A lava park in Spain


Autoria(s): Raxworthy, Julian
Data(s)

2006

Resumo

The lava park is surrounded by the volcanic mountains of Les Preses, revealed as the edges of a vast caldera and repeated at a human scale with low walls made up of small volcanic boulders. These walls are evidence of how successive communities have gradually worked amongst this lava flow to create arable land, supported by rich soils. The people saw the land prosper and learned how to maximise its productivity. Boulders that had come to the surface during agricultural cultivation were moved with human labour to create "artigas“, the characteristic pilings of volcanic stone. They have been used to raise and lower areas, to create shelter and exposure for their crops and to make caves for storage. Amongst all this, paths weave and cross. The whole place is made up of grey and black rocks with a constant cover of green crops or grass.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/27888/

Publicador

Callwey

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/27888/1/c27888.pdf

http://www.topos.de

Raxworthy, Julian (2006) A lava park in Spain. Topos, 55, pp. 90-94.

Direitos

Copyright [2006] Please consult author.

Fonte

Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering; School of Design

Palavras-Chave #120107 Landscape Architecture #Landscape architecture
Tipo

Journal Article