Visual and Spatial Structure of Landscapes

Visual and Spatial Structure of Landscapes PDF Author: Tadahiko Higuchi
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262580942
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 229

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Book Description
In this imaginative and generously illustrated book, Tadahiko Higuchi applies a methodology to landscape that is similar to that developed by Kevin Lynch for investigating the extent to which urban settings are legible and "imageable" to their inhabitants. He identifies features such as landmarks, boundaries, paths, and nodes that enable people moving through a landscape to piece together a reliable mental map of their surroundings, beginning with major structural elements and filling in with successively finer detail.