Thesis
A framework for natural disaster memorial park design: 5/12 Earthquake Memorial Park design
Washington State University
Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
2010
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/105316
Abstract
An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 on the Richter scale rocked Sichuan on May 12, 2008, eventually claiming 69,227 lives, and 374,643 injured. The quake toppled houses and schools, virtually destroying entire villages, and irreparably changed everyone's world there. The quake severely affected an estimated 45,547,565 residents in Sichuan province, damaged approximately 4,300,000 structures, and destroyed buildings including homes, businesses, schools, and hospitals. Thousands of innocent people lost their precious lives in this disaster. Among these people, there were young students reading out beautiful poems in books; there were mamas preparing hot milk for their kids in the morning; there were...however, those bright lives, at that moment, all became cold numbers in the history books. A natural disaster memorial park is needed to memorialize all the survivors and victims of this great disaster, to tell stories of survival and loss, to encourage people surmounting the tragedy bravely, and to provide a refuge for future disasters. Throughout the research conducted after the May 12 earthquake, the author has observed that no integrated system of planning and design has been established in natural disaster memorial park design. The thesis defines the conception of a memorial landscape and natural disaster memorial park, reviews the history of natural disaster memorial parks, and sorts through many cases of memorial parks. A general design guideline and theory for natural disaster memorial park design will be summarized from case studies, and this guideline will be interpreted particularly in terms of the 5/12 Earthquake Memorial Park design in China. The result of this research is an extension of an overall knowledge base and a theory explaining the difference between "natural disaster memorials" and "war memorials" design and summarizing the basic elements that constitute the physical and psychological characteristics of natural disaster memorial park design. The 5/12 Earthquake Memorial design will be a new application of the integration of the new theory about Natural Disaster Memorial Landscape design and will provide guidance and reference for park planners and designers to promote multiple functions in memorial park design in the future.
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Details
- Title
- A framework for natural disaster memorial park design
- Creators
- Linjun Yang
- Contributors
- David Wang (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Horticulture, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Pullman, Wash. :
- Identifiers
- 99900525369901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis