Byera Hadley research reports
Thomas Gray / 2014
Lions and Lambs
Aboriginal & Indigenous Architecture
A study of Indigenous driven design processes. The author explores the right for Indigenous communities to be self-determined, not just through new modes of economic sustainment, sociocultural, physical and political health, but in creative health and the reestablishment of intellectual capital. The vehicle in this case to frame these cross-disciplinary ideas is architecture, and specifically the design process.
Indigenous driven design practices are presented in two ways. The first via the presence of outside agency as a catalyst for development. Secondly through the internal dynamics of communities where the spirit of Indigenous worldview is in harmony with the natural rhythms of the world.
