Landscape and Infrastructure: Reimagining the Pastoral Paradigm for the Twenty-First Century

Landscape and Infrastructure explores the relationships between landscape painting and landscape design, and contemporary infrastructure projects, to gain a better understanding of how to integrate new approaches to productive infrastructure systems into our contemporary landscapes. It highlights the vestigial elements of the pastoral tradition that have long held aesthetic sway in our suburbs, cities, and national parks and how they can be used to convince neighborhood residents, municipal leaders, and energy companies or water authorities of the benefits of a neighboring infrastructure.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 216 pages
Publication date: 25 February 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Landscape and Infrastructure explores the connections between landscape painting and landscape design from the 17th century to the present, as well as contemporary infrastructure projects worldwide. These seemingly distinct topics are brought together by a common interest in the pastoral middle ground, a historically productive landscape. By examining pre-industrial productive systems and the impact of the Industrial Revolution on the pastoral landscape tradition through an art-historical lens, we can gain a deeper understanding of how to incorporate innovative approaches to productive infrastructure systems (such as power generation, water filtration, and food production) into our contemporary landscapes. With growing demand for clean energy, clean water, and locally grown food, this study provides a historical perspective on how such systems can be integrated into our suburban and urban areas. Vestiges of the pastoral tradition have long held aesthetic appeal in our suburbs, cities, and national parks, both in Britain and America. Now, as new energy and water-related projects encroach on these spaces, remnants of the pastoral play a crucial role in convincing neighborhood residents, municipal leaders, and energy companies or water authorities of the benefits of a neighboring infrastructure. This book delves into the history of this tradition and emphasizes its advantages as we re-imagine infrastructure in the 21st century.

Weight: 462g
Dimension: 163 x 234 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350216310