Corbett, John:

Kunstakademiets arkitektskoles forlag, 1999. 4to. 75 pp. Hft. Nærmest som ny. Fotobog / Landskabsarkitektur.

Collana editoriale della Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche / Antiga Edizioni / International Carlo Scarpa Prize for Gardens 2022. Large 4to in wraps as issued. 220, 33 b/w ill., 151 col. illustrations. Text in English. Very good copy. "The Natur-Park Südgelände, formerly a vast railyard, is the result of many years of abandonment and its later acknowledgement as a shining example of ‘Berlin’s urban nature, a crossroads where the aspirations of the local residents, the contemporary landscape culture and the manifestation of a profound ecological awareness for the city all come together. This large public space has been instrumental in redefining the concept of an inner-city park. Its abandoned railway structures, vast expanses of vegetation, which have for the most part been left to grow wild, and art installations which make a visit to the park even more enjoyable, emphasize the dialogue between signs of human presence and ever-evolving nature.The Natur-Park Südgelände, which is 1.7 kilometres long, is just one in a series of public parks which stretch from north to south of the city, created from a constellation of ‘empty’ spaces which were brought together to form a whole landscape. The park is a ‘piece of urban nature’ and an open laboratory where ecological experiments meet different social needs and new methods for tending and maintaining urban space are put into practice. The history of the Natur-Park Schöneberger Südgelände is inextricably linked with that of the city of Berlin in the years after the war, an isolated, divided city where the railways and industry had ground to a halt, the lines had gradually been decommissioned, the facilities abandoned, allowing nature to claim back the land for itself. Later, plans for future infrastructures led to the proposal to build a new freight station to the south of the city in Südgelände. However, in 1980, there was a change of heart, as an ecological conscience began to emerge and thus the realisation of the importance of this site, both for its naturalistic value and its social potential in the everyday lives of the city’s residents. The area was entrusted entirely to the Berlin Senate and managed, since 1986, by Grün Berlin, signalling the beginning of a great experimental ‘worksite’ and the intervention of ecologists, environmental associations, residents, the landscape planning studios Planland and ÖkoCon and the group of artists Odious, who were working on site. In an immersive condition, surrounded by the invasive presence of nature and the ‘ruins’ of an abandoned landscape, all those involved developed a modus operandi, resulting in the living experience of the Natur-Park Schöneberger Südgelände." - Content: Thilo Folkerts, Berlin, the emergence of an urban nature Natur Park SüdgeländeIngo Kowarik, Südgelände, Berlin: transforming a wild urban wasteland to a new kind of nature park, Natur Park Südgelände: project, maintenance, development, Rita Suhrhoff in conversation with Thilo Folkert , Natur Park Südgelände: the role of the art, Klaus Duschat in conversation with Thilo Folkert Chronology of the Natur Park Schöneberger Südgelände 1838-2025: from shunting yard to nature park, Christoph Schmidt, A new city experience: the key role of Natur Park Südgelände for the urban paradigm shift in Berlin, Stefanie Hennecke, Berlin, a brief history of its parks, Almut Jirku, Like pearls on a string: the Berlin open spaces system and the Park am Gleisdreieck, Ingo Kowarik, The Berlin School of Urban Ecology and the emergence of wasteland ecology, Sandra Jasper, Berlin, a ruderal urbanism, Grün Berlin: sustainable routes for developing public space, Norbert Kühn, Urban spontaneous vegetation as a tool for climate adaptation, Heinz W. Hallmann and Ursula Wilms, The design of the Topographie des Terrors site, Leonard Grosch, Berlin’s Park am Gleisdreieck or the art of designing lively places, Anna Lambertini, Hybrid, cosmopolitan, inventive. Nature of urban wildness, Juan Manuel Palerm, The wild nature of the wastelands. On Berlin, ‘urban nature,’ architecture, art and the void as project material. The case of Natur Park Schöneberger Südgelände etc.

Forlaget Lindhardt & Ringhof, 2020. Hardcover, med omslag. 665 pp. Pænt eksemplar. Første danske udgave, 3. oplag.

Denmark: Realdania 2013. Large heavy hardcover. 215 pages, chiefly photographs in color. Captions in Danish. Fine copy. Due to weight foreign shipping will be extra - please inquire! 1st edition. ""Off-peak Hours or Outside of Rush Hour" photobook with more than 100 photographs that offer a journey into open landscapes and overlooked urban spaces, an invitation to look into the darkness, a reflection on people's way of being in the world and on the need to distinguish between nature and culture. Each photographer chose their own focus, but for all four it was the ambition to transcend superficial observation. The outskirts may exist in a political and economic sense, but for the photographers every person and every place is its own center. They were inspired by the stories of places, people, landscapes and cities, and in doing so created both a quiet and surprising tribute to the potential that the outskirts hold"

Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche-Antiga, Treviso 2022. Large tall 4to in wraps as issued. 180 pp, b/w and col. illustrations. Text in English. Very good copy. "The theme of soil, in both the past and present, has often been considered purely from a quantitative point of view, rather than being seen as a substance that is waiting for us to attribute to it functions and uses; this surface covering our Earth has no dignity of its own, yet it is a necessary part, for example, of occupation and urban transformation processes. Town planning, earth sciences, economics and political ideology now approach this topic from different angles, reflecting viewpoints that are restricted to their cultural and scientific background.". Contributions by: Hervé Brunon, Andrea Caretto and Raffaella Spagna, Fabrizio Cembalo Sambiase and Antonio di Gennaro, Giacomo Certini, Laura Fregolent, Christophe Girot, Anna Lambertini, Tilman Latz, Rosario Pavia, Antonio Perazzi, Paolo Pileri, Laura Zampieri, Simonetta Zanon. FX. Rosario Pavia, Soil, climate, landscape, Giacomo Certini, Terrestrial and extraterrestrial soils, Paolo Pileri, The obsession with defending the soil, Laura Fregolent, Urbanization processes and land use in the Veneto region. Christophe Girot, Soil, soil and topology, Laura Zampieri, Water and soil in landscape design, Tilman Latz, Constructing the landscape: the erosion of time, Fabrizio Cembalo Sambiase and Antonio di Gennaro, Caring for landscapes in the Land of Fires. Anna Lambertini, Urban soils. Notes for in-depth landscape design.

Braunschweig: Museum für Photographie Braunschweig, 2015. Small 4to oblonged landscape format. 144 pages, chiefly photographs - Works by Hans Aarsman, Theo Baart, Christina Capetillo, Carma Casulá, Jennifer Colten, Jean-Louis Garnell, Rachael Jablo, Joachim Schumacher and Bettina Steinacker. Text in English. A hint of wear to front corners of binding - else a clean, unused fine copy. First edition.