dc.contributor.advisor |
Treadwell, J |
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dc.contributor.author |
Jindal, Chirag |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2016-08-11T01:44:55Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2015 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/29916 |
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dc.description |
Full text is available to authenticated members of The University of Auckland only. |
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dc.description.abstract |
The renowned New Zealand geologist Les Kermode once said that “[caves] are the last frontier of adventure available to the ordinary man.”1 Likewise, the subterranean landscape is yet to be architecturalised in a way that resonates the quality of this ‘other world.’ If the fundamental role of architecture is shelter, then the cave might be understood as the archetype of architecture. What then, is the role of architecture within this context? How can architecture create a meaningful didactic experience in a landscape treated as artefact, without irrevocably damaging it? This thesis is instigated by the recent discoveries and increasing publicity surrounding lava caves in the Auckland volcanic isthmus. The nominated World Heritage Site is the only urban area where the built environment has spread over an increasingly discovered number of sub-surface lava tubes. Formed by the region’s unique pāhoehoe lava flows 10-40000 years ago, unmonitored human intervention poses a threat to the sites through cultural neglect - namely in the form of infrastructural development, exploitation as rubbish and stormwater dumps, and escalating public visitation. Provoked by this predicament, this thesis proposes an intervention at the site of Stewarts’ Cave in the suburb of Three Kings. Extensive site research is conducted, including experimentation with photogrammetry, demonstrating a methodology by which this intervention is constructed to the varying spatial and topographical geometries of the subterranean setting. As a disposition with little to no architectural precedent, the subterranean site is understood through a study of the katabatic narrative - the mythological descent into the underworld in search of understanding and discovery. The design thesis pursues an architectonic of the underground, employing a formwork mechanism that serves to propagate this act of katabasis. Formwork suggests a transformative operating method, informed by the unique volcanic process by which the caves were constructed. Architecture is thus speculated as a didactic vessel to navigate through this landscape – architecture not of inhabitation, but of movement, journey and narrative. |
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dc.publisher |
ResearchSpace@Auckland |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Masters Thesis - University of Auckland |
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dc.relation.isreferencedby |
UoA |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights |
Restricted Item. Available to authenticated members of The University of Auckland. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.rights.uri |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/nz/ |
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dc.title |
Into The Underworld: The Architecture of Katabasis |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
Architecture |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
The University of Auckland |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The author |
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pubs.elements-id |
538975 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2016-08-11 |
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dc.identifier.wikidata |
Q112909343 |
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