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Landscape ruin: groundmass excavation at Higgovale Quarry
My study consists of an inquiry into archaeology and palaeontology, and the relationship of 'the dig' to landscape. I focus on the idea that digging or excavating is a process that can reveal ancient landscapes and suggest new narratives. My research revolves around ruin discourse, and the idea that...
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| description | My study consists of an inquiry into archaeology and palaeontology, and the relationship of 'the dig' to landscape. I focus on the idea that digging or excavating is a process that can reveal ancient landscapes and suggest new narratives. My research revolves around ruin discourse, and the idea that a 'dig' is a sort of ruin in reverse. I began thinking about the criteria that define a ruin and applying them to landscapes. The study culminated in the idea of the landscape being a kind of ruin itself; the experience of a ruin, or ruinenlust, isn't only about a structure that has been dragged down into the ground over time- it's also about light, temperature, plants, views - all the elements that make up our experience of landscape. I set about trying to turn this study into a project - how do I design the idea that all landscapes are ruins? The ideas I had explored of excavation, and especially the image of the 'grid' of excavation as an imposition over the landscape, led me to the Higgovale Quarry site. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/28143 Landscape ruin: groundmass excavation at Higgovale Quarry Thomas, Sarah Klizner, Tarna Landscape Architecture My study consists of an inquiry into archaeology and palaeontology, and the relationship of 'the dig' to landscape. I focus on the idea that digging or excavating is a process that can reveal ancient landscapes and suggest new narratives. My research revolves around ruin discourse, and the idea that a 'dig' is a sort of ruin in reverse. I began thinking about the criteria that define a ruin and applying them to landscapes. The study culminated in the idea of the landscape being a kind of ruin itself; the experience of a ruin, or ruinenlust, isn't only about a structure that has been dragged down into the ground over time- it's also about light, temperature, plants, views - all the elements that make up our experience of landscape. I set about trying to turn this study into a project - how do I design the idea that all landscapes are ruins? The ideas I had explored of excavation, and especially the image of the 'grid' of excavation as an imposition over the landscape, led me to the Higgovale Quarry site. 2018-05-25T07:46:25Z 2018-05-25T07:46:25Z 2018 Master Thesis Masters MLA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28143 eng application/pdf School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Landscape Architecture Thomas, Sarah Landscape ruin: groundmass excavation at Higgovale Quarry |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Landscape ruin: groundmass excavation at Higgovale Quarry |
| title_full | Landscape ruin: groundmass excavation at Higgovale Quarry |
| title_fullStr | Landscape ruin: groundmass excavation at Higgovale Quarry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Landscape ruin: groundmass excavation at Higgovale Quarry |
| title_short | Landscape ruin: groundmass excavation at Higgovale Quarry |
| title_sort | landscape ruin groundmass excavation at higgovale quarry |
| topic | Landscape Architecture |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28143 |
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