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Māori Architecture and Modernism in Architecture: A Design Challenge.

Author : William Van Zyl

Publisher : Five House Publishing

Page : 21 pages

File Size : 43,12 MB

Release : 2023-10-26

Category : Architecture

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Commencing this eBook, I embark on a journey through the realm of modern Māori-inspired architecture in New Zealand (NZ). The pages are graced with a visual feast of cutting-edge structures that seamlessly incorporate traditional Māori shapes, forms, patterns, and colours into their contemporary designs. The voyage continues as we delve into the intriguing fusion of modernism and Māori architecture. This fusion showcases the harmonious coexistence of tradition and innovation in architectural endeavours. Furthermore, we embark on a unique exploration of extravagant geometric shapes, such as ellipses, parabolas, and hyperbolas, brought to life through the wonders of AI on PlaygroundAI.com. Additionally, we venture into the realm of online software like SketchUp and its role in the intricate design of buildings, where hyperbolic forms take centre stage. Don't overlook the captivating resource titled 'Architect Antonio Gaudi Transforms Paradigms,' which sheds light on the mesmerising world of curvilinear architecture and its influence on product design. Without further ado, let's embark on this captivating journey by immersing ourselves in the world of modern Māori-inspired designs.



Contemporary Māori-inspired Architecture in New Zealand.

Author : William Van Zyl

Publisher : Five House Publishing

Page : 22 pages

File Size : 41,33 MB

Release : 2023-10-21

Category : Architecture

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This short book explores modern trends in architecture in New Zealand, showing how traditional shapes, forms, patterns and colours are embedded in contemporary designs. Furthermore, it shows how Modern Māori architecture in New Zealand blends traditional Māori design principles, cultural values, and contemporary architectural approaches into modern-day designs.



Māori Worldview and Architectural Design.

Author : William Van Zyl

Publisher : Five House Publishing

Page : 13 pages

File Size : 46,9 MB

Release : 2023-10-23

Category : Architecture

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The Māori worldview, deeply rooted in indigenous New Zealand culture, shapes how architectural design is conceptualised, executed, and experienced. It is a holistic perspective that interweaves spiritual, cultural, and environmental dimensions, resulting in architecture that reflects the Māori connection to the land, ancestors, and the spiritual realm. What type of unique building, house, landmark, chapel, church, marae, or shade space would you design to reflect and represent your worldview? I am referring to symbolism-related shapes, forms, patterns, and colours. What would be the main shapes and forms you will use to convey your worldview in a building? In this short eBook, I explore a Māori worldview and architecture in a New Zealand context. I briefly look at other worldviews for architectural design.



Māori Architecture

Author : Deidre Sharon Brown

Publisher :

Page : 187 pages

File Size : 45,61 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Architecture

ISBN : 9780143011125

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A landmark achievement in New Zealand history, Māori Architecture charts, for the first time, the genesis and form of indigenous buildings in Aotearoa New Zealand. It explores the vast array of Māori-designed structures and spaces - how they evolved over time, and how they tell the story of an ever-changing people. Throughout this captivating story, the book looks at facets of early Polynesian settlement, the influence of Christian and western technology, the buildings of religio-political movements such as Ringatū, Parihaka and Rātana, post-war urban migration, and contemporary architecture. Deidre Brown's absorbing, informed and sometimes controversial text is lavishly illustrated with over 130 photos and artworks - all providing a long-overdue and fascinating survey of an important aspect of New Zealand culture and history.



Architectural Design: Māori, Christian, and Modernist Influences - A New Zealand Perspective.

