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Deception Island: A drawing project

dc.contributor.advisorMcCarthy, Christine
dc.contributor.authorDavies, Alexandra
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-10T22:05:57Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-03T01:19:06Z
dc.date.available2014-09-10T22:05:57Z
dc.date.available2022-11-03T01:19:06Z
dc.date.copyright2014
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThis design research thesis primarily uses drawing to understand, interpret and analyse the decaying structures at Whalers Bay on Deception Island in Antarctica. The drawing method and chosen site is used to aid and facilitate an understanding of relevant issues of climate change. The historic whaling site on Deception Island has had a long history of human habitation and natural disaster, located on a restless island volcano within the harsh Antarctic climate. This thesis explores art, installation design and interior architecture projects relevant to the relationships between humanity and the changing climate. The series of drawings produced develop through scale. Navigating between the genres of art and science, they highlight relationships between context, the site itself and the structures on its shores; referencing their connections to humanity, politics and the environment. The fundamental properties within the drawings are the grid, movement, change, composition, imperfection, framing, time and perspective. The proposed temporary installation, developed through a drawn analysis of the site, injects itself within the decaying buildings, substantially damaged by the natural effects of time, the extreme climatic conditions and volcanic eruptions. The installation provides access to the forbidden and derelict interiors of these structures allowing occupants to witness the deterioration of the interior, illustrating the strength of our environment and the devastating effects it can have within our precious and protected 'interiors'. It aims to both visually and emotionally educate people about the threat that human-induced climate change poses to our comfortable lifestyle, propositioning itself as a visual measurement of change.en_NZ
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dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/29490
dc.languageen_NZ
dc.language.isoen_NZ
dc.publisherTe Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellingtonen_NZ
dc.rightsAccess is restricted to staff and students only. For information please contact the library.en_NZ
dc.subjectDrawingen_NZ
dc.subjectAntarcticaen_NZ
dc.subjectArten_NZ
dc.subjectArchitectureen_NZ
dc.subjectInstallationen_NZ
dc.titleDeception Island: A drawing projecten_NZ
dc.typeTexten_NZ
thesis.degree.disciplineInterior Architectureen_NZ
thesis.degree.grantorTe Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellingtonen_NZ
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_NZ
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Interior Architectureen_NZ
vuwschema.contributor.unitSchool of Architectureen_NZ
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor120101 Architectural Designen_NZ
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor120106 Interior Designen_NZ
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcseo970112 Expanding Knowledge in Built Environment and Designen_NZ
vuwschema.type.vuwAwarded Research Masters Thesisen_NZ

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