Land Art as Climate Action: Designing the 21st Century City Park: Land Art Generator Initiative, Mannheim
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Land Art as Climate Action: Designing the 21st Century City Park: Land Art Generator Initiative, Mannheim
By (Author) Elisabeth Monoian
Edited by Robert Ferry
Hirmer Verlag
Hirmer Verlag
6th September 2023
Germany
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Landscape architecture and design
Social impact of environmental issues
707.44346452
Physical Properties
Hardback
240
Width 230mm, Height 280mm
1440g
Description
Land Art and Climate Action: Designing the 21st Century City Park highlights regenerative artworks that respond to this pivotal moment in human history and inspire viewers to embrace the beauty, abundance, and cultural vibrancy of a world that has left fossil fuels behind. Featuring three hundred color images, the book includes essays by Robert Ferry, Peter Kurz, Elizabeth Monoian, Alessandra Scognamiglio, and Sven Stremke to bring attention to design projects and landscape architecture where environmentalism is part of the concept, not an afterthought.
Reviews
"This volume documents a design competition led by art-design group Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) on the occasion of the 2023 German Federal Horticultural Show in Mannheim, Germany. Their goal: transforming a deaccessioned US military
base into a clean-energy park that both benefits and involves a community formerly excluded from the site. . . . The program as a whole provides an imaginative template for developing greening programs in other urban communities."-- "Choice"
Author Bio
Elizabeth Monoian and Robert Ferry are cofounders and codirectors of the Land Art Generator Initiative, a nonprofit focused on sustainable design based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
