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To Leave is to Return : The Mythology of the Rockaway Peninsula Ng, Victoria

Abstract

To escape from the noise of New York City, I visited the Rockaway Peninsula. Here I discovered the myth of a land that is disappearing into the ocean. This is a documentation of loss due to extreme water events; a dedication to those who long for a past, exist in the present, and hope for the future. This thesis captures resilience in the disappearance of place through acts of empathy as the sea engulfs the Rockaway Peninsula. It is an expression of loss that engages the reader into supposed spaces of absence. Anticipating the destruction and deterioration of built forms by climate disasters, To Leave is to Return is an empathetic documentation of loss. The project draws relationships between imagination, existence, and place to mourn for those entangled in the consequences of climate change.

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Title
To Leave is to Return : The Mythology of the Rockaway Peninsula
Alternate Title
The Disappearing Land
Creator
Ng, Victoria
Date Issued
2022-05-04
Description
To escape from the noise of New York City, I visited the Rockaway Peninsula. Here I discovered the myth of a land that is disappearing into the ocean. This is a documentation of loss due to extreme water events; a dedication to those who long for a past, exist in the present, and hope for the future. This thesis captures resilience in the disappearance of place through acts of empathy as the sea engulfs the Rockaway Peninsula. It is an expression of loss that engages the reader into supposed spaces of absence. Anticipating the destruction and deterioration of built forms by climate disasters, To Leave is to Return is an empathetic documentation of loss. The project draws relationships between imagination, existence, and place to mourn for those entangled in the consequences of climate change.
Subject
sea level rise; loss; climate change; architecture; drawing; speculative; New York; Rockaway Peninsula; Rockaway Beach; Fort Tilden; Breezy Point Tip
Geographic Location
New York (N.Y.); Rockaway (New York, N.Y.)
Genre
Graduating Project
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. ARCH 549
Date Available
2022-05-11
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0413555
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/81520
Affiliation
Applied Science, Faculty of; Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of
Campus
UBCV
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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