Towards an Anthology of the Tree : from the Garden of Eden to Beuys 7000 oaks

• This theory research book (150 copies), edited by Roemer van Toorn at the TU Delft, The Netherlands, Delft School of Design (DSD) and its research headed by Arie Graafland and with students of The Why Factory, run by Winy Maas, taps into the ecology of nature, the garden of Eden, the home of the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil, as well as the abundance of other vegetation that could feed from Adam and Eve. We start withe the essay of Marc-Antoine Laugier (1753) with his idea of the primitive hut, which refers to nature as a form of construction and symbol of shleter through what he describes as 'faults', and these faults include commentary on columns, the entablature, and on pediments. By creating a material anthology on the tree this volume taps into different concepts of nature and culture, while analysing differnt contempary and historical examplary works of architecture. The theoretical research and its comparative critical approach of architecture (landscape and urban) projects is undertaken by student is document in this publication under the leadership of Roemer van Toorn from 2007 - 2008. he was also teh editor of the book, while the students made de design for the book.

Ämnesord

HUMANIORA  -- Konst -- Arkitektur (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Arts -- Architecture (hsv//eng)

LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER  -- Lantbruksvetenskap, skogsbruk och fiske -- Landskapsarkitektur (hsv//swe)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES  -- Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries -- Landscape Architecture (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

nature

architecture

ecology

aesthetics

estetik

ekologisk botanik

Ecological Botany

design

design

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