canadian-designed landscapes reflect and refer to the prevailing ecosystems of Canada's innate terrain. Contrary to the preceding International Style, landscape architecture projects in Canada have adopted the ethos of Critical Regionalism in the second half of the 20th century. Contemporary Canadian practitioners are designing landscapes that are deeply informed by their surrounding geographical context while emphasizing cultural specificity. Central to this cultural specificity, addressed by a new generation of landscape architects, is the increasing recognition of Indigenous Traditional Knowledge within the discipline. Canadian landscape architects have collaborated with First Nations, Inuit, and Metis communities, including the keepers of this knowledge, to develop land management strategies and design landscape interventions. KEYWORDS Contemporary Canadian Landscape Architecture; Critical Regionalism; Indigenous Traditional Knowledge; Cultural Heritage; Innate Terrain HIGHLIGHTS * Demonstrates the development of contemporary Canadian landscape architecture flourished on Critical Regionalism * Reveals the impact of the ideas of wilderness, which gleans a national identity on Canadian landscape architecture * Fills the literary gap on Canadian contemporary landscape architecture with site-specific practices