The Garden as an Architectonic Laboratory

The relationship between humankind and nature is treated within this system of measurements and proportions

"The structure of the landscape architecture was a sort of a theatrical production: the villa walls were broken through, while the horizon formed the visual boundary."

"Landscape never allows itself to be entirely captured in format abstractions."

Key Terms: symmetry, position, spatial depth, flow,

Typology and Invention

"embodies a specific relationship to historical experience. By accepting a type, the designer takes existing general notions of imagery and by doing so acknowledges the ideological significance and content as a starting point for creating a new work"- Argan

• typological moment; tradition or convention
• inventive moment; a break with tradition

Topos- natural landscape as the dwelling place of the gods; magical (mythological)

Locus- geometrically determined, distance is measured and time is related

"Layering"--grid, lines, points, and surfaces within

• Three imaginary layers: (1) the 'natural' landscape (2) the 'agricultural' landscape, and (3) the 'architectonic' landscape

Aspects of landscape archiectonic form: basic, spatial, visual, and programme form