In a video interview aimed to explain Catherine Gustafson's approach to landscape architecture, a phrase of hers struck me. Though simple and straight forward, to see this as an approach to landscape architecture as a whole is inspiring to me.
Paraphrased:
Our way forward is to bring the landscape into the city, this will prevent people from going out into the countryside in search of landscape thus reducing urban sprawl, the need for road infrastructure and an increase in pollution.
Similarly James Corner's approach is in agreement, in The New Landscape Declaration within his essay he states (paraphrased)
If you love the countryside you should live in the city.
This is also to prevent damage to what is now becoming a sacred landscape.
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