DIAGRAMMING + LANDSCAPE

REDUCTIVE: Diagrams as Design ExplicationDISCURSIVE: Diagrams as abstract means of thinking about organization

REDUCTIVE : Diagrams as Design Explication

Design Analysis + ClarificationFigure Ground

Circulation"Layers" of Design Conditions

plan fragments = diagrams

West 8Aerial, Borneo Sporenburg

figure ground West 8Borneo Sporenburg

reverse figure ground: landscape voids

West 8Borneo Sporenburg

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planting strategy as figure ground

Hargreaves AssociatesGrant Park, Chicago

pedestrian circulation Kamel LouafiValkeniersweide, Rotterdam

distinct "layers"

design conceptPlot ArchitectureDrejen Residential City, Denmark

composite organizationPlot ArchitectureDrejen Residential City, Denmark

West 8Ijburg, Amsterdam design analysis

"layers" of design conditionsHargreaves AssociatesFresh Kills

framework

islands

concept

flows

ecologies

composite diagram vs. the plan

composite

axonometric: clarifying spatial relationships

DISCURSIVE : Diagrams as Abstract means of thinking about organization

Diagrams as instruments in the design processLandscape Process + Phasing DiagramsAxonometric Diagrams

working through design

testing organization Field OperationsAirport Park, Greece

diagrams as simplified + highly graphic studies

Reiser + UmemotoBMW Factory

diagrams as simplified + highly graphic studies

instructions : phasing diagrams

Desvigne & DalnokyThomson Factory instructions : phasing

diagrams

abstract description of changes/actions over time