Author : William Van Zyl

Publisher : Five House Publishing

Page : 13 pages

File Size : 27,64 MB

Release : 2023-10-28

Category : Architecture

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Has your world been turned upside-down at some point? Please take a look at the innovative and creative ideas in this article. What do you see? What ideas do you have? What would it be if I asked you to develop a unique idea or concept for a spatial design? How can Māori shapes, forms, patterns and colours be embedded in a spatial design? That is the question teachers of Design and Visual Communication (DVC) will ask their students next year (2024). Why? Because they will be doing a new curriculum in New Zealand (High School context). Designers, architects, artists, teachers, and students will benefit from this article. Please take a look at the CAMERA OBSCURA, created by three different people - a photographer, a sculptor, and an architect. I include a picture of this outstanding creative effort by three artists in New Zealand. Don't miss this brilliant design. To whet your appetite - about the CAMERA OBSURA. The Whangārei Camera Obscura is an interactive sculpture on the Hātea Loop walk (Whangarei - New Zealand). A camera obscura is a darkened room with a small hole or lens at one side through which an image is projected onto a wall or table opposite the hole. Visitors can enter the shell-like structure to find a surprising "upside-down projection room" inside showing the celebrated Bascule bridge, Te Matau ā Pohe and its surroundings, complete with vehicles, boats, people, scudding clouds and flowing water. The attraction offers visitors and residents simple yet wonderful phenomena of light projection and educational opportunities. Visitors can adjust the image using a movable aperture on the wall of the camera obscura. It is one of only a handful of obscura sculptures worldwide and is among the largest. Credit: https://www.wdc.govt.nz/Community/Community-Facilities/Timatatanga-Hou-Camera-Obscura



The Handbook of Contemporary Indigenous Architecture

Author : Elizabeth Grant

Publisher : Springer

Page : 1000 pages

File Size : 35,60 MB

Release : 2018-06-26

Category : Architecture

ISBN : 9811069042

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​This Handbook provides the first comprehensive international overview of significant contemporary Indigenous architecture, practice, and discourse, showcasing established and emerging Indigenous authors and practitioners from Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, Canada, USA and other countries. It captures the breadth and depth of contemporary work in the field, establishes the historical and present context of the work, and highlights important future directions for research and practice. The topics covered include Indigenous placemaking, identity, cultural regeneration and Indigenous knowledges. The book brings together eminent and emerging scholars and practitioners to discuss and compare major projects and design approaches, to reflect on the main issues and debates, while enhancing theoretical understandings of contemporary Indigenous architecture.The book is an indispensable resource for scholars, students, policy makers, and other professionals seeking to understand the ways in which Indigenous people have a built tradition or aspire to translate their cultures into the built environment. It is also an essential reference for academics and practitioners working in the field of the built environment, who need up-to-date knowledge of current practices and discourse on Indigenous peoples and their architecture.



Shifting Views

Author : Andrew Leach

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 260 pages

File Size : 44,69 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Architecture

ISBN : 9780702236600

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"Shifting Views draws together a selection of writing from across twenty-five years of these conferences to provide a fascinating view into the region's architectural history discipline. The essays collected here, from such diverse thinkers as Judith Brine, Joan Kerr, Miles Lewis, Sarah Treadwell, Philip Goad, Julie Willis and Mike Austin, reflect some of the most illuminating debates from these conferences. Together these essays capture a tone of critical inquiry and the conditions of writing architectural history in Australia and New Zealand." "Shifting Views takes us into the mechanics of architectural history-making, exposing its foundations and demonstrating how they can be called to account. It shows us how architectural history has been made and revised, giving us a glimpse of the means why which our past becomes our history."--BOOK JACKET.





Library of Congress Subject Headings

Author : Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office

Publisher :

Page : pages

File Size : 26,13 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress

ISBN :

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Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures

Author : Helaine Selin

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 2428 pages

File Size : 18,28 MB

Release : 2008-03-12

Category : Science

ISBN : 140204559X

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Here, at last, is the massively updated and augmented second edition of this landmark encyclopedia. It contains approximately 1000 entries dealing in depth with the history of the scientific, technological and medical accomplishments of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. The entries consist of fully updated articles together with hundreds of entirely new topics. This unique reference work includes intercultural articles on broad topics such as mathematics and astronomy as well as thoughtful philosophical articles on concepts and ideas related to the study of non-Western Science, such as rationality, objectivity, and method. You’ll also find material on religion and science, East and West, and magic and science.