Landscape as Urban Mediator
With the return of the living to the urban space, the landscape—as a discipline—has become a fertile conceptual framework for architecture. Landscaper Anita Berrizbeitia explains the way in which her activity explores the dynamics between nature, the economy, and society. From simple adjunct to the improvement of the conditions of urban living, the landscape extends its role to the redefinition of a city that goes further than multifunctional infrastructures to create complex spaces that contain multiple interactions and possess many uses. Resolving complex environmental issues requires an interdisciplinary approach, the establishment of international coalitions and regulations, but also the multiplication of citizens’ initiatives. Urban agriculture must also acquire a social and popular dimension so as not to remain anecdotic. It must shape spaces of production but also symbolic tools in order to develop our relationship with the environment through an increased awareness of where food comes from.
