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1、NotSoSimpleTheNewClassicalLandscape"MinimalistGardens,"byPeterWalker,SpacemakerPress,Washington,D.C.andCambridge,MA,1997,distributedbyWatson-GuptilPublicationsandHearstBooksInternational,pp.207,$35.ByCarterB.HorsleyPeterWalkerisoneofthegreatdesignpoetsofthe20thCenturyasthemorethan280colorillust
2、rationsandphotographsinthislargeandhandsomepaperbacktestify.Morethan30ofWalker'sprojectsarepresentedinconsiderabledetail.BothhisownessayandanaccompanyingessayandprojectnotesbyLeahLevyilluminatemuchoftheartistic,philosophicandintellectualfoundationsofhisdesigns,buttheillustrationsreallyneedlittl
3、eexposition.Walker'sprojectsarebrilliantintegrationsofthenaturalandman-madeenvironmentsthataredistinctlymodernandabstract,attimesmysteriousandsometimesawesome."Minimalist"isaninappropriateadjectivetodescribethisworkforitisfartoorichinbeautyandpowertobelessthangrand.Butonemustrespecttheartist'so
4、wninterpretationandhereWalkeriswonderfullyincisive,notonlyabouthisownoeuvre,butaboutmuchofmodernarchitectureand,inparticular,the"Minimalist"era/school.WhilenoneoftheprojectsareinNewYork,almostallofferexcitingcluestothethrillingpotentialcityscapesthatcanandshouldbewrought.Anyintelligentmayorshou
5、ldappointWalkerasthecity's"MasterDesigner,"withpowersoveralldevelopmentandplanning.Walker,ofcourse,isnottheonlygreatenvironmentaldesigner.OthersareMarthaSchwartzandMichaelHeizer.InheressayonWalker'swork,LevyfindstracesoftheNazcaLinesinPeruandStonehengeinEnglandinsomeofhiswork"anawarenessofandqu
6、estforconnectionwithearthlyandcelestialmysteries":"Therearemanyinstanceswhentheworkfocusesontheenigmaticqualitiesofnaturerepresentedbythesoundofwater,thestasisandweightofstone,rustlingchangesbythewind,blocksandpatternsofshiftingcolor,shimmeringandmagicalmists,andelusivelight."Shealsofindsthat"t
7、heclassicalorderofseventeenthcenturyFrenchgardens,especiallythoseofAndreLeNotre,servesasstrongprecedenttoindividualelementsofWalker'sapproach,"addingthat"Hisintuitiveaswellasintellectualaffinitywithpatterns,rhythms,andorder,andato
