Benv 1082

Welcome to Week 4

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.Seneca

Program for today:

•Feedback from last week

•Background to indigenous housing

•Discussion groups: related to chosen reading

•Academic literacy considerations

Feedback:

Examples of work which answered the question

As far as I am concerned, the developers should...If I were an architect designing shopping malls, I would...I could use these ideas for the betterment of society by analysing the differences...

As an architecture student, I think what I can do is...

Feedback: Longer textsAs an architecture student, I understand the role that architects play in shaping the community. They are arbiters of change who help develop society by... Instead of creating shopping malls that have a sense of timelessness ... a stronger connection to the outside could be created by the installation of skylights... Instead of promoting consumerism... An alternative could be...

A shopping centre is a public environment that provides entertainment ...However if we are aware of this threat, we can use the entertaining features of a shopping centre to... If we can integrate social gathering spaces into this commercial environment, then we can make use of... However, we must concentrate on creating a variety of spaces that take the emphasis away from a solely for profit focus.

Learning Outcomes:

•Contribute to class discussions in a meaningful way that offers both critique and support to other students

•Present a critical response to a text

•Integrate arguments of other authors into their own argument

Background to the issue of aboriginal housing

Aboriginal Nations of Australia

 In light of the federal government’s emergency intervention into the Northern Territory and the promise of many hundreds of millions of dollars in housing funds, it is worth reflecting on the experience of a group of architects who have been engaged with housing for Indigenous Australians for more than thirty years.     Tangentyere Design is an Aboriginal-owned architectural practice based in Central Australia. It began in the late 1970s as a division of Tangentyere Council, an Aboriginal organization established to represent the interests of Indigenous people in their quest for land tenure, housing, infrastructure and basic standards of living in the town camps of Alice Springs. When it was first created, the design division of Tangentyere Council provided architectural advice and designs for housing and community facilities as well as masterplans for community layouts in the town camps. Over the decades, Tangentyere Design – as it has since become known – has provided architectural services to Indigenous people living in Alice Springs and in other, more remote central desert areas. It has won numerous design awards, helped to build a range of housing and community buildings throughout the Northern Territory and, above all, it has remained committed to engaging with Aboriginal people in the creation of a healthier built environment.

In light of the federal government’s emergency intervention into the Northern Territory and the promise of many hundreds of millions of dollars in housing funds, it is worth reflecting on the experience of a group of architects who have been engaged with housing for Indigenous Australians for more than thirty years.     Tangentyere Design is an Aboriginal-owned architectural practice based in Central Australia. It began in the late 1970s as a division of Tangentyere Council, an Aboriginal organization established to represent the interests of Indigenous people in their quest for land tenure, housing, infrastructure and basic standards of living in the town camps of Alice Springs. When it was first created, the design division of Tangentyere Council provided architectural advice and designs for housing and community facilities as well as masterplans for community layouts in the town camps. Over the decades, Tangentyere Design – as it has since become known – has provided architectural services to Indigenous people living in Alice Springs and in other, more remote central desert areas. It has won numerous design awards, helped to build a range of housing and community buildings throughout the Northern Territory and, above all, it has remained committed to engaging with Aboriginal people in the creation of a healthier built environment.

In light of the federal government’s emergency intervention into the Northern Territory and the promise of many hundreds of millions of dollars in housing funds, it is worth reflecting on the experience of a group of architects who have been engaged with housing for Indigenous Australians for more than thirty years.     Tangentyere Design is an Aboriginal-owned architectural practice based in Central Australia. It began in the late 1970s as a division of Tangentyere Council, an Aboriginal organization established to represent the interests of Indigenous people in their quest for land tenure, housing, infrastructure and basic standards of living in the town camps of Alice Springs. When it was first created, the design division of Tangentyere Council provided architectural advice and designs for housing and community facilities as well as masterplans for community layouts in the town camps. Over the decades, Tangentyere Design – as it has since become known – has provided architectural services to Indigenous people living in Alice Springs and in other, more remote central desert areas. It has won numerous design awards, helped to build a range of housing and community buildings throughout the Northern Territory and, above all, it has remained committed to engaging with Aboriginal people in the creation of a healthier built environment.

Written texts have a macro structure and a micro structure

Introduction: Main points/ thesis

Elaboration of main points

Conclusion: main pts/thesis significance

Thesis Statement

Elaboration

Elaboration includes some of these ‘moves’:More information/ elaborationAn exampleReference to expertsExplanationSignificance

Whole text Paragraph level

Having shelter is one of humankind’s basic needs (Maslow 1943).(Topic)* Yet even in developed countries some citizens are denied this fundamental right.(Claim) For instance, in Australia the indigenous people experience significant housing shortages in the cities, towns as well as in remote regions (Redman 2008).(Example) Even when housing is available, it is often unsuitable for indigenous needs. Generally, indigenous people have a ‘communal view of space and place’ (Redman 2008, p.1) and thus require more flexible housing arrangements. Certainly housing designed for a nuclear family would be unsuitable for the majority of indigenous families.(3 sentences of elaboration) This serious lack of housing for indigenous people is a result of lack of government intervention over many decades as well as socio-cultural insensitivity to the housing requirements of aboriginal communities around Australia.(Explanation) It remains to be seen whether the current Australian government makes progress on this basic human right for its citizens.(Interpretation/Significance)

*The red descriptor applies to the previous sentence

Using the micro structure table above:

Write your own paragraph about some of the considerations that need to be taken into account by BE professionals when working on indigenous housing projects.

Reflection questions

• What is the writer attempting to highlight?

• What is the writer’s thesis What evidence does the writer produce to support the thesis?

• What cultural dilemmas related to BE environment are raised in the article?

Oral Presentation and Report

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/daniel_libeskind_s_17_words_of_architectural_inspiration.html

Ted.com

For example