Documenting topographic ecologies in Hong Kong: visual methods for hyper-dense and hyper-topographic urban spaces in landscape architecture

Toland, A; Cate Christ, M

Documenting topographic ecologies in Hong Kong: visual methods for hyper-dense and hyper-topographic urban spaces in landscape architecture

Toland, A

Cate Christ, M

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Publisher:: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Visual Communication, 2020, 19, (3), pp. 391-414
Issue Date:: 2020-08-01

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dc.contributor.author	Toland, A https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2052-5720
dc.contributor.author	Cate Christ, M
dc.date.accessioned	2020-10-08T03:03:41Z
dc.date.available	2020-10-08T03:03:41Z
dc.date.issued	2020-08-01
dc.identifier.citation	Visual Communication, 2020, 19, (3), pp. 391-414
dc.identifier.issn	1470-3572
dc.identifier.issn	1741-3214
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/143135
dc.description.abstract	© The Author(s) 2020. This article draws on experiments with techniques of visual documentation and representation in circumstances of topographic intensity in Hong Kong. Centrally, the authors ask: how can approaches to visual representation reveal or reframe assemblages of material and immaterial processes in hyper-dense and hyper-topographic urban landscapes? The shaping and reshaping of the ground are essential parts of the formation of recombinant ecosystems, especially in intensively built-up environments – the constant reconfiguration of materials and spaces continually brings into being new ecological conditions. However, the visualization and representation of these transformations are often absent from the repertoire of techniques used to map and understand urban processes. This article addresses how landscape architecture can continue to develop methods to record, represent, visualize and design recombinant ecosystems in our urban environments. It considers which tools and techniques might provide ‘thickened’ understandings of hyper-dense, small-scale and intensely topographic urban environments like Hong Kong, with the objective of assisting designers and planners develop new ways to understand and see public space that can address the human and more-than-human nuances of complex urban spaces over time.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
dc.relation.ispartof	Visual Communication
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/1470357220927060
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dc.subject	1203 Design Practice and Management, 2001 Communication and Media Studies, 2002 Cultural Studies
dc.title	Documenting topographic ecologies in Hong Kong: visual methods for hyper-dense and hyper-topographic urban spaces in landscape architecture
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
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© The Author(s) 2020. This article draws on experiments with techniques of visual documentation and representation in circumstances of topographic intensity in Hong Kong. Centrally, the authors ask: how can approaches to visual representation reveal or reframe assemblages of material and immaterial processes in hyper-dense and hyper-topographic urban landscapes? The shaping and reshaping of the ground are essential parts of the formation of recombinant ecosystems, especially in intensively built-up environments – the constant reconfiguration of materials and spaces continually brings into being new ecological conditions. However, the visualization and representation of these transformations are often absent from the repertoire of techniques used to map and understand urban processes. This article addresses how landscape architecture can continue to develop methods to record, represent, visualize and design recombinant ecosystems in our urban environments. It considers which tools and techniques might provide ‘thickened’ understandings of hyper-dense, small-scale and intensely topographic urban environments like Hong Kong, with the objective of assisting designers and planners develop new ways to understand and see public space that can address the human and more-than-human nuances of complex urban spaces over time.

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