This document discusses the concept of measure and measurement in landscapes. It explores traditional measures that related the human body and physical activities to the infinite dimensions of the universe. Modern measures changed during the scientific revolution to study things in isolation without interference. The document examines different examples of landscapes and structures, arguing that measure is intrinsic to how land is designed, inhabited and represented, and that landscapes resist and absorb overlays from surveying systems. It quotes Heidegger saying that measure-taking gauges the relationship between heaven and earth rather than being a science, and has its own metric.
11. (pg
53)
Pedological
Dri-.
Fairville,
North
Dakota.
“measure is intrinsic to the design,
habitation & representation of
land.”
“Needs to have its own measure
because it both resists &
absorbs systemic overlays of any
type of survey.”
Monday, May 6, 13
12. (pg
73)
Hoover
Dam
and
the
Colorado
River.
Nevada
Facilitating Possession
* example: National Land Survey
Monday, May 6, 13
13. (pg
113)
Field
Plots.
Delineating & coordinating
particular sequences of events.
Monday, May 6, 13
14. (pg
141)
Longhouse
Cave.
Mesa
Verde,
Colorado
The idea of no excess waste
and have everything “fit”
Monday, May 6, 13
15. (pg
162)
Pueblo
Bonito.
Chaco
Canyon,
New
Mexico
“Measure-taking is no science.
Measure-taking gauges the
between which brings the two,
heaven and earth, to one
another. This measure-taking
has its own metro, and thus
its own metric.”
— Martin Heidegger
Monday, May 6, 13