Messy Ecosystems, Orderly Frames

摘要: Joan Iverson Nassauer, FASLA, is Professor and Head of the Department Landscape Architecture a t University Minnesota. Her research focuses on intersection between landscape perception ecology. Currently she experimenting with urban designs that place unfamiliar ecosystems in familiar cultural context. Abstract: Nozlel landrcape improve ecological quality may not be appreciated or maintained Zfrecognizable language communicates human intention part landrcape. Similarly, ecologically valuable remnant landrcapes protected $the to care for apparent. Landrcape intention, particularly landrcape, ofers poweslitl vocabulay design quality. Ecological function readily recognizable those who are educated look i . Furthermore, appearance many indigenous wildliji habitats violates norms neat oflandscapes. Even an eye, sometimes invisible. Design can use values traditions oflandrcape toplace I describe several examples "cues care" provide context function, demonstrate how these cues used design.