A landscape’s horizon is a metaphor for the fluidity and unlimitedness of perception (Benediktsson and Lund 2010). The paradox found in the horizon is its unreachable quality. No matter how
One of the oldest arguments of human development is the one of nature versus nurture. The debate questions how much of what we are born with can determine our adaptability
Large numbers of people in the world are immigrants. People relocate their homes for employment, for their children’s future, or for lifestyle changes. People also relocate in order to flee
I believe that we all come into the world wounded even if we do not want to admit it. O ur world, within our collective consciousness, has been wounded by
The meeting point between nature and culture is place. Human beings’ destructiveness as a species comes from our discomfort with placelessness. Without feeling the belongingness of being human in the
A co-creator of place for human dwelling…A steward of land and culture…A transdisciplinary professional…A compassionate individual who sees their work as personal growth and social responsibility…A person who is wise
Poignant is one of my favourite words in the English language. Perhaps I am charmed by how it disobeys the simplicity of the alphabet’s phonetic decoding… When I enunciate the
While we cannot physically transform the world in 10 days, we can change the way we see the world in 10 days. Shifting the perception of landscapes is the first
When I first went back to school to study the meaning of landscapes instead of designing landscapes, I was disappointed by what I discovered. I was told that landscapes were
In part 2 of this 3 part blog post series, I showed how Martin Heidegger considers things as essential markers of our existential relationship with the world. His way of