Essays about: "Lovisa Kjerrgren"

Found 2 essays containing the words Lovisa Kjerrgren.

1. 1. Lost in place : on place theory and landscape architecture

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Lovisa Kjerrgren; [2015]
   Keywords : landscape architecture; place; sense of place; genius loci; place identity; place experience; space; site; non-place; placelessness; assemblage;

   Abstract : Place is on the one hand a commonsense everyday word with diversely connotative meanings, and on the other a contested concept with different interpretations across a broad range of academic disciplines and discourses. This thesis researches theories of place and their implications for the theory and design practice of landscape architecture. READ MORE

3. 2. Layers of land : the palimpsest concept in relation to landscape architecture

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Lovisa Kjerrgren; [2011]
   Keywords : strata; layering; superimposition; urban development; brownfield renewal; landscape urbanism; urban design; landscape process; urban morphology; landscape analysis; design tool;

   Abstract : This paper researches how the palimpsest concept is used in relation to landscape, and how it can function as a tool within landscape architecture. Palimpsest originally refers to old parchment handwritings, where new text has been applied on top of effaced, but still discernable, earlier writing. READ MORE