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A Sahara in the Head: The Problem of Landing
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-19, 01:21 authored by Michael HornblowA Landscape Design student came to me once after class, with the feeling that his project wasn’t going to work on technical grounds - sand dunes just don’t move that way in the Sahara. We could both see the potential unraveling this might create for everything informing the design process - site analysis, sociopolitical context, tools and techniques, theoretical framework. Only weeks to go to final presentation and the “Crit-Sheet” could be heard flapping urgently with its reductive numerical evaluation.
History
Publication title
InflexionsVolume
8Pagination
222-238ISSN
1916-5870Department/School
School of Architecture and DesignPublisher
Open Humanites PressPlace of publication
London, UKRights statement
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