Publicomos

Réf.

41500

Type

conference item

Titre

William Light's Adelaide: The genius of place and plan

Langues

English

Auteurs

Henderson, Kelly

Date

2008

Pagination de section

1-11

Titre de conférence

16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’

Lieu de conférence

Quebec, Canada

Date de conférence

29 sept – 4 oct 2008

Mots-clés

town planning / urban development / spirit of place / urban settlements / intangible heritage

Pays mentionnés

Australia

Monuments et sites

Adelaide, Australia

Personnalités

Light, William

Résumé en anglais

In designing the City of Adelaide, Colonel William Light reveals the effect the landscape had on him. The form of Light’s plan is largely due to the topography and his sensitive response to the place. Analysis of the physical site, its creator and the people who use it, suggests the plan has been enjoyed, revered, and stoutly defended for generations. Accumulated layers of meaning and misunderstanding and social and political practices and pressures have left their mark.Nevertheless the pervading sense of significance remains attributable to Light’s intuitive act of creative genius. Set betwixt hills-face and harbour, spanning a river valley, laced with a unique figure-eight of openspace, Adelaide demonstrates a rare rapport between the genius of place and plan. Today Light’s city remains a permanent testimony to a man who had the sense to recognise, and the ability to respect, the genius of the place.

Document joint

77-WwLK-13.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)