Fourteenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices

Abstract

The concept “reclamation of the landscape” doesn’t presuppose the knowledge of the present situation nor a distinction between knowledge and action. It suggests a model unrelated to the realism and historicism that commands the project of alternative action. This study has its origins in the project “Reclamation of Guanabara’s Landscape”, that approaches Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro in a speculative way. Assuming that both pollution and siltation processes are non deliberative actions, what would be an alternative response to these consequences? The project seeks to act in a way disconnected from the ideas of anticipation and control. These anxieties do not aim to conform a prescription with solutions, but a way to question landscape design usual methodology and approach to the field.