Terrain


www.Terrain.org - A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments

 

Terrain is a twice yearly online journal searching for that interface—the integration— among the built and natural environments, that might be called the soul of place. It is not definitely about urban form, nor solely about natural landscapes. It is not precisely about human culture, nor necessarily about ecology. It is, rather, a celebration of the symbiosis between the built and natural environments where it exists, and an examination and discourse where it does not. Articles in Terrain focus on the environments around us—the built and natural environments—that both affect and are affected by the human species. Terrain.org strives to be both a resource and a pleasure, a compass and a shelter.

Sculpture by Montreal artist Robert Prenovault, featured in the Terrain online gallery. His work raises questions about the supposed distinction between nature and the built environment. Defining landscape as a liminal space that exists at the conjuncture of human endeavor and the physical environment, this work addresses the physical and intellectual shaping of the everyday environment.