<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper endeavours to highlight three aspects of postmodern landscape design: theoretical basis, composition and design elements. Postmodern theories, philosophy influenced the language of the postmodern landscape architecture and got materialized in the use of narratives, eclecticism, the Rhizome-principle. Postmodern landscape composition can be associated with anti-hierarchy, unusual structures, landforms, and playful moods. Postmodern design elements consist of the strong graphical use of colour and pavements, bizarre water features, unusual structures and buildings, postmodern sculptures and thematic garden details. 25 analysed projects try to capture the essence of postmodernism in landscape architecture as well as to reveal points of intersection within these projects.</p></abstract>

This paper endeavours to highlight three aspects of postmodern landscape design: theoretical basis, composition and design elements. Postmodern theories, philosophy influenced the language of the postmodern landscape architecture and got materialized in the use of narratives, eclecticism, the Rhizome-principle. Postmodern landscape composition can be associated with anti-hierarchy, unusual structures, landforms, and playful moods. Postmodern design elements consist of the strong graphical use of colour and pavements, bizarre water features, unusual structures and buildings, postmodern sculptures and thematic garden details. 25 analysed projects try to capture the essence of postmodernism in landscape architecture as well as to reveal points of intersection within these projects.

Postmodern landscape architecture: theoretical, compositional characteristics and design elements with the analysis of 25 projects

Department of Garden History and Landscape Techniques, Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Corvinus University of Budapest

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Agriculture and Environment

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This paper endeavours to highlight three aspects of postmodern landscape design: theoretical basis, composition and design elements. Postmodern theories,...

Postmodern landscape architecture: theoretical, compositional characteristics and design elements with the analysis of 25 projects

Published Online: Dec 22, 2015

Page range: 71 - 81

Received: Apr 25, 2015

Accepted: Jun 30, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausae-2015-0006

Keywords
landscape history, landscape design, comparative analysis

© 2015 Anna Eplényi et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Postmodern landscape architecture: theoretical, compositional characteristics and design elements with the analysis of 25 projects

Published Online: Dec 22, 2015

Page range: 71 - 81

Received: Apr 25, 2015

Accepted: Jun 30, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausae-2015-0006

Keywordslandscape history, landscape design, comparative analysis

© 2015 Anna Eplényi et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
landscape history, landscape design, comparative analysis