Time Landscape
Architecture and landscape design that responds to temporal change, seasonal cycles, and the passage of time through space.
Time Landscape explores how built environments can be designed to reveal, measure, or respond to temporal processes. This includes seasonal transformations, the aging of materials, adaptive use over time, and the layering of historical and ecological narratives within a site.
The community examines projects that engage with cyclical natural rhythms, material weathering, visitor journeys that unfold gradually, and structures that accommodate change. Work ranges from pavilions and retreats that mark seasonal shifts to centers and playgrounds designed as living systems that evolve with use and environmental conditions.
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View all 16 journalsTIME FRAME: A Steel Grid Framework That Lets a Learning Landscape Absorb Decades of Change
Shelter below and gathering above: this Architecture of Time 2020 winner treats time as a material and the grid frame as an armature for future use.
BRBB Architects Stack Timber Gables on a Concrete Plinth for an Elderly Couple's Mountain Retreat
In a small Gangwon Province village, two rotated volumes frame a valley, a stream, and a quieter chapter of life.
Filtering Space: A Gradual Spatial Experience
From urban intensity to spatial calm.
Landscape of the Senses: Architecture as a Multisensory Journey Along the Coast
Mateusz Mulica's conceptual project stretches white monolithic volumes into the sea, designing spaces for hearing, sight, smell, and touch.