A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
‘Looking after Things’
Caring for Sites of Trauma in Post‐Earthquake Christchurch, New Zealand
Writing from the perspective of landscape architecture, Jacky Bowring concentrates on the redesign of urban environments in the aftermath of the destructive 2011 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, leading to 185 deaths and the devastation of 80 per cent of the urban fabric in the central business district. Describing how sites of trauma were protected, Bowring shows how these exposed a complex of memories and emotions in urban space, and that caring for the sensitive environments demanded both practical and empathetic responses. The web of caring encompassed individuals affected by the trauma of the event and various nonhuman entities, including mementoes brought by people, ruins and surviving trees, each requiring a particular form of care that was attentive to the ecological specificities of the site. Bowring's chapter thereby brings into focus the profound fragility of urban sites and how design can both express sensitivity to and respond to such vulnerabilities.
‘Looking after Things’
Caring for Sites of Trauma in Post‐Earthquake Christchurch, New Zealand
Writing from the perspective of landscape architecture, Jacky Bowring concentrates on the redesign of urban environments in the aftermath of the destructive 2011 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, leading to 185 deaths and the devastation of 80 per cent of the urban fabric in the central business district. Describing how sites of trauma were protected, Bowring shows how these exposed a complex of memories and emotions in urban space, and that caring for the sensitive environments demanded both practical and empathetic responses. The web of caring encompassed individuals affected by the trauma of the event and various nonhuman entities, including mementoes brought by people, ruins and surviving trees, each requiring a particular form of care that was attentive to the ecological specificities of the site. Bowring's chapter thereby brings into focus the profound fragility of urban sites and how design can both express sensitivity to and respond to such vulnerabilities.
‘Looking after Things’
Caring for Sites of Trauma in Post‐Earthquake Christchurch, New Zealand
Bates, Charlotte (editor) / Imrie, Rob (editor) / Kullman, Kim (editor) / Bowring, Jacky (author)
Care and Design ; 116-137
2016-10-20
22 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
memory , earthquake , emotion , fragility , care , trauma , landscape architecture
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