Delta dialogues
By: Christophe Girot, Susann Ahn, Isabelle Fehlmann, Lara Mehling (eds.).
Series: Pamphlet : Publikationsreihe der Professur Christophe Girot -- 20; Pamphlet : Publikationsreihe der Professur Christophe Girot -- 20.
Publisher: gta Verlag
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Zürich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9783856763688
Subjects: Deltas; Landscapes; Landscape architecture
Description: Delta landscapes are difficult to define. These murky territories require a careful reading, and the analysis of a site caught between land and water calls for more than a mapping project to understand its complex bounds, so often drawn in fiction- al lines. This issue of 'Pamphlet' proposes that, as landscape architects, we must thoroughly investigate the medium by innovating our design methods, strategies, processes, and tools to gain a literacy of place, which like the delta itself, embraces multiple threads and a constantly changing course. 'Delta Dialogues' discusses site-reading methods that teach us to read between these rigid lines.