The Canadian Landscape Portfolio is not about finding the “most beautiful, prestigious or renowned” landscapes - those sites have already been photographed. It is about slowing down and taking the time to seize the most “meaningful” ones that participate, day after day, at making our lives agreeable. In the end, those sites become our favourites…
COLLECTIONS
FIRST EDITION -SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPES PORTFOLIO
You are invited by landscape architects from across Canada to explore their favourite and too often forgotten landscapes…
To build these Collections, they looked for months in their personal archives to find images that show familiar sites, those places often charged with memories which somehow fashioned their perception of the world they live in and, in many cases influenced them in their choice of a career as designers of places to live in.
It aims at being an informal stroll amongst every Canadian Province and Territory.
The Portfolio is not to be comprehensive but more personal because as places to live in designers, sometime public, sometime private, landscape architects are first "appreciative of all landscapes" . With these images, they want to share their passion for all the "Significant Landscapes".
HAVE A GOOD VISIT…
In the Collections, you will find…
CSLA Collection
Those are selected images from each component associations that are to represent a province or territory within the AAPC Collection.
Therefore, the CSLA Collection can be considered as some sort of pan-Canadian "Significant Landscapes Portrait".
Therefore, the CSLA Collection can be considered as some sort of pan-Canadian "Significant Landscapes Portrait".
All nine (9) Component Associations Collections
On top of the CSLA Collection, the Canadian Landscapes Portfolio first edition is composed of nine (9) Collections, one for each component association.
Those Collections group is a compilation of selected "Significant Landscapes" submissions from landscape architects by province or territory. An introduction text preludes each Collection.
Those Collections group is a compilation of selected "Significant Landscapes" submissions from landscape architects by province or territory. An introduction text preludes each Collection.
Images, description & authors
Each selected image has a Title, Localization, the Author name and a short descriptive text to explain why and how it is "Significant".
Information on Landscape Architecture
All along your Portfolio web site visit you will find various information regarding landscape architecture values and principles when developing, protection or managing the various landscapes we live in…
Canadian Landscapes Portfolio Collections
CSLA - CANADIAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
From the Canadian Landscape Charter to the PORTFOLIOS
Since 2015, CSLA has the Canadian Landscape Charter, a document that lays out our profession’s values and principles in a high level, overarching manner. It tells the story of who we are and what we believe in. It also provides the opportunity for each region and member component in Canada to tailor these values and principles to meet their needs at a more detailed scale, reflecting local and regional perspectives about the landscape.
As a profession, and on a personal level, we have an attachment to our landscapes; some large and vast like mountains and prairies or never-ending shorelines, others more pedestrian in scale could be your street café or a backyard. A tiny leaf emerging from a crack in the sidewalk may give you a strong sense of connection and a sense of well-being. There is a hard to translate German word, Heimat, which refers to a sense of belonging attached to one’s home village. Let’s venture to say that we need a strong word that refers to a sense of belonging to the landscape, and we hope one day we will find one, or create one. In the meantime, we can recognize that our natural and manmade landscapes help define us, are an intrinsic part of who we are, and how we live…
In support of the Canadian Landscape Charter, the Canadian Landscapes Portfolio editions aim t visually documenting the landscapes we have a close relationship with: the beautiful, soulful, plebeian, fun and thought provoking landscapes that define who we are as a country, a profession, and as individuals.
Carol Craig, Advocacy Task Force Chair
As a profession, and on a personal level, we have an attachment to our landscapes; some large and vast like mountains and prairies or never-ending shorelines, others more pedestrian in scale could be your street café or a backyard. A tiny leaf emerging from a crack in the sidewalk may give you a strong sense of connection and a sense of well-being. There is a hard to translate German word, Heimat, which refers to a sense of belonging attached to one’s home village. Let’s venture to say that we need a strong word that refers to a sense of belonging to the landscape, and we hope one day we will find one, or create one. In the meantime, we can recognize that our natural and manmade landscapes help define us, are an intrinsic part of who we are, and how we live…
In support of the Canadian Landscape Charter, the Canadian Landscapes Portfolio editions aim t visually documenting the landscapes we have a close relationship with: the beautiful, soulful, plebeian, fun and thought provoking landscapes that define who we are as a country, a profession, and as individuals.
Carol Craig, Advocacy Task Force Chair
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Coordination team - Jean Landry
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