Dieter Kienast - Die Poetik des Gartens: Uber Chaos und Ordnung in der Landschaftsarchitektur

Dieter Kienast's anthology explores the idea of attentive interaction with the natural world in the garden, and his essays, commentaries, and statements address landscape architectural design in the human habitat. This classic of contemporary landscape architecture is a must-read for anyone seeking profound and thought-provoking answers to the fundamental questions of the designed environment.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 06 November 2023
Publisher: Birkhauser

The central question driving Dieter Kienast's anthology is: Where can we engage in more attentive interaction with the natural world than in its microcosm, the garden? From the beginning of his career as a landscape architect, Kienast has been a prolific writer. However, it was during his collaboration with architects and urban planners in the 1980s that his essays, commentaries, and statements truly found their subject: landscape architectural design in the human habitat, beyond the ecological dogma of a supposedly untouched and self-unfolding nature. This classic of contemporary landscape architecture offers profound and thought-provoking answers to the fundamental questions of the designed environment.

A classic that has finally been republished
A collection of texts by one of the most important thinkers in contemporary landscape architecture
With an up-to-date commentary on Kienast's ideas and work by Prof. Udo Weilacher

Weight: 588g
Dimension: 169 x 236 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783035627268
Edition number: 2 Revised edition