Landscape Architecture: Dealing With a 'Larger Scale'

In this Q&A, The Wall Street Journal talks with landscape architect Adriaan Geuze, whose work has had a big impact on the field, especially in its combination of landscape design, architecture and planning.

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August 23, 2009, 1:00 PM PDT

By Nate Berg


"Q: Your work at West 8 combines architecture, landscape architecture and urban planning. What is the difference for you between these disciplines?

With architecture, there is a client, there is a brief, there is a budget, and there is a location. Normally with a park, after you have been chosen to design it, there are still a lot of questions. What is the aim? Where are the entrances? How will people use the space? Sometimes there isn't even a location. In landscape architecture and urban planning, we deal with a larger scale than architecture and design, however the real difference is that architecture is more influential. If you're an architect, you can determine the final result. In landscape architecture and urban planning, that's not the case. You might influence the outcome, but that's about it."

Friday, August 21, 2009 in The Wall Street Journal

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