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When Landscape designs Public Space…

Over the past decades, more and more French landscape architects have been asked to design public spaces in contemporary urban areas. They end up being in competition with urban architects, who try to confine them to the strict practice of garden design and environmental engineering. In addition, they suffer from a lack of recognition from contracting authorities, who are insufficiently informed of the real competences of landscape architects. This is the reason why we must reflect on the specific knowledge that legitimates the landscape architect’s claim to be able to provide an innovative approach to the design of public spaces, even though the layout of urban public spaces rarely takes the organic or vegetal components of a site into serious consideration.