{"product_id":"landscape-as-protagonist","title":"Landscape as Protagonist","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e**Second Edition**\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNature is vital to our very being. And yet, our current system continues to neglect it. And we continue to discount it in our conception of cities and the buildings that make up our cities. Nature is out there. We are over here. We are disconnected. Why?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow do we change our perspectives on ‘nature’? How do we cede space to it in an urban setting? How do we change how things are done?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith this book, we begin with an understanding of the importance of landscape. In doing so we seek to uncover some of the reasons why plants and landscapes are seemingly undervalued in the development paradigm. We seek to highlight their value, far beyond beautification and came up with ways to disrupt the status quo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLandscape as Protagonist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e presents findings, essays and interviews that imagine landscape as the place to begin a built project, not a way to finish it. The book’s content is informed by a diverse group of people including landscape architects, architects, gardeners, Indigenous knowledge-holders, horticulturalists, property developers, writers, researchers and artists; addressing the problematic realities of trying to deliver meaningful landscapes in an urban setting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLandscape as Protagonist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e includes Interviews with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Doxiadis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of internationally recognised architect and landscape architecture studio, doxiadis+; artist and architect \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarjetica Potrč\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e whose work focuses on community-based projects that demonstrate a concern for sustainability and participatory design; and acclaimed landscape designer, gardener and journalist, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Pearson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The publication also features essays by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Pasoe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, historian, researcher and author of the pivotal \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDark Emu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCameron Allan McKean\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, journalist, editor and writer; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatherine Sundermann\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, associate director at Melbourne- based architecture and urban design practice MGS Architects; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Reynolds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, landscape architect and urbanist; and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eTanya Patrick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, editor and writer specialising in science communication.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e156 pages, 15 x 22 cm, softcover, Molonglo (Melbourne \/ Canberra).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Handcrafted Modern","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42866132254833,"sku":"PER-008","price":59.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0594\/9675\/9409\/files\/landscape-as-protagonist-1.jpg?v=1766029091","url":"https:\/\/shop.handcraftedmodern.co\/products\/landscape-as-protagonist","provider":"Handcrafted Modern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}