Author Description

"The knowledge that contemporary landscape is for the major part artificial and made up of different components, both designed and undesigned, allows the Dutch urban design and landscape architecture practice West 8 the freedom to respond by positioning its own narrative spaces. The basic ingredients are ecology, infrastructure, weather conditions, building programs and people. West 8 aims to incorporate awareness of these various aspects in a playful, optimistic manner that stimulates the desire to conquer and take possession of a space."--BOOK JACKET.