Landschaftlichkeit als Architekturidee

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(bilingual edition: English / German) The concept oflandscape-ness is gaining increasing importance in architecture notleast due to the rising threat of climate change. Based on internationalexamples, Margitta Buchert analyzes the potential of architecture fordealing with contemporary challenges, including socio-culturaltransformations and questions of lifeworld orientations within thetensions of global networking and local exposure--between natural spaceand urban space. Which architectural understandings and characteristicsflow into architecture and urban projects by introducing the concept oflandscape-ness? Which spatial articulating qualities are emphasized? Andwhat sensibilities and capacities are enriched? Dimensions of landscapeas nature--however, shaped and reshaped by humans--are in focus, as wellas the connection between aesthetics, architecture, ecology, and thecity.