Canadian Architect: Learning from Indigenous Consultants
“We are so constricted and strapped by colonial processes—whether it is cepts (ways of being, connecting, and doing). Indigenous ideas do not have a place in the current system, and that is holding architecture down….The values we imbue in architectural processes come from our traditional systems that are associated with our traditional architecture. Architecture is done in the place, it is very specific to the place, and we cannot know about that place and nor should we pretend to. When we are trying to reconstruct a future, we need to be really good listeners, and ‘imagineers.’ What we are doing is reimagining a future that is not the one we are living in. And I think humility is at the base of this.
In recent years, with the accelerated urban development of public spaces in China, public washrooms have been assigned numerous new roles. Designers have come up with a variety of proposals which suggest turning public washrooms into a place where social gathering can be redefined, and temporary stay can be more engaging. In recent years, with the accelerated urban development of public spaces in China, public washrooms have been assigned numerous new roles. Designers have come up with a variety of proposals which suggest turning public washrooms into a place where social gathering can be redefined, and temporary stay can be more engaging.
washroom, situated on this site, is a tiny infrastructure project that serves the basic needs of its visitors. Since local regulations for the land does not allow for any type of new structure or building with a roof, the toilets are simply a series of perimeter walls, making it almost primitive.
washroom, situated on this site, is a tiny infrastructure project that serves the basic needs of its visitors. Since local regulations for the land does not allow for any type of new structure or building with a roof, the toilets are simply a series of perimeter walls, making it almost primitive.
In recent years, with the accelerated urban development of public spaces in China, public washrooms have been assigned numerous new roles. Designers have come up with a variety of proposals which suggest turning public washrooms into a place where social gathering can be redefined, and temporary stay can be more engaging. In recent years, with the accelerated urban development of public spaces in China, public washrooms have been assigned numerous new roles. Designers have come up with a variety of proposals which suggest turning public washrooms into a place where social gathering can be redefined, and temporary stay can be more engaging.
washroom, situated on this site, is a tiny infrastructure project that serves the basic needs of its visitors. Since local regulations for the land does not allow for any type of new structure or building with a roof, the toilets are simply a series of perimeter walls, making it almost primitive.
washroom, situated on this site, is a tiny infrastructure project that serves the basic needs of its visitors. Since local regulations for the land does not allow for any type of new structure or building with a roof, the toilets are simply a series of perimeter walls, making it almost primitive.
