Carleton University
Building Through Traces of History: The Value of Salvage Architecture in the Incomappleux Valley
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThe value of land can be described by many different overlapping narratives throughout history. In the Incomappleux Valley, the town of Camborne is a physical manifestation of different definitions of value, one layered upon the next. With histories of spiritual connection to the land, resource extraction, recreation, and biodiversity, today Camborne resembles a discarded world, paused in time. With global environmental issues of climate change and warming, environmental stewardship is critical to remediate landscapes scarred by colonial occupation. How can historical narratives be merged to create new forms of value and relationships to land? This thesis seeks to highlight how traces of colonial occupation that have been left with disregard for their lasting impacts can be reformed to create a salvaged architecture that creates new value for the land. This is shown through the design of a cabin-inspired outpost and landscape on a historic mine site constructed from repurposed materials.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Architecture (M.Arch.)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Master's
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Architecture
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Carleton University
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2024
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Casemore, Kimberly Anne
Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- Copyright © 2024 the author(s). Theses may be used for non-commercial research, educational, or related academic purposes only. Such uses include personal study, distribution to students, research and scholarship. Theses may only be shared by linking to the Carleton University Institutional Repository and no part may be copied without proper attribution to the author; no part may be used for commercial purposes directly or indirectly via a for-profit platform; no adaptation or derivative works are permitted without consent from the copyright owner.
- Language dc:language.iso
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:carleton.scholaris.ca:20.500.14718/42047