Indigenous Architecture - Design based on Past, Present, and Future Generations
Doug Walker
Architecture, Design, and Interior Photography. Owner at Doug Walker Photography
In this idyllic setting in beautiful Skokomish, Washington, sits the new Skokomish Tribal Community Center. A project I photographed for Daniel J. Glenn, AIA, AICAE, Principal at 7 Directions Architects/Planners 7 Directions is a Native American-owned firm based in Seattle, Washington, specializing in culturally and environmentally responsive architecture and planning.
Daniel was close to officially turning over the keys to the community center to the owners, the Skokomish Indian Tribe, and needed architectural photography for a pair of upcoming book projects: Our Voices: Indigeneity and Architecture and The Handbook of Contemporary Indigenous Architecture. He is a contributing author to both and co-editor of the Handbook. Image deadlines were looming so we needed to strike right away!
Architectural photographer's need to learn as much as possible about the program of each building to be successful. And so we chatted at length about his project, what was unique, best angles, key features of the design, and why! As we talked I learned there is a rich and deep process to his design. Connections through art panels, lighting details, and tile work all relate to the tribe and their culture and history.
As shared in his book Our Voices: Indigeneity and Architecture, "With each Tribe, we seek to design for the Seven Generations: three generations of the ancestors, the present generation, and three generations into the future. Through the Elders, both those who are still with us and those who have passed, we seek to learn about the traditions, the history and the culture of the people and the place. We analyze their architectural and design traditions."
......To read more and see the photography hop on over to my blog post: Skokomish Tribal Community Center - 7 Directions Architects
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6 年Did Inspections on this project for the Tribe, What a unique building, the use of Tree logs to support the structure was a good idea. Picture does not do the building? justice.