Manufactured Landscapes

Remaking the world for our needs

Humans hack the landscape to be more productive and predictable. Though we have intentionally transformed the landscape since the first farmer put a seed in the ground, in the last century our efforts have become planet-scale. While we manipulate old nature through dams, planned forests and irrigation, we create a next natural landscape of highways, vast cities, and garbage dumps. How do we control these? And is control even possible?

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‘An old rubbish dump was transformed into an indoor piste, giving new value to something that once had none’
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Bas Haring

Intentionality separates culture from nature. A dog is intentional a fox is not; a park is intentional a forest is ...

Pimp My Planet

We live in a time where everything or everyone can be upgraded or ‘pimped’. After the worldwide acceptance of plastic surgery and pimped homes, will eventually everything be pimp-able? Even our own planet.

Visual of Interview: Liam Young on Speculative Architecture and Engineering the Future

Interview: Liam Young on Speculative Architecture and Engineering the Future

Liam Young is a speculative architect who in his own words "operates in the spaces between design fiction and futures"....

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Yes, Naturally

The following essay is from Yes Naturally: How Art Saves the World available in the Next Nature store. You can visit...

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Re-introducing Extinct Species

Rewilding Europe is a Dutch organization which aims to the re-introduction of long-lost species in Europe's wilderness. They are starting with...