Precedent analysis in landscape architecture: In search of an analytical framework

Precedent analysis is the systematic analysis of plans that enables comparison between plan types as well as within a plan type. The goal is generic design knowledge that can be of use in day-to-day practice and theory development. The core issue in this paper is how the successful approach of precedent analysis in architecture developed by...

Research and Design in Landscape Architecture

This paper aims to introduce the particular methodology of the author's and their colleagues at TU Delft Chair of Landscape Architecture. This approach is characterised by theories, methods and techniques converging towards design and research and research by design. The relation and interaction between these research domains is illustrated with...