Regenerative Tourism: Re-placing the Design of Ecotourism Facilities

By:
Dr Ceridwen Owen
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This paper is concerned with the potential for a ‘regenerative architecture’ in the context of ecotourism developments. The term ‘regenerative’ has emerged in recent years to challenge perceived inadequacies inherent in the concept of sustainability predicated on restraint rather than restoration. The application of this ideal to the arena of tourism is both pertinent and problematic. This paper will explore some of the challenges of relating these concepts. It proposes a reconsideration of aesthetics and place as productive ground to contribute to the existing debate on regenerative design and more specifically argues that a critical engagement with place is fundamental to the design of ecotourism facilities.


Keywords: Regenerative Design, Tourism, Sustainability
Stream: Economic Sustainability
Presentation Type: 30 minute Paper Presentation in English
Paper: Regenerative Tourism

Dr Ceridwen Owen

Lecturer, School of Architecture, University of Tasmania
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Dr Ceridwen Owen is a lecturer in the School of Architecture at the University of Tasmania where she teaches in design studio, technology and Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD). Her research interests encompass ecophilosophy in design, ecotourism, architectural pedagogy and the sociology of the profession of architecture. She has recently completed her PhD research at the University of Melbourne on the relationship between sustainability and the culture of architectural practice. She is also a registered practising architect in Victoria and Tasmania and a partner with Core Collective Architects.

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