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Notice (permalien)
Réf.
41709
Type
conference item
Titre
Archaeology and urban planning: Using the past in design for the future
Langues
English
Auteurs
Allen, Caitlin
Lieu de publication
Paris
Pays de publication
France
Maison d'édition
ICOMOS
Date
2005
Pages
8 p.
Titre de conférence
15th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Monuments and sites in their setting - conserving cultural heritage in changing townscapes and landscapes’
Lieu de conférence
Xi'an, China
Date de conférence
17 – 21 oct 2005
Mots-clés
archaeological heritage / archaeological sites / urban archaeological sites / town planning / conservation / interpretation / urban renewal / town and country planning / archaeological landscapes
Pays mentionnés
Australia
Monuments et sites
The Sydney Olympic Village, Australia / Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia / Parramatta, Australia
Résumé en anglais
The archaeological remnants that exist beneath modern cities were once connected to one another in living networks. Often however, our access to significant archaeological remains is confined to windows of opportunity on single sites, divorced from their historic context. While these sites tell interesting stories in themselves, it is sometimes difficult to connect them conceptually or physically to one another, or to envisage the urban or rural landscapes in which they once existed.
Regional and local planning policy can unwittingly further obscure or destroy these site specific contexts. It can also obscure evidence of broader historic urban planning principles that are still evident (archaeologically or otherwise) in street grids, views, setbacks, open space and density of development.This paper explores opportunities for achieving recognition and conservation of important archaeological site networks on a landscape basis at a city-wide and neighbourhood-wide scale. It will explore planning tools and interpretive and architectural design techniques that can be used as individual sites are developed, to progressively build an understanding/interpretation of the historic development of our urban centres on a landscape basis. This will be done using Australian examples including: one of the unsuccessful designs for the Sydney Olympic Village; the changing street grids of the penal settlement of Port Macquarie in regional NSW; an Archaeological Landscape Management Strategy (ALMS) prepared for Parramatta in Sydney’s west; and the development of a large new justice precinct in Parramatta on the basis of the results of the ALMS.
Regional and local planning policy can unwittingly further obscure or destroy these site specific contexts. It can also obscure evidence of broader historic urban planning principles that are still evident (archaeologically or otherwise) in street grids, views, setbacks, open space and density of development.This paper explores opportunities for achieving recognition and conservation of important archaeological site networks on a landscape basis at a city-wide and neighbourhood-wide scale. It will explore planning tools and interpretive and architectural design techniques that can be used as individual sites are developed, to progressively build an understanding/interpretation of the historic development of our urban centres on a landscape basis. This will be done using Australian examples including: one of the unsuccessful designs for the Sydney Olympic Village; the changing street grids of the penal settlement of Port Macquarie in regional NSW; an Archaeological Landscape Management Strategy (ALMS) prepared for Parramatta in Sydney’s west; and the development of a large new justice precinct in Parramatta on the basis of the results of the ALMS.
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