Author Archives: José Juan Terrasa-Soler, ASLA

Landscape as Planes of Continuity

Landscape can be conceived as a series of continuing planes in space and time. Discontinuities or wrinkles in continuity might be found, but there is always at least one plane in which there is continuity in the landscape. The work of the landscape architect is to modulate those planes of continuity and discontinuity to transmitContinue reading “Landscape as Planes of Continuity”

New Book on Green Infrastructure

The book “Revising Green Infrastructure: Concepts Between Nature and Design” will be published in December 2014 by Routledge/CRC Press, London. It provides a fresh look at green infrastructure from the perspective of landscape architecture. Contributors come from all corners of the globe and the editors are members of the landscape architecture faculty at the TechnologicalContinue reading “New Book on Green Infrastructure”

Molecular Landscape Architecture (Paisajismo Molecular)

To Richard T. T. Forman, with great admiration and respect. Even though during the last 200 years the visual aspects of the design and construction of landscape have predominated, that definitively had not been the case during the rest of human history. Landscape has a utilitarian dimension that, while not completely absent at any timeContinue reading “Molecular Landscape Architecture (Paisajismo Molecular)”

Notas sobre dibujo arquitectónico-paisajista

Materiales de dibujo y representación arquitectónico-paisajista recomendados para uso “en plein air”  Pluma fuente Lamy Safari o Lamy AL-Star, punta Extra Fina (EF), cargada con tinta negra Pelikan 4001 o tinta negra J. Herbin Perle Noire Lápiz de carpintero, 4B Lápices de carbón, 2B y 6B Lapicero Staedtler Mars Technico para minas de 2 mm,Continue reading “Notas sobre dibujo arquitectónico-paisajista”

Flashback to Fields Point

From the bluff, the landscape was impressive….  The field was textured by the presence of mounds, as in a landfill….  And these tombs of culture marched on to the sea beyond, holding inside them the discarded carcasses of useless things….  The traces and scars of human culture over the face of the Earth…. the indelibleContinue reading “Flashback to Fields Point”

What do you carry? A Landscape Architect’s Field Bag

For a landscape architect, field work is as important as drawing and model-making in the studio, and a few good pieces of field gear are a must: Small sketchbook and drawing implements – For field work, I prefer a sketchbook with grid paper to make it easier to draw to scale.  A Lamy Safari fountainContinue reading “What do you carry? A Landscape Architect’s Field Bag”