Tristan da Cunha - Design for a new sustainable community

Forster, Wayne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7005-2952 2015. Tristan da Cunha - Design for a new sustainable community.

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Abstract

This competition entry encompasses a wide-ranging approach to ensure the future of this remote settlement within its specific geographical and cultural context. It addresses issues with the aim of leading to a self-sustaining way of life. Tristan da Cunha has a historically rooted and contemporary culture of fishing and boat building, both as a skill and craft but also a necessity to life on the island. The act of building a boat brings together the community to utilise the islanders' craft abilities, simultaneously creating a heart and hub of activity. The long upturned boats along the road curving up from the harbour reiterate the language of Tristan’s built forms, streamlined against a prevailing current, offering protection and shelter. The upturned boat metaphor assumes critical importance symbolically as well as tectonically.

Item Type:	Artefact
Schools:	Architecture
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Tristan da Cunha Design sustainable community
Funders:	RIBA
Last Modified:	26 Oct 2022 07:33
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/125165

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