Main entry:

Meuser, Natascha, 1967- author.

Title & Author:

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].

Publication:

Berlin : Dom Publishers, [2026]

Description:

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

Series:

Architectural and cultural guide

Notes:
Includes index.
Building Polynesia: architecture in the Pacific context / Natascha Meuser and Philipp Meuser -- An architectural solution to The Long Pause: peopling of Polynesia / Jacqueline Windh -- The Pacific as a stage of power and engineering: Kiritimati and the sea launch project / Paul Meuser -- Trans-oceanic knowledge exchange: vernacular architecture in the tropical Pacific / Martin Anzellini -- 1. Cook Islands -- The Europeanisation of the Pacific: architecture, faith, and identity in the Cook Islands -- Timber structures against wind forces: the Cook Islands building manual -- Interest in preserving old buildings only started after European contact / Jean Tekura Mason -- Captain James Cook and the naming of the Cook Islands: an exploration of his voyages between 1768 and his death in 1779 -- Palmerston Island: how a community of 23 people survives -- Splashdown next to Palmerston: when NASA used the Pacific as a landing site / Paul Meuser -- 2. French Polynesia -- Balancing luxury tourism and sea level: architecture in French Polynesia -- Society Islands -- Architecture on Tahiti and the Society Islands -- The architecture of Pape'ete: layers of power, place, and Pacific modernism / Bill McKay -- Te Fare Natura, Mo'orea: museum architecture inspired by the sea and its creatures / Hélène Duran -- The Marae on Huahine -- Marae Taputapuatea on Rai'atea: the architectural psychology of sacred space -- Te Wheke-a-Muturangi: space and culture in Polynesia -- Bora Bora: how the US military laid the foundations for mass tourism -- Tuamotu Archipelago -- Rangiroa Atoll: gateway to the Tuamotu Archipelago -- The aquarium: Rangiroa's fragile underwater wonder and the limits of aquarium architecture -- The fragile world of motu: coral islets at the heart of Polynesian ecology between preservation and sustainable tourism -- Fakarava Atoll: a UNESCO biosphere reserve -- Charles Darwin, the atoll theory, and the evolution of form -- Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki voyage: experimental archaeology as architectural praxis across the Pacific -- The architecture of atomic colonialism: planning France's nuclear tests in Polynesia / $r Paul Meuser -- Marquesas Islands -- The architectural language of the Marquesas Islands -- Centre Culturel Paul Gauguin: 'the last home of Hiva Oa's famous artist' -- 'Tahuata must grow, but with care and always in harmony with our history and our values.' / $r Félix Barsinas -- The narrative of the Te Ana Peua Museum: a living history of the local community -- The Krusenstern expedition to Nuku Hiva (1804): Russia's unusual maritime venture -- The Pacific sperm whale fishery: industrial voyages, cultural exchange, and the architectural legacy of whaling ships -- 3 Pitcairn Islands -- Living with little: Pitcairn Island and the architecture of endurance -- From discovery to mutiny: when H.M.S. Bounty charted more than just breadfruit (1787-1790) -- From mutiny to modernity: Pitcairn's quest for a sustainable future / $r Simon Young -- From basalt to bottles: Henderson Island and the afterlife of isolation -- 4 Chilean Polynesia -- RAPA NUI -- From Moai to Modernism: Rapa Nui's built environment in transition -- The deforestation of Rapa Nui: a study in eco-suicide -- Rongorongo: the architectural poetry of Rapa Nui -- Architecture echoes the struggle for autonomy: territory, tradition, and sovereignty on Rapa Nui / $r Hetereki Huke -- JUAN FERNÁNDEZ ARCHIPELAGO -- Where Alexander Selkirk created the template for Robinson Crusoe / $r Coni Bohorquez -- Alexander Selkirk and the Cinque Ports (1704) -- Maximilian von Spee and the East Asia Squadron (1897-1915).

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

Form/genre:

Hoahoanga whare.
Iwi taketake.

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