South African Landscape Architecture: A Reader, Vol.1 - Softcover

Stoffberg, Hennie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 186888662X ISBN 13: 9781868886623

Publisher: Unisa Press, 2012

Synopsis

The discipline of landscape architecture in South Africa has been covered in five main popular printed media in the form of trade related journals and magazines. South African Landscape Architecture: A Reader is however the first collection of papers written by academics actively involved with landscape architecture research. The Reader serves as a platform for current South African landscape architecture research and theory to be locally and internationally distributed, making it widely accessible to peers involved with research. Publishing through Unisa Press (the largest local academic publishing house) is for these reasons an appropriate choice. All the papers have undergone editorial review and every paper was double-blind peer reviewed (a process independently facilitated by Unisa Press). This book provides an accessible vehicle for the dissemination of this research. While the longer papers are more theoretical, the shorter project descriptions focus more on the application of theory to design projects and are usually more comprehensively illustrated. Several of the authors are involved in practice and supplement their research with results from inquiry undertaken through practice - design as research. These project descriptions add tremendous value to the discipline and to an integration of academia and the profession. This book will significantly add to the dialogue on the developing discourse of South African landscape architecture and enhance the reciprocal dynamic between praxis and academia.

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About the Author

Hennie Stoffberg Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa. Hennie was a senior lecturer in Landscape Architecture and sustainability at the University of Pretoria until 2010. His academic qualifications and interests include sustainable design, green architecture, climate change commerce, the clean development mechanism (CDM), corporate citizenship, environmental education, phyto carbon sequestration, phyto carbon footprints, urban ecology and landscape architecture. He also consults in the field of carbon commerce. He held the position as the Programme Manager for the Exxaro Chair in Business and Climate Change at the Centre for Corporate Citizenship of the University of South Africa during 2008. Hennie publishes and often read papers internationally and locally. Hennie co-authored a book with Dr Paul Prinsloo entitled Climate Change: A Guide For Corporates (Unisa Press) in 2009. Hennie holds a PhD Botany (UP) specialising in Urban Forestry, MPhil Environmental Sciences (UCT) and BL Landscape Architecture (UP). Mr Clinton Hindes School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, University of Cape Town, South Africa Clinton Hindes is the Convenor of the two-year Master of Landscape Architecture degree programme. His teaching focus is primarily design studio and the history and theory of landscape architecture. He graduated with a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and a Master of Landscape Architecture (by research) from the University of Pretoria. His Masters degree focused on teaching in landscape architecture. Clinton taught landscape architecture and architecture at the University of Pretoria where he ran the second year combined design studio for a number of years before taking up his current position. His research interests lie in developing the theoretical foundations of the discipline of landscape architecture. He is currently working on his PhD entitled; 'The application of an organisational framework to the body of theory in landscape architecture for improved critical engagement'. Ms Liana MullerSchool of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, University of Cape Town, South Africa Liana Muller is a practising professional landscape architect with a Masters Degree in Anthropology. After lecturing in the Department of Architecture at the University of Pretoria, she took up a position as lecturer in the Master of Landscape Architecture programme at the School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics of the University of Cape Town. Liana is actively involved in the landscape architecture and heritage field, completing heritage audits, management plans and designs for cultural landscapes across Southern Africa and internationally. She also completed numerous visual impact assessments for national scale projects. Her academic research and publications revolve around the representation and mapping of cultural landscapes, specifically focusing on people's present and past connection with the environment and landscape acting as anchoring point for memory and meaning.

Edition details

• Publisher: Unisa Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 186888662X
• ISBN 13: 9781868886623
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 2