Rhizome

In A Thousand Plateaus (1980), Deleuze and Guattari describe the rhizome as a model of growth and connection without hierarchy or fixed center, unlike the tree which branches in order. A rhizome spreads sideways, always in the middle, with no beginning or end. The rhizome resists order and control, suggesting systems that are fluid, networked, and unfinished. It can be over-romanticized, but it remains a strong image against rigid thinking, against singular authority. In architecture and landscape, rhizome has become a metaphor for non-hierarchical design—distributed networks, porous structures, spaces that invite multiple paths. It encourages designers to think in terms of connections and flows rather than fixed centers.

/ Alexandre Champagne

Today, the possibility arises to define a new design approach to address issues of environmental and social justice in the urban context. Based on an integrated understanding of the interdependencies involving human and environmental relations, the applied-philosophy approach for landscape architectural practices induces a paradigm shift in spatial design. Rather than applying downstream solutions to […]

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