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THE SLASH POST-EXTRACTION ARCHITECTURE Situated in the Coastal Mountain Range of BC, The Pemberton Valley is a place of beauty and contrast. Snow capped mountains, glacier fed rivers, and towering forests dominate the visual landscape. The contrast lies in man’s quest to conquer this landscape through interventions focused on resource extraction. This project uses the post-extraction landscape called the slash to explore these contrasts. The term slash refers to the state a forest is left in after it has been logged. Roads are cut deep into the hillsides. Stumps dot the barren landscape, punctuated by piles of logs and debris . It is a violent terrain, especially in contrast with the surrounding borders of untouched forest. Although it is a landscape of destruction and violence, it is also a landscape of transition and over time, new growth emerges from the rubble, animals return and the forest regenerates. This project explores architectures role as a mediator in the relationship between Man and Wild in this condition. An architectural intervention in the slash will function as a record of man’s destructive forces and also provide a static reference in the process of the forests regeneration. Architecture that functions as a place of retreat and escape will not only create an immediate connection to nature, but also a setting to reﬂect on the impacts of humanities destructive actions in the wil- derness. James Robertson Advisor: Mark west image courtesy of the Pembeton Valley Museum

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Page 1: THE SLASH - University of Manitoba · THE SLASH POST-EXTRACTION ARCHITECTURE Situated in the Coastal Mountain Range of BC, The Pemberton Valley is a place of beauty and contrast

T H E S L A S H

P O S T - E X T R A C T I O N A R C H I T E C T U R E

SituatedintheCoastalMountainRangeofBC,ThePembertonValleyis

aplaceofbeautyandcontrast.Snowcappedmountains,glacierfedrivers,and

toweringforestsdominatethevisuallandscape.Thecontrastliesinman’s

questtoconquerthislandscapethroughinterventionsfocusedonresource

extraction.Thisprojectusesthepost-extractionlandscapecalledtheslashto

explorethesecontrasts.Thetermslashreferstothestateaforestisleftinafter

ithasbeenlogged.Roadsarecutdeepintothehillsides.Stumpsdotthebarren

landscape,punctuatedbypilesoflogsanddebris.Itisaviolentterrain,

especiallyincontrastwiththesurroundingbordersofuntouchedforest.

Althoughitisalandscapeofdestructionandviolence,itisalsoalandscapeof

transitionandovertime,newgrowthemergesfromtherubble,animalsreturn

andtheforestregenerates.Thisprojectexploresarchitecturesroleasa

mediatorintherelationshipbetweenManandWildinthiscondition.

Anarchitecturalinterventionintheslashwillfunctionasarecordof

man’sdestructiveforcesandalsoprovideastaticreferenceintheprocessof

theforestsregeneration.Architecturethatfunctionsasaplaceofretreatand

escapewillnotonlycreateanimmediateconnectiontonature,butalsoa

settingtoreflectontheimpactsofhumanitiesdestructiveactionsinthewil-

derness.

James Robertson

Advisor: Mark west

image courtesy of the Pembeton Valley Museum

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