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Postmodern landscape architecture: theoretical, compositional characteristics and design elements with the analysis of 25 projects Cover

Postmodern landscape architecture: theoretical, compositional characteristics and design elements with the analysis of 25 projects

Open Access
|Dec 2015

Abstract

This paper endeavours to highlight three aspects of postmodern landscape design: theoretical basis, composition and design elements. Postmodern theories, philosophy influenced the language of the postmodern landscape architecture and got materialized in the use of narratives, eclecticism, the Rhizome-principle. Postmodern landscape composition can be associated with anti-hierarchy, unusual structures, landforms, and playful moods. Postmodern design elements consist of the strong graphical use of colour and pavements, bizarre water features, unusual structures and buildings, postmodern sculptures and thematic garden details. 25 analysed projects try to capture the essence of postmodernism in landscape architecture as well as to reveal points of intersection within these projects.

Language: English
Page range: 71 - 81
Submitted on: Apr 25, 2015
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Accepted on: Jun 30, 2015
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Published on: Dec 22, 2015
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2015 Anna Eplényi, Brigitta Oláh-Christian, published by Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania
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