STUDENT PROJECT | Natural Water as Cultural Water | Zhicheng Xu
STUDENT PROJECT | Natural Water as Cultural Water | Zhicheng Xu izvor: http://worldlandscapearchitect.com/student-project-natural-water-as-cultural-water-zhicheng-xu/#.Upfd18RDvmc Time, space and culture have tremendous impacts on landscape. The power of them is so impressive that people would be amazed by things they can do to nature. In the meantime, it raises the question, in the field of contemporary landscape architecture, what is the balancing point between culture and nature? What gives a place its identity? How can we provide programs that fulfil pubic desires with minimum disturbance to existing natural system? Even further, I wonder if it is possible to use public infrastructure as an opportunity to solve these questions and restore the original ecological integrity. The project seeks to find the balancing point between culture and nature along the Wabash River in Lafayette, Indiana, which is currently underappreciated because of 1. Flooding 2. Vacancy 3. Isol