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Conclusion
Structuring landscape along the dimensions of product,
process and idea allows for a deeper understanding of its
complex constitution. Essential attributes of fragmented
landscapes can herewith be articulated. The three-dimensional
analysis presents on the one side the present
state of the sites analysed and shows on the other side
that their anaesthetic interpretation is connected with the
specific societal and cultural dynamics in post-socialism.
The dimensions of process and idea seem to be the very
dimensions for developing an differentiated understanding
of the sites analysed. This forms a basis to develop
an approach to look at the landscape from within and
thus, to incorporate those sites into the conception of
landscape.
Equally, it allows further consideration about design
strategies which could be evolved from the character of
the sites analysed. The attributes and qualities, which are
interpreted as anaesthetic, could be a starting point for
this.
Translating the layered meaning of those landscapes
into design, as a first step, a complete understanding
of its elements, facets and fractions would be required.
In a second step, the relational qualities of anaesthetic
attributes could be investigated, at the same time avoiding
the risk to understand them simply as being different
from surrounding urban space. As a third step, geared
to the inner logic of the sites, a design strategy could be
developed, following terms as disruption, strangeness,
divergence and heterogeneity. A landscape architectural
interpretation of these terms would be capable of shaping
those sites rather as communicative places which gain
their identities through their specific attributes than as
spaces of mere intermediation between isolated urban
elements.
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