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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