Mataaho Collective, 'Te Whare Pora' (detail), 2012, woven faux mink blanket, 10 x 5 m, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased 2019. Installation view The buildings notice me, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
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The buildings notice me considers the reciprocal relationship between our built environment and lived experience in resonance with the Tuhoe whakataukī, ‘Ka hanga whare te tangata, ka hanga tangata te whare’ – the people shape the whare, the whare shapes the people. In this illustrated presentation, Rebecca Kiddle director of Te Manawahoukura Rangahau Institute at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, responds to this theme drawing on her research exploring the meeting point of community creation, social processes, and urban design. Kiddle considers such questions as: how might a built space shape us to progress or regress politically, socially, culturally, environmentally?; what do these spaces look like?; and, what do they ask of us?
The buildings notice me considers the reciprocal relationship between our built environment and lived experience in resonance with the Tuhoe whakataukī, ‘Ka hanga whare te tangata, ka hanga tangata te whare’ – the people shape the whare, the whare shapes the people. In this illustrated presentation, Rebecca Kiddle director of Te Manawahoukura Rangahau Institute at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, responds to this theme drawing on her research exploring the meeting point of community creation, social processes, and urban design. Kiddle considers such questions as: how might a built space shape us to progress or regress politically, socially, culturally, environmentally?; what do these spaces look like?; and, what do they ask of us?
