New Pastoralism

Mark Titman is a partner in a London-based architectural practice. Last year, Mark won an international design competition to provide the drinking fountains for London's eight Royal Parks, sponsored by Tiffany's. Mark's entry 'Watering Holes' was selected out of 160 entries from 58 countries. The first fountain opened in St James's Park in June 2011. The next is to open in Greenwich Park for the equestrian events at London 2012.

• EditorIal 5Helen CastleAbout the GUEST-EDITOR 6Mark TitmanSpotlight 8Visual highlights of the issueIntroduction 14Dualism is Dead; Long Live the PastoralMark TitmanSamuel Palmer and the Pastoral Vision 20Colin HarrisonThe Golden Age: Between Wilderness and Utopia 26Dominic Shepherd‘You Can Touch But Do Not Read’: The ‘Future-Rustic’ Work of Kathryn Findlay 32Mark TitmanThe Land of Scattered Seeds 40John PuttickWild City: MVRDV – Weaving Nature and the Urban 48Marta Pozo GilSurviving Versus Living: Nature and Nurture 56May LeungOrigin of Species 60Michael Sorkin68 Quit the Grey Limbo and Return to Paradise68Matthew Cannon and Mascia GianvanniBrave New Now 74Liam YoungDirty Futures: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Mother Nature 82Geoff WardThe Persistence of the Pastoral 86Nic ClearLandscape Utopianism: Information, Ecology and Generative Pastoralism 94Gregory MarinicDigital Cottage Industries 100Mike AlingiPastoral 106Mark MorrisExist-Stencil 112Jeffrey JamesOpen Fields: The Next Rural Design Revolution 118Alastair ParvinNext-Door Instructions 126François RochePastoral Manoeuvres: Ecologies of City, Nature and Practice 134Duncan Berntsen138 counterpoint 138Et in Arcadia egoEt in Arcadia estKevin RhowbothamContributors 142

"The ideas are thought provoking and very often beyond reality, but this serves the purpose of making us question things and look at them from an entirely new perspective." (Building Engineer, August 2013)