EDITORIAL

摘要

New Pastoralism celebrates a newfound conviviality in the city through landscape. Philosophically, this challenges the current status quo in architectural thinking. For years, architecture has sought to engage with the perceived authenticity of the urban condition by positively seeking out and meeting its grittiness with no amelioration. The pastoral, in contrast, is, as Guest-editor Mark Titman describes it in the introduction, all about 'comfortable and joyous ways to engage the city dweller with the delights of natural landscape' (p 14). New Pastoralism's aspiration for benevolent pleasure and mediation is reflected in pastoralism's resonance as a word.