I've been thinking a lot lately on Gilles Clément's concept
of the 'Third Landscape', which he defines as the 'undetermined fragment of the Plantary Garden... the sum of the space left over by man to landscape evolution – to nature alone' gillesclement.com/art-454-tit-Th
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An interesting concept, land which is to be deliberately unattended. The aspects of spontaneity and 'use in uselessness' remind me very much of Daoist philosophy.
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I absolutely LOVE Brutalist architecture. I think its even more beautiful when its dilapidated. Seeing the constant water wear and buds of plants here and there gives off an eerie yet beautiful aura.
Thanks for sharing!
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I first became aware of such spaces when travelling by train. You see many by railways. Spaces orphaned by engineering and architecture.
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