time + place temps + lieu - CSLA :: AAPC

ESSAIE
It is in how a place is
experienced that continuity
and change can intersect
in fruitful ways.
apart from the setting within which it had
been built.
Once the curtains were removed to allow
our inspection, the quality of both the house
and the landscape was irrevocably altered.
The curtains never went back. A new Governor
General was just settling in, and during her
tenure the relationship between the house
and the grounds became the basis for all
major planning decisions. The visitor centre
was built at the centre of the landscape,
within the residential compound, looking out
rather than looking in. The landscape also
became a productive part of the estate, with
replanted vegetable gardens and orchards.
And the original design intentions were easily
translated into a new sustainable design
approach: a design that considered natural and
cultural resource conservation simultaneously.
The new interventions were contemporary,
but the spirit was in keeping with the site’s
long history.
http://blog.willowbank.ca/author/julian-smith
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