Architectural and cultural guide : East Polynesia / Natascha Meuser and Philipp Meuser ; with additional contributions by Martín Anzellini [and four others] ; interviews with Félix Barsinas [and four others].

Main entry:

Meuser, Natascha, 1967- author.

Title & Author:

Publication:

Berlin : Dom Publishers, [2026]

Description:

445 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm.

Series:

Architectural and cultural guide

Notes:
Includes index.

Summary:

"This Architectural and Cultural Guide East Polynesia challenges the romanticised visions of the South Pacific by critically examining the built environment through the lens of architecture, history, and cultural resilience. Across over 400 richly illustrated pages, it traces how traditional knowledge systems, ecological adaptation, and colonial ruptures have shaped architectural practices from the Cook Islands via French Polynesia and Pitcairn to Rapa Nui in Chilean Polynesia. With contributions from local experts, architects, geologists, and historians, the guide foregrounds the complex entanglements of place, power, and memory. Rather than offering a conventional typological catalogue, it maps networks of meaning: from sacred stone platforms (marae) and climate-responsive vernacular dwellings to the infrastructural legacies of nuclear testing and space-age geopolitics. The Pacific is not portrayed as a void but as a stage of cultural innovation and architectural intelligence"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9783869228464 paperback
3869228466 paperback

Subject:

Architecture Polynesia Guidebooks.
Architecture and society Polynesia Guidebooks.
Architecture Polynésie Guides.
Architecture et société Polynésie Guides.
Architecture
Architecture and society
Polynesia Civilization Guidebooks.
Polynesia

Added entries:

Meuser, Philipp, 1969- author.
Anzellini, Martín, 1985- contributor.
Barsinas, Félix, interviewee.

East Polynesia

Holdings:

Location: Library study room new acquisitions 325759
Call No.: 325759
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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