Dynamic landscapes: the reclamation of disused quarries

摘要

According to English writer and politician Joseph Addison, marble does not show any of its inherent beauty when it is in the quarry. Rather, it is the skill of the polisher that reveals the colors, shines the surface, and discovers each ornamental cloud, spot, and vein that runs through the stone's body.' Similarly, the abandoned quarry from where the stone was extracted might be regarded as a simple hole in the ground until its 'quarry-ness' is explored in ways that highlight the nuances of the man-made void: its crevices, fissures, cracks, and precipices.