Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 10, 2023 4:37:41 GMT 12
NEW ZEALAND CITIES SUFFERING CRISIS OF IDENTITY – ARCHITECT
A leading Māori architect says New Zealand towns and cities are suffering from a crisis of identity.
"That's the crisis really, we've got physical environments that don't talk back first of all to manawhenua, don't speak back to iwi from those places, and secondly don't talk to the true history of those areas."
Hoskins outlined to an audience of about 100 people several projects around the country that had embraced indigenous design including the City Rail Link in Auckland.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/487614/new-zealand-cities-suffering-crisis-of-identity-architect
A leading Māori architect says New Zealand towns and cities are suffering from a crisis of identity.
"That's the crisis really, we've got physical environments that don't talk back first of all to manawhenua, don't speak back to iwi from those places, and secondly don't talk to the true history of those areas."
Hoskins outlined to an audience of about 100 people several projects around the country that had embraced indigenous design including the City Rail Link in Auckland.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/487614/new-zealand-cities-suffering-crisis-of-identity-architect