Weathering and Durability in Landscape Architecture

NIALL KIRKWOOD, ASLA, is Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Professor of Landscape Architecture and Technology at the Harvard Design School.

• Preface viiAcknowledgments xiIntroduction xiiiPart One Design for Weathering and Durability 1Chapter 1 Time and the Built Landscape 3Chapter 2 Aspects of Permanence 25Chapter 3 Design Approaches 41Part Two Landscape Architectural Design Case Studies 59Chapter 4 Case Studies 61Case Study A Expiration Date 64Vintondale Colliery Park Reclamation, Vintondale, PennsylvaniaJulie BargmannCase Study B Constructing Memory 80A Memorial to Rosie the Riveter, Richmond, Californiayl BartonCase Study C The Persistence of Spatial Structure 96Mid-America All-Indian Center, Wichita, KansasEdward L. Blake, Jr.Case Study D The Readjusted Scales of Duration 112A Private Summer Retreat, Western MaineMichael BlierCase Study E Working Materials 133Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial, Indianapolis, IndianaEric Fulford and Ann ReedCase Study F Dimensions of Process and Change 154Crissy Field: A Tidal Marsh Restoration, San Francisco, CaliforniaMary Margaret JonesCase Study G Aesthetics of Cultural Weathering 174Moyland Elementary School Playground, Hartford, Connecticut; Courtyard and Meditation Labyrinth, Chester, ConnecticutMikyoung KimCase Study H Urban Legacies 192Cook + Phillip Park, Sydney, AustraliaElizabeth MossopCase Study I Evolving Economies 211Casa Cabo, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, MexicoMargie RuddickCase Study J Maturing Practices 226Advantica Plaza and Park, Spartanburg, South CarolinaPeter Lindsay SchaudtCase Study K Perpetual Material 243Aluminum Garden, New York, New YorkKen SmithCase Study L Compressed 260“Compressed”: A Temporary Landscape Installation, Cazenovia, New YorkH. Keith WagnerPart Three Afterword 277Chapter 5 Achievements and Challenges 279Bibliography and Further Reading 287Index 291