Voice Map Trekking

The site analysis and mapping methods in the design and planning professions follow a standardized quantitative and qualitative analyis of place that favors a design process which can limit creativity and render it difficult to do anything with the normative. This work is an exploration of the devel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Klassen, Michael John
Other Authors: Eaton, Marcella (Landscape Architecture) Wilson Baptist, Karen (Landscape Architecture), McLachlan, Ted (Landscape Architecture) Herrington, Susan (Landscape Architecture UBC)
Language:English
Published: 2008
Subjects:
oral histories
site analysis
landscape experiences
voices
interactive mappings
Canadian Prairies
Arctic
Gertrude
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/3010
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Summary:The site analysis and mapping methods in the design and planning professions follow a standardized quantitative and qualitative analyis of place that favors a design process which can limit creativity and render it difficult to do anything with the normative. This work is an exploration of the development of a design approach and method that uses voice mapping as a basis for design. The voice maps contain oral histories and personal accounts of landscape experiences. Voice mapping is employed not only as a method or for site analysis but also as a generator or ideas. Voice Map Trekking is explored through a trek in the Canadian Arctic and across the Canadian Prairies. Two specific landscapes were chosen as bases for testing concepts - one near St. Gertrude SK and the other near Morinville AB. February 2008

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