![]() But this agricultural understanding, which explicitly divides the ‘green’ of the landscape from the ‘red’ of the city, is increasingly untenable. ![]() The idea that landscape and agriculture are synonymous has been shaped by pictorial conventionsĭating back nearly four centuries. In this ‘sectoral’ view, landscape is a finite resource that can be drawn down to make room for other, ‘non-landscape’ programs, such as housing or industry. Many people conceive landscape as a delimited zone for extensive activities such as recreation, water storage, and, especially, agriculture. ‘Hardscape’ and ‘softscape’ are already staples, to which have now been added ‘datascapes,’ ‘marketscapes,’ even ‘desktopscapes.’ It seems that landscape is truly in the process of becoming what linguist George Lakoff called a ‘metaphor we live by.’īut what is landscape? When, and where, did this word and idea arise? How have its meanings changed through history? How, and why, did it come to be associated with scenery? How are we to explain its astonishing proliferation in recent years? And how do the answers we give to these questions determine the methods by which we design places? Landscape is everywhere, from the ‘financial landscape’ of the current recession, to ‘mental landscapes’ of childhood or old age, to the ‘cultural landscape’ of the globalized city. Everyday language seems to confirm these findings. ![]() ![]() A recent study found that use of the word ‘landscape’ in American newspapers increased fivefold between 19. ![]()
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