Housing developments among the Aboriginals
Housing developments among the Aboriginals are dependent on their cultural perspectives. Aboriginals have been improving on their building techniques that give way to proper housing. However, architects who are not aboriginals have been taking credit for the work by the Aboriginals architects. This leads to the problems of the authenticity of the owner of the built environment. Kevin O’Brien discusses the architectural practice of Merrima in determining the identity and representation in architectural work (O’Brien, 2016). Cultural protocol has been acknowledged in the analysis of the merrima architectural work. The merrima project helps to give credit to the Aboriginals’ contribution to the built environment. Cultural aspects of Aboriginals have been defined in the merrima project (O’Brien, 2015). Also, the architectural semiotics in the project is a show of proof that Aboriginals own the work. Merrima project has expressions of the social-political environments from local to national levels (O’Brien, 2015). However, with the merrima project being built environment for the Aboriginals, there are obstructions from the non-Aboriginals architects and reviews. A dialogue of representation and imagination arises in describing Aboriginality and architecture through their cultural perspectives.
The authors of “The Handbook of Contemporary Indigenous Architecture” explains the significance of architecture to the Aboriginals and several other people (Willis, 2019). The book emphasizes the historical context of the indigenous architecture and how it has developed over the years. Also, it gives proposals on the key future developments in the field that are helpful to the Aboriginals. Cultural protocol and identity take center stage in the description of Aboriginals and the built environment (Grant et al., 2016). The authenticity of architectural projects and the credit to the architects are discussed. The analysis of projects and designs help in understanding the indigenous architecture while translating cultures. The role played by culture in the built environment is explained in detail. The culture of the Aboriginals in their built environment should be acknowledged. The research on indigenous architecture may serve as a reference in discussing the importance of culture and the built environment.