Rapid Creek, Darwin, Australia: recollecting place

Recollecting Place is the product of an experiential approach to Landscape Architecture. It is at once the re-telling of a place that is expected to be quite foreign to the reader as well as an examination of the method by which landscape architects assume truth of a place. As professionals, we dev...

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Main Author: Haylock, Christine
Other Authors: McLachlan, Ted (Landscape Architecture)
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/4972
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spelling ndltd-LACETR-oai-collectionscanada.gc.ca-MWU.1993-49722014-03-29T03:43:48Z Rapid Creek, Darwin, Australia: recollecting place Haylock, Christine McLachlan, Ted (Landscape Architecture) Cram, Heather (Landscape Architecture) Nedotiafko, Rob (Manitoba Conservation) Australia Estuary Landscape Embroidery Drawing Storytelling Aboriginal Recollecting Place is the product of an experiential approach to Landscape Architecture. It is at once the re-telling of a place that is expected to be quite foreign to the reader as well as an examination of the method by which landscape architects assume truth of a place. As professionals, we develop a method by which we examine a site, re-tell its truth and then alter it somehow. Recollecting Place is the story of how the teller’s connections with the place in questions offer a version of the truth that can inform the design in a way that is different, and arguably more appropriate than if the site had been investigated by more traditional methods. 2011-11-01T14:30:32Z 2011-11-01T14:30:32Z 2011-11-01 http://hdl.handle.net/1993/4972
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topic Australia
Estuary
Landscape
Embroidery
Drawing
Storytelling
Aboriginal
spellingShingle Australia
Estuary
Landscape
Embroidery
Drawing
Storytelling
Aboriginal
Haylock, Christine
Rapid Creek, Darwin, Australia: recollecting place
description Recollecting Place is the product of an experiential approach to Landscape Architecture. It is at once the re-telling of a place that is expected to be quite foreign to the reader as well as an examination of the method by which landscape architects assume truth of a place. As professionals, we develop a method by which we examine a site, re-tell its truth and then alter it somehow. Recollecting Place is the story of how the teller’s connections with the place in questions offer a version of the truth that can inform the design in a way that is different, and arguably more appropriate than if the site had been investigated by more traditional methods.
author2 McLachlan, Ted (Landscape Architecture)
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Haylock, Christine
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title Rapid Creek, Darwin, Australia: recollecting place
title_short Rapid Creek, Darwin, Australia: recollecting place
title_full Rapid Creek, Darwin, Australia: recollecting place
title_fullStr Rapid Creek, Darwin, Australia: recollecting place
title_full_unstemmed Rapid Creek, Darwin, Australia: recollecting place
title_sort rapid creek, darwin, australia: recollecting place
publishDate 2011
url http://hdl.handle.net/1993/4972
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