‘Reinventing the coast through design’

In 'Representing Landscapes'

Publication

García García, Miriam.
Reinventing the coast through design.
En Representing Landscapes: Visualizing Climate Action.
(publisher- Routledge/ Taylor & Francis), 2024. Pág.110-120.
ISBN 978-1-032-51996-8

Reinventing the coast through design shows how landscape architecture becomes the true engine of change, where future scenarios are not so much based on the assumption of historical data or analysis, but rather on the generation of their own hypotheses.

Thus, the representation of possible projects and designs in an uncertain future is key to visually and effectively communicating the value of these designs/landscapes to clients or the general public. This also implies the creation of new semantics capable of contributing to the understanding and design of resilient coastal landscapes. All of these are ingredients in a breeding ground indicative of a metamorphosis, the birth of a new order of relationships, typologies, and materials. A new culture and practice capable of providing us with a renewed language to communicate climate change.