We Australia - Embracing evolution through Architecture
Конкурс посвящен проблемам исследования истории австралийского континента, которая уходит корнями гораздо глубже 120-летнего периода существования современной Австралии. Задание – спроектировать туристическую деревню, которая позволила бы всесторонне раскрыть идентичность австралийского народа через его прошлое – начиная от коренных обитателей, которые жили здесь десятки тысячелетий назад.
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There has been ample evidence and awareness about this overriding of a history of Australia with a different civilization taking over. The divide has brought out huge rifts that are tough to span between human, cultures, and nature. But what if there are attempts from both ends to heal gaps and create a collective identity.
As new Australia inclusively moves ahead in time with a more unified approach, there’s a fresh wave of hope that embarks on equality. This includes landmark judgments like transferring the ownership of sacred lands back to these communities again under a legal framework. Several educational and employment initiatives by the Government to build access to equal opportunity. This began a series of initiatives where aborigine origin people have access to good urban education and equal opportunity in urban areas.
However, the problem with these initiatives is that they break their already dwindling chain of knowledge that is transferred to the coming generations. This brings a new awareness of approaching aborigines and their role in the economy.
If we see Australia in perspective of last few centuries only, what meets the eye are a series of events that led to clashes between humans from different backgrounds. This perspective is just a small fragment of what actually shaped Australia as a continent - and the role of nature in it. With the canvas here being this huge (around 500 indigenous countries and countless species), Australia attempting to find its real identity between its origins and present is a place of opportunity. A chance to speak for all the sprouting cultures that existed, species that walked this continent, landscapes that are constantly changing, the technology that has evolved and the global impression as a country. The thread that really brings all these entities in one single frame is the path evolution that has brought all of us here, today.Brief: To build a tourist village that helps visitors to learn about the history of human evolution which not only sensitizes,but spreads awareness about the changing relationship between nature, natives and the country of Australia.