William van Zyl

Maori Worldview and Architectural Design. (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Maori 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 Maori 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 Maori worldview and architecture in a New Zealand context. I briefly look at other worldviews for architectural design.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Five House Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798223487951
• Artikelnr.: 69206680

Autorenporträt

The author had an interesting and unique childhood. Not travelling abroad - as you would expect - but venturing into the fields, bushes, tools sheds and mysterious underground tunnels around his neighbourhood. His happy place was - and still is - tinkering with ideas, science, and new possibilities. Many times while cycling he will get new ideas; he brings the unexpected, the unique, the creative in a flurry on a page or in a sketch. To this day he dreams of vicious wars and sophisticated weaponry in an innocent child's scout cave. He loves diagrams, timelines, cross sections, sketches, and details of sinister and hidden concepts and ideas; always looking for a new mystery to decode and to encode. He investigates and explores extravagant thoughts which he includes in children's books, stories and articles; he loves to include philosopher's perspectives, articles, intriguing stories, and poetry in his writing. Academic and research work are also his forte. He always offers a simple but practical explanation within an engaging context. Not your ordinary thinker! A lifelong scholar and teacher.