Cultural Landscapes If we define cultural landscapes as “the visible human imprint on the landscape”, then answer the following? How have people changed the landscape? What structures have we erected? How do landscapes reflect the values of a culture?

Cultural Landscapes Cultural Landscape “built landscape” Physical imprint a culture makes on the environment Buildings, artwork, music Carl Sauer 20th century geographer Culture leaves “imprint” Cultural Ecology Study of human- environment interaction and its results –what have we discussed already on this topic? Sequent Occupancy Theory that a place can be occupied by different groups of people, and each group leaves its imprint on the place from which the next group learns Ex. England Other examples?

Natural vs. Cultural landscape

Cultural Landscape - Placelessness The loss of uniqueness in a cultural landscape – one place looks like the next What aspects of Ashburn fit this definition?

Convergence of Cultural Landscapes The diffusion of architectural forms and planning ideas around the world Or The widespread distribution of businesses and products Con to this diffusion: The borrowing of certain landscapes blurs place distinctiveness – can lead to placelessness

Thinking Geographically Focus on the cultural landscape of Broad Run and Ashburn. Think about the concept of “placelessness”. Determine whether our school is a placeless place of it the cultural landscape of Broad Run reflects the unique identity of the place. Now imagine you are hired to build a new addition onto Broad Run – a student lounge. How would you design it to reflect the uniqueness of the school?