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Since coming
across the work of the polymath Patrick Geddes as
a student, and my later involvement as a tutor in the Department of
Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art, I have attempted to develop
aspects of his work which are specifically aimed at providing a
teaching resource. This is illustrated in my essay 'On Developing
Geddes's Imagery' in the Edinburgh Review but more specifically in
a paper 'Interpreting the Environment through Maps' while an article
'La Belle Endormie' (Autrement, Paris) describes Edinburgh's
development in compatible form. |
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The Project is prompted
by the belief that important aspects of the
work of Patrick Geddes might usefully be updated to provide a
structure for the understanding and interpretation of an
environment. |
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Geddes argued, in
support of his promotion of the graphic
representation of thought and particularly his 'Notation of Life'
diagrams, that thought of all kinds was first written in pictorial
hieroglyphics and diagrams dealing with the inter-relationships of
PLACE/WORK/FOLK provide a simple technique which can clearly
map the inter-relationships and interdependencies within every
environment. |
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I have developed a
skeletal structure for the collection, classification
and interpretation of data for study options which may be
developed in a content led programme of planned units readily
accommodated in Environmental Studies with links to
History,
Geography and the Expressive Arts. |
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I would like to hear
from similarly interested parties and invite you
to
contact me. |
