Landscape Design and Drawing as Tools for Understanding Climate Emergency and Sustainability

Nikologianni, Anastasia (2024) Landscape Design and Drawing as Tools for Understanding Climate Emergency and Sustainability. Architecture, 4 (1). pp. 188-196. ISSN 2673-8945

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Abstract

Acknowledging the importance of climate challenges to our environment, landscape and cities, this review focuses on the exploration of visual methods (e.g., design, drawing, sketches) in relation to a deeper understanding of climate emergency and sustainability on a spatial scale. It provides an overview of existing research and highlights the role design and drawing can play in landscape-led projects, as well as the impact these might have on behavioural change and decision-making. Looking at how design and drawing are perceived in landscape architecture and what their contribution is to the narrative of a project as well as the decisions made, this paper establishes a connection between pictorial forms and landscape. At the same time, this paper explores whether visualisations are used in relation to the climate and environmental challenges we face, sharing some light on the role they can play with regards to climate awareness and sustainability and how important they might be for our communities, cities and regions. This review highlights the need for further research around this topic and explains that there is a minor part of the literature looking at ways in which landscape design can be integrated into the wider climate emergency agenda and how this might influence behavioural change and the decision-making of various stakeholders.

Item Type: Article
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.3390/architecture4010012
Dates:
DateEvent
13 March 2024Accepted
18 March 2024Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords: climate emergency, sustainability, landscape, design, drawing, decision making, behavioural change
Subjects: CAH13 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01-01 - architecture
CAH13 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01-03 - landscape design
CAH13 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01-04 - planning (urban, rural and regional)
CAH25 - design, and creative and performing arts > CAH25-01 - creative arts and design > CAH25-01-01 - creative arts and design (non-specific)
CAH26 - geography, earth and environmental studies > CAH26-01 - geography, earth and environmental studies > CAH26-01-04 - environmental sciences
Divisions: Faculty of Arts, Design and Media > College of Architecture
Depositing User: Anastasia Nikologianni
Date Deposited: 21 Mar 2024 14:17
Last Modified: 21 Mar 2024 14:17
URI: https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15353

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