ABSTRACT
This chapter examines three overarching ways in which landscape architects incorporate the qualities of the derelict, underused and neglected (DUN) site to reveal the changes that have taken place in post-industrial landscapes. The most straightforward technique is to use materials and processes to make reference to the past, sometimes symbolically or metaphorically. Then there is a palimpsest approach in which historic layers in the landscape form part of a temporal collage. Finally, designers draw attention to changes in the landscapes through the relationships they create between the visitor and the site. The tabula rasa approach, or the complete erasure of all evidence of the history of the site, is often precipitated by the need to remove or contain extensive contamination. A much-used way of referencing the history of a landscape is to use a palette of materials that makes reference to the site's industrial past.
