Styx Valley Project Protest Shelter by Andrew Mynard Architects
The Styx Valley Protest Structure is a project by Andrew Maynard to attempt to save the Styx Valley Forest , a unique ecosystem in south western Tasmania. It is home to the tallest hardwood trees in the world averaging over 80 meters. Many of the trees are over 400 years old. In 1996 only around 13% of these trees remain. A large area of south western Tasmania’s pristine wilderness is world heritage and is therefore protected. Unfortunately the Styx Valley falls just outside the South West National Park and it is now under attack from logging companies.
The logging companies clear fell such areas in Tasmania and burn any remnant vegetation once they have removed any timber considered of value. The high quality timbers that are then removed are reduced to nothing more than wood chips that are then exported mainly to Japan.
From this rape and pillage of Tasmania’s previously untouched, pristine landscape, Tasmania receives only AUD$10 per ton of woodchips.
August 12, 2008 - Category: Architecture, Latest - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 1
August 16th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Hi,
Hegel said that humankind doesn’t learn from History and as the time goes by, I tend to agree more with him.
The Man has achieved a technology level far beyond any living species on this planet and yet keeps destroying it, cannot avoid hunger (because of eagerness) and our future is more and more uncertain.
Unless people change radically their way of thinking and especially acting, tomorow…well..there may not be tomorow….
Kind regards,
José