18 October 2000 Students have 'sites' set for public exhibition

The art of the possible goes on exhibition in Christchurch from Labour Day (23 Oct.) at the Centre of Contemporary Art (CoCA).

It's an exhibition of possible development plans for 39 significant sites around New Zealand, produced by this year's graduating class of Lincoln University landscape architecture students.

As part of course work the Lincoln students must mount and promote a public exhibition of design ideas for particular sites.

The CoCA exhibition, titled Terminus, features plans, drawings and models for sites covering the Coromandel, Hawkes Bay, Manawatu, Wairarapa, Taranaki, Nelson/Marlborough, Otago, Westland and south to Stewart Island.

The exhibition is a bridge for the students as they finish at university and move on to careers as professional landscape architects. The title Terminus refers to both the arrival and departure points the students have now reached – they have arrived at the end of their undergraduate studies and are setting out on their professional careers.

Projects featured in the exhibition with plans, drawing and models include a ski field development (Mt Dobson), ferry terminal (Picton), quarry site (Owhiro Bay), former psychiatric hospital site (Seacliff), Chinese goldminers' settlement site (Arrowtown), and a show grounds development (Hawkes Bay).

The Terminus exhibition is in the Mair Gallery at the Centre of Contemporary Art, 66 Gloucester Street, Christchurch. Admission is by donation, and hours are: Labour Day (the 23rd) midday to 4.00pm; Tuesday to Friday 11.00am - 5.00pm; Saturday (the 28th) midday to 4.00pm.

Ian Collins, Journalist, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand