Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
In this structure, titled Not my H.U.D. House, Chris reflected on Gottfried Semper’s, The Four Elements of Architecture (1851), which include a hearth, roof, enclosure, and mound. These concepts parallel Indigenous notions of dwelling.
For example, the hearth, a place of coming together and counsel for Indigenous people is represented by a towering structure of open steel that reaches toward the sky in a gesture of connection to the cosmos.
Visitors are also invited to enter the home through the east, a traditional way of entering the home by greeting the sun.
Chris also responds to the European idea of compartmentalized rooms by creating a structure composed of flexible modules.
Flexibility is a principle that has always existed in Indigenous housing. For example, a living room can be a place to relax or a place of ceremony. This idea that something can be two things at once reflects the spiritual side of many Indigenous cultures and creates a foundation for merging the needs of Indigenous people with present-day housing.
In this structure, titled Not my H.U.D. House, Chris reflected on Gottfried Semper’s, The Four Elements of Architecture (1851), which include a hearth, roof, enclosure, and mound. These concepts parallel Indigenous notions of dwelling.
For example, the hearth, a place of coming together and counsel for Indigenous people is represented by a towering structure of open steel that reaches toward the sky in a gesture of connection to the cosmos.
Visitors are also invited to enter the home through the east, a traditional way of entering the home by greeting the sun.
Chris also responds to the European idea of compartmentalized rooms by creating a structure composed of flexible modules.
Flexibility is a principle that has always existed in Indigenous housing. For example, a living room can be a place to relax or a place of ceremony. This idea that something can be two things at once reflects the spiritual side of many Indigenous cultures and creates a foundation for merging the needs of Indigenous people with present-day housing.
