New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects Workshop Conference
The Big Picture
Managing Large Scale Landscape Change
2 - 4 April 2009 | The Crowne Plaza | Queenstown
Large scale changes to our landscapes can challenge our values, our sense of beauty and even our regional identity. The 2009 NZILA workshop conference will explore these issues with site visits and workshop sessions relating to conflicting interests and pressures associated with managing large scale landscape change. The setting for this conference is the alpine resort town of Queenstown.
The Queenstown Lakes District is known nationally for both the tourism that its spectacular landscapes attract and for a series of Environment Court decisions that made significant findings regarding landscape management. These have resulted in specific provisions to the District Plan that are relevant to New Zealand as a whole. The focus of the workshop and site visits is to examine some of the pressures and management responses which have developed in this area.
The conference has four themes:
• Landscapes of recreation
• Landscapes for rural living
• Landscapes of production
• Landscapes of energy
Participants will choose one of the two themes offered each day to examine. Site visits in the mornings will be followed by workshops at the conference venue in the afternoons. The themes have been paired so that all participants will have the opportunity to experience a wide ranging sample of the landscapes of the District.
Timetable
For further information on these themes, please visit the Site Visit Information page.
Thursday 2 April
2.00pm - NZILA AGM
4.00pm-6.00pm - Registration
7.00pm - Evening Public address with Guest speakers
Followed by Welcome Function
Friday 3 April
8.00am-8.30am - Registration
8.30am - Welcome & Introduction
10.00am - Buses leave for Site visits
2.00pm-5.00pm - Workshop sessions
Evening free
Saturday 4 April
8.30am - Buses leave for site visits
2.00pm-5.00pm - Workshop sessions
Evening Celebration Dinner