Definition of Landscape Architecture
1. Christopher Tunnard
“To plant is but a part of landscape composition; to co‑ordinate is all.”
Meaning that planting must be integrated cohesively into a larger spatial composition
2. Dan Kiley
“Man is nature, just like the trees.”
3. James Corner
“Landscape architecture is basically about the planning and design of space under the sky.”
A landscape "lingers in your memories… the deeper part of landscape is something personally experienced, almost subconsciously." Landscape design is a process unfolding in space–time.
4. Garrett Eckbo
“The function of landscape design is more than the direct design of outdoor space arrangements. In the larger sense it is the continuous establishment of relations between man and the land, tying in those hills and valleys and broad panoramas which are beyond design, through designed elements which establish a scale relation between each individual human and the large landscape, placing them so that that individual gets a maximum experience from the relationship.”
“Design shall be dynamic, not static. Design shall be areal, not axial. Design shall be three‑dimensional… people live in volumes, not planes.”
5. Thomas Church
Landscape architecture unites house and garden through principles of Unity, Function, Simplicity, Scale—creating outdoor “rooms” integrated with the dwelling, designed for everyday living and multiple viewpoints - Gardens Are for People (1955):
6. Lawrence Halprin
Halprin described landscape architecture as a narrative experience, emphasizing user sequence and participatory design.
7. Ian McHarg (contextual, ecological)
Landscape architecture as an ecological discipline grounded in soils, hydrology, climate, and natural systems—design responding to environment rather than imposing arbitrary. - Design with Nature
8. Michael Van Valkenburgh
“Knowledge of a place derives more deeply through experience of material, time, and event than through visuality alone.”
“Landscape should educate and heal through its temporal and material depth.”
9. Kate Orff
Landscape architecture is ecological-social activism: design must reset damaged ecosystems, foster social space, and integrate environmental and communal systems—doing more than beautification
10. Julie Bargmann
“Unearthing the raw ingredients of design from waste and wastelands defines my life’s work… Integrating regenerative technologies with design propositions and built landscapes embodies my contribution to the discipline of landscape architecture.”
11. Diana Balmori
Landscape architecture is the creation of a fluid interface between landscape and structure, rethinking nature not as visual imitation but as a process”. — Urban rooftops are the “fifth façade.”
12. Pamela Burton
“Landscapes are a journey. It’s not just about the destination, but also about the journey of designing and walking through them.… The use of plants to narrate a human story.
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