A Hopi House Design Guideline: Incorporating Culture into the Design
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2018-05
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University of Hawaii at Manoa
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The Hopi and Tewa community lives in two worlds. One world is the Hopi and Tewa lifestyle that is strongly connected to the culture. The other world is the Western lifestyle with modern conveniences that many Hopi and Tewa members have grown accustomed to. These two worlds are split within the modern Hopi housing which results in split living. Many Hopi and Tewa members are still strongly connected to the culture but cultural practice and the passing of cultural knowledge is becoming less practiced in the homes. The problem is that current Hopi housing does not reflect the Hopi and Tewa cultural needs. Today there are many tools that aid in implementing Western cultural values into the home. There are home magazines, Pinterest, how-to guides, multiple T.V. shows, and Western-trained architects who continue to disconnect the Hopi and Tewa people from their houses. These tools do not incorporate the Hopi and Tewa worldview because the world of architecture continues to move towards the beauty of simplicity. Unfortunately, this creates a struggle of implementing cultural perspective into the house design. Therefore, the need to create a guideline that actively incorporates the Hopi culture will aid in the conscious effort in bringing culture back into the Hopi home. Implementing the Hopi culture into the house design will not only enhance the cultural connection but it will also bring balance between the two worlds that the Hopi and Tewa community lives in.
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