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2013
Beyond the boundaries of a physical space, places, as a means where it is registered the way in which man relates to the world, contain multiple spatiotemporal realities. Its reading requires, therefore, a look that can decipher the universe of ecological, historical, perceptual and cultural relationships that characterize them. However, at the present time, technique and reason seem to have tipped the balance on the tangible values against the intangible ones, banishing to oblivion its cultural, perceptual, emotional and phenomenological components. This article takes a brief look at a range of experiences that, from different disciplines involved with space, allow us to approach a collective and timeless readability of the place. These looks fruit of memory, the experience and creativity, show a very clear direction to serve the project from its identity. In this context, to visualize the information and bring out elements and relations forgotten or unknown, is in itself a creativ...
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Landscape and image: perception of authenticity and identity of places
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Written at the place. The intangible values of the landscape
Written at the place. The intangible values of the landscape Escrito en el lugar. Los valores intangibles del paisaje MiriaM García García abstract / resumen Beyond the boundaries of a physical space, places, as a means where it is registered the way in which man relates to the world, contain multiple spatiotemporal realities. Its reading requires, therefore, a look that can decipher the universe of ecological, historical, perceptual and cultural relationships that characterize them. However, at the present time, technique and reason seem to have tipped the balance on the tangible values against the intangible ones, banishing to oblivion its cultural, perceptual, emotional and phenomenological components. This article takes a brief look at a range of experiences that, from different disciplines involved with space, allow us to approach a collective and timeless readability of the place. These looks fruit of memory, the experience and creativity, show a very clear direction to serve the project from its identity. In this context, to visualize the information and bring out elements and relations forgotten or unknown, is in itself a creative act that builds again the landscape we inhabit revealing its potential. Thus, the task of uncovering the traces of the place blurs the boundaries of duality between the tangible and the intangible to serve the project at all levels. Más allá de los límites de un espacio físico, los lugares, como medio donde se registra el modo en el que el hombre se relaciona con el mundo, contienen múltiples realidades espacio-temporales. Su lectura requiere, por lo tanto, de una mirada capaz de descifrar el universo de relaciones ecológicas, históricas, perceptivas y culturales que los caracterizan. No obstante, en la época actual, la técnica y la razón parecen haber inclinado la balanza sobre los valores tangibles frente a los intangibles, desterrando al olvido sus componentes culturales, perceptivos, emocionales y fenomenológicos. Este artículo realiza un breve recorrido por una serie de experiencias que, desde distintas disciplinas comprometidas con el espacio, nos aproximan a una legibilidad colectiva e intemporal del lugar. Estas miradas fruto de la memoria, la experiencia y la creatividad, evidencian un camino con el que atender al proyecto desde su identidad. En este contexto, visualizar la información y hacer aflorar elementos y relaciones olvidados o desconocidos, constituye en sí mismo un acto creativo que construye nuevamente el paisaje en el que habitamos revelando su potencial. Así, la tarea de desvelar las trazas del lugar desdibuja los límites de la dualidad entre lo tangible y lo intangible al servicio del proyecto a todas las escalas.
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The Representation of the Landscape as Construction of Knowledge
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The study of landscape, understood as an interaction of historical settlement systems with that environmental naturalistic system, requires the identification and recognition of the values that characterize it. The present study is founded on a methodological approach based on the documentation and the critical analysis of the values of settlement systems and architectural heritage. Through critical thematic investigations, the territory is read in order to highlight the value systems related to each other. The purpose concerns the construction of a complex system aimed at knowledge and representation of the landscape and its values. From instrumental point of view, a territorial information system has been developed. With relation to this, there is the issue of the definition of complex databases, useful tools for documentation and analysis of the heritage.
A Sense of Place within the Landscape in Cultural Settings
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This paper presents an on-going progress of a study on landscape elements in the context of culture. The study has sought to ure and norms. Eventually, new developments do not seem to recognize and respect the importance of cultural aspects resulting disoriented buildings. Reviewed of the literature of sense of the place was conducted to rediscover the fundamental notions of place, perception and experience. Therefore, the background review to structure the work concluded places that add value contribute to establish the urban setting and place context.
The Aesthetic Values of Landscape Design
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