Designing future productive landscapes in the Mackenzie Basin
The Mackenzie Basin, in the South Island of New Zealand, exhibits landscape social and biophysical conflicts and pressure typical of multi-use landscapes throughout New Zealand and worldwide. In response to these landscape conflicts, the community defined a vision for the Mackenzie Basin through the...
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ftlincolnuniv:oai:researcharchive.lincoln.ac.nz:10182/11134 2023-09-05T13:21:00+02:00 Designing future productive landscapes in the Mackenzie Basin Derecourt, Jorden 2019 https://hdl.handle.net/10182/11134 en eng Lincoln University https://researcharchive.lincoln.ac.nz/bitstream/10182/11134/10/Derecourt_Masters.pdf.jpg https://hdl.handle.net/10182/11134 Q112948225 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International multifunctionality design directed research productive landscapes ecological aesthetics legibility perceptible realm landscape architecture Mackenzie Basin South Island New Zealand Mackenzie district landscape design ANZSRC::120107 Landscape Architecture ANZSRC::120302 Design Innovation ANZSRC::120504 Land Use and Environmental Planning Thesis 2019 ftlincolnuniv 2023-08-15T17:26:01Z The Mackenzie Basin, in the South Island of New Zealand, exhibits landscape social and biophysical conflicts and pressure typical of multi-use landscapes throughout New Zealand and worldwide. In response to these landscape conflicts, the community defined a vision for the Mackenzie Basin through the Mackenzie Agreement. This research uses Design Directed Research to investigate the potential for ‘human scale’ concepts to assist Mackenzie Basin stakeholders in achieving this vision. Three ‘values’ were identified in the Mackenzie Basin. The first was the dissonance between the picturesque precedents of New Zealand reserve areas, and the Mackenzie landscape. The second was the additional conflicts introduced through technology advancements enabling pivot irrigation in the Mackenzie Basin, and the resulting landscape change. The third value was the relationship between these landscape qualities and the community identity of the region. The question asked in this research was: Is it possible to develop a structured mix of compelling multifunctional landscape visions for the Mackenzie Basin? Through the research, two supporting questions were identified and investigated: What is the potential for levels and layers of conservation and production values through all landscapes? and; What are the opportunities afforded by removing the landscape condition as the deciding factor for an action? In response to the existing production bias in the Mackenzie Basin, all concepts were generated to include a restoration type, through use of a matrix. These concepts were then applied to different landscape conditions as a means to identify ways to reduce the perceptions surrounding ecologically valuable (therefore unproductive) or totally degraded (therefore of low conservation potential) land. The restoration type that proved of the highest value in combining conservation and production was ‘Reinvent’, as it allowed the higher integration of conservation and production values. Six groups were generated, these were: layering up ... Thesis Mackenzie Basin Lincoln University (New Zealand): Lincoln U Research Archive New Zealand Pivot ENVELOPE(-30.239,-30.239,-80.667,-80.667) |
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multifunctionality design directed research productive landscapes ecological aesthetics legibility perceptible realm landscape architecture Mackenzie Basin South Island New Zealand Mackenzie district landscape design ANZSRC::120107 Landscape Architecture ANZSRC::120302 Design Innovation ANZSRC::120504 Land Use and Environmental Planning Derecourt, Jorden Designing future productive landscapes in the Mackenzie Basin |
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The Mackenzie Basin, in the South Island of New Zealand, exhibits landscape social and biophysical conflicts and pressure typical of multi-use landscapes throughout New Zealand and worldwide. In response to these landscape conflicts, the community defined a vision for the Mackenzie Basin through the Mackenzie Agreement. This research uses Design Directed Research to investigate the potential for ‘human scale’ concepts to assist Mackenzie Basin stakeholders in achieving this vision. Three ‘values’ were identified in the Mackenzie Basin. The first was the dissonance between the picturesque precedents of New Zealand reserve areas, and the Mackenzie landscape. The second was the additional conflicts introduced through technology advancements enabling pivot irrigation in the Mackenzie Basin, and the resulting landscape change. The third value was the relationship between these landscape qualities and the community identity of the region. The question asked in this research was: Is it possible to develop a structured mix of compelling multifunctional landscape visions for the Mackenzie Basin? Through the research, two supporting questions were identified and investigated: What is the potential for levels and layers of conservation and production values through all landscapes? and; What are the opportunities afforded by removing the landscape condition as the deciding factor for an action? In response to the existing production bias in the Mackenzie Basin, all concepts were generated to include a restoration type, through use of a matrix. These concepts were then applied to different landscape conditions as a means to identify ways to reduce the perceptions surrounding ecologically valuable (therefore unproductive) or totally degraded (therefore of low conservation potential) land. The restoration type that proved of the highest value in combining conservation and production was ‘Reinvent’, as it allowed the higher integration of conservation and production values. Six groups were generated, these were: layering up ... |
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