Comments on: Quarry garden sculpture at Pedreres de s'Hostal as an example of the after-use of mineral workings https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/quarry-garden-sculpture-at-pedreres-de-shostal-as-an-example-of-the-after-use-of-mineral-workings/ Gardenvisit.com Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:51:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: Christos Augustus https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/quarry-garden-sculpture-at-pedreres-de-shostal-as-an-example-of-the-after-use-of-mineral-workings/#comment-3233 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:51:42 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=6444#comment-3233 Agreed, plus there is a factor of time between the time of after-plan inception and when the mineral works actually is closed.

]]> By: Tom Turner https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/quarry-garden-sculpture-at-pedreres-de-shostal-as-an-example-of-the-after-use-of-mineral-workings/#comment-3232 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 06:13:07 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=6444#comment-3232 The solution could be to agree an after-use plan at the outset and then allow for it to be changed, as city plans are always changed, during the lifetime of the mineral workings.

]]> By: Christos Augustus https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/quarry-garden-sculpture-at-pedreres-de-shostal-as-an-example-of-the-after-use-of-mineral-workings/#comment-3231 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:34:44 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=6444#comment-3231 To say the least, quarries that are about to be decommissioned present many challenges to a local community. I agree with Tom that an after-use plan should be set in place by the owners of the quarry and its surrounding community. The ‘land sculpture’ idea is a imaginative solution for such cases. Think of the possibilities! I am certainly not discounting more useful land management ideas but land sculpture on grand scale should definitely be a consideration.

]]> By: Tom Turner https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/quarry-garden-sculpture-at-pedreres-de-shostal-as-an-example-of-the-after-use-of-mineral-workings/#comment-3230 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 10:49:23 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=6444#comment-3230 I agree that ‘restoring’ land to agriculture is often a bad idea. Another significant point is that distinctions need to be made between short-life, medium-life and long-life quarries. If the mineral operation is going to be completed in the foreseeable future then an after-use plan should be agreed at the outset. If the quarrying will go on generation after generation then this is difficult. But it is always the case that the money to pay for ‘healing the wound’ should come from the quarry operations. It should not be a charge on the general public.

]]> By: Benz https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/quarry-garden-sculpture-at-pedreres-de-shostal-as-an-example-of-the-after-use-of-mineral-workings/#comment-3229 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 09:40:41 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=6444#comment-3229 Love the quarry – don’t like the sculpture. Regarding awarding planning permission only with plans for restoration and after use has its bad side as well as many of the rstoration projects result in restored rolling countryside whereas the quarry itself is usually intrinsically much more interesting visually, in terms of habitat and potential use.

]]> By: Tom Turner https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/quarry-garden-sculpture-at-pedreres-de-shostal-as-an-example-of-the-after-use-of-mineral-workings/#comment-3228 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:28:21 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=6444#comment-3228 It is often the case that long-life quarries (eg for stone) are started by one generation and worked out one or more generations later. This makes planning difficult: we can’t constrain future generations and nor do we know what they are going to want. But this should not blind us to the fact that mineral workings are among the largest physical undertakings by humans and that they could be planned to achieve much more than a supply of minerals. They are land design on the largest scale.

]]> By: Christine https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/quarry-garden-sculpture-at-pedreres-de-shostal-as-an-example-of-the-after-use-of-mineral-workings/#comment-3227 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 04:51:21 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=6444#comment-3227 Mining activities can have a variety of social, cultural and environmental impacts which are not always easily or fully addressed. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ok_Tedi_environmental_disaster ]

Here are a few more examples of adaptive reuse of quarries.
[ http://stories-in-stone.blogspot.com/2010/09/adaptive-reuse-of-quarries-swimming.html ]

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