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Description: The Visual and Spatial Structure of Landscapes
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PublisherMIT Press
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00164.019
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Concepts and indexes introduced in earlier research papers
Publication
Analytical or operational concept
Analytical or operational index (Quantitative)
Märtens, Optisches Mass für den Städtebau. 1890.
Eyesight
Visual range as an elliptical cone
Distance & angle of vision
Angle of elevation
Sitte, Der Städtebau nach seinen künstlerischen Grundsätzen. 1889.
Positions of monuments & principal buildings in plaza
Closed character of space
Size & form of plaza
Width and depth of plaza & height of surrounding buildings
Shiga, Nihon fūkei-ron. 1894.
Sea currents
Water vapor
Rocks
Flowing water
Doxiadis, Raumordnung in Griechischen Städtebau. 1937.
12-part system
10-part system
Horizontal angle Distance
Uehara, Nihon fūkeibi-ron. 1943.
Observation point
Visual range
Direction
Principal view
Distance
Lynch, The Image of the City. 1960.
Identity
Structure
Meaning
Imageability (legibility, visibility)
Path
Landmark
Edge
Node
District
Cullen, Townscape. 1961.
Serial vision existing view and emerging view
Place here/there
Content this/that
Ashihara, Exterior Design in Architecture. 1962.
P space
N space
Angle of elevation (D/H)
Horizontal angle
Distance & texture
Toshi Dezain Kenkyu-tai, “Nihon no toshi kūkan.” 1963.
Principles of formation (direction, weight, placement, etc.)
Techniques of structure
Tokyo Daigaku Toshi Kōgaku Kenkyūjo, Bandai · Inawashiro chiiki kankō kihon keikaku. 1966.
Visibility, invisibility
Tokyo Daigaku Zōengaku Kenkyūshitsu, Shizen keikan no kaiseki. 1966.
Quantity of visible space
Tokyo Daigaku Yasojima Kenkyūshitsu, Hakone · Yugawara kankō kaihatsu chōsa.
Frequency of appearance
Litton, Forest Landscape Description and Inventories. 1968.
Distance
Observer position
Form
Spatial definition
Light
Sequence
Norberg-Schulz, Existence, Space and Architecture. 1971.
Center-place
Direction-path
Area-domain
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