Architect and educator Pierluigi Serraino looks beyond the building itself to the powerful and immersive architecture that precedes it: the landscape.
Dates/Time: Wednesdays, Mar. 1, 8, 15, 22; 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Course Materials
Pierluigi has kindly prepared a Course Syllabus, which details the focus of each of the four presentations.
After each session, we'll make available the slides and optional reading for that week. You'll find links to these items below.
Lesson I (Mar. 1): Roberto Burle Marx - Painting with Landscape
Lesson 2 (Mar. 8): Thomas Church - The Garden Architect of California
- Slides
- Reading: Landscape for Living by Garrett Eckbo
Lesson 3 (Mar. 15): Ruth Shellhorn - A Talented Landscape Architect
- Slides
- Slides (Condensed, with buildings identified)
- Reading: Architecture and The Landscape by Garrett Eckbo
Lesson 4 (Mar. 22): Hardscape and Nature in Contemporary Landscape Architecture
- Slides
- Reading: Landscape Design in the U.S.A. by Garrett Eckbo
- Reading: The Modern Garden by Joseph Hudnut