Cartographic grounds : projecting the landscape imaginary / Jill Desimini & Charles Waldheim.

Author
Desimini, Jill [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/​Created
  • New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2016]
  • ©2016
Description
271 pages : color illustrations , color maps ; 28 cm

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    "Mapping has been one of the most fertile areas of exploration for architecture and landscape in the past few decades. While celebrating this shift in representation from the material and physical description toward the depiction of the unseen and often immaterial, Cartographic Grounds takes a critical view toward the current use of data mapping and visualization and calls for a return to traditional cartographic techniques to reimagine the manifestation and manipulation of the ground itself. Each of the ten chapters focuses on a single cartographic technique--sounding/ spot elevation, isobath/contour, hachure/hatch, shaded relief, land classification, figure-ground, stratigraphic column, cross-section, line symbol, conventional sign-- and illustrates it through beautiful maps and plans from notable designers and cartographers throughout history, from Leonardo da Vinci to James Corner Field Operations. Mohsen Mostafavi, dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, introduces the book, a veritable atlas of contemporary maps and techniques that is as beautiful as it is useful"-- Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Foreword / Mohsen Mostafavi
    • Introduction: Projecting the landscape imaginary
    • Notes on scale
    • Sounding/spot elevation
    • Isobath/contour
    • Hachure/hatch
    • Shaded relief
    • Land classification
    • Figure-ground
    • Stratigraphic column
    • Cross section
    • Line symbol
    • Conventional sign
    • Afterword / Antoine Picon.
    ISBN
    • 9781616893293 (hardback)
    • 161689329X (hardback)
    LCCN
    2015035502
    OCLC
    921166514
    International Article Number
    • 9781616893293
    Other standard number
    • 40026174939
    • 40026127622
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