Interpreting place through theartistry of landscape architecture

Literal Interpretations

CRAIGIEBURN BYPASS

Infrastructure as conveyer of meaning

“The motorway must be given an aesthetic dimension, just likethe streets of a city.

We must develop a moving room with a view”

(Francine Houbon: Mecanoo)

Man-Made America – Chaos or control , C.Tunnard andB.Pushkarev

Aesthetic vs. fatalities

Freeway Garden State ParkwayNew York ThruwayMaine TurnpikeTaconic ParkwayNew Jersey TurnpikeMerritt ParkwayOhio TurnpikeMassachusetts TurnpikeFlorida TurnpikeIndiana TurnpikePennsylvania TurnpikeOklahoma TurnpikeKansas Turnpike

Fatalities per 100millionvehicle miles 1.151.401.851.902.202.503.153.253.303.604.706.257.00

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Sidney Nolan, Ned Kelly, 1946,National Gallery of Australia, Canberra,gift of Sunday Reed 1977

AUSTRALIAN GARDEN

Narrative as journey

We are still learning to see our own land and to forgive it fornot being England.

George Seddon

‘Australian’s are surrounded by ocean and ambushed from behind bydesert - a war of mystery on two fronts’

Lands Edge - Tim Winton

Fred Williams

Fred Williams Riverbed (B) 1978oil on canvas, 126.5 x 96 cmJanet Holmes à Court Collection© Estate of Fred Williams

Walking through the Australian landscapeis a journey of constant weaves, shifts and jumps.

One never travels in a straight line.The flora gets in the way!

CANBERRA ARBORTUEM

Immersive experiences

1 0 0 f o r e s t s

Imagination will oftencarry us to worlds thatnever were.Carl Sagan

Playgrounds need tooutcompete the xboxand playstation.ACT Government

AUCKLANDWATERFRONT

Revealing ‘as found’ narratives

Painting the Himalaya; DavidMoore

patina

morphology

contemporary layers

DCM +Robert Owen

micro-up

agitation

engagement

Friction

friction

Demolition photo – see leigh bell book on silos(table next to perry)