FIELD NOTES / MDG / Eastern Africa
Madagascar
Royal enclosures & sacred hills.
START WITH A PLACE
Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
Ambohimanga includes a royal settlement, burial places and sacred spaces on a hill. It remains a place of worship and cultural significance, so its architecture is inseparable from continuing practice.
Read the source UNESCO World Heritage CentreA CLOSER LOOK
A study in mass and surface.
Follow the route up the hill through successive thresholds. Read changes in access and enclosure alongside the site’s living significance.
An editorial observation prompt, grounded in the reference above.
WORKING COLOUR
A palette to begin with.
Five editorial tones for this surface family. Use them as a starting point for a study; they are not measured samples from the site.
Limestone paper#eee7d8oklch(0.929 0.021 85.945)
Warm sediment#c6ad86oklch(0.760 0.060 78.678)
Earth ochre#a36545oklch(0.568 0.092 47.550)
Weathered slate#657d79oklch(0.569 0.029 184.084)
Carbon ink#282b2boklch(0.286 0.004 196.917)