The ‘Symbolic Universe’ theory, described by Peter Berger and T. Luckman, was a term generated to label a perfect society, such to the paradise world of ‘Utopia’ based on the principle of perfection. Berger and Luckman were to say “the symbolic universe links men with their successors in a meaningful totality, serving to transcend the finitude of individual existence and bestowing meaning upon the individual’s death. All members of society can now conceive of themselves as belonging to a meaningful universe, which was there before they were born and will be there after they die.”1
Through these realties we as a society form our own symbolic universe.
Throughout this new century there have been many catastrophic natural disasters spread out over the world including New Zealand. Christchurch has been reported internationally for the recent tragedy which has destroyed the town, hopes and most of all lives. Here the most important problem they are facing is to rebuild the township and its momentary buildings, such as the Cathedral, or to demolish the city and start over.
Using the architecture and landscape design this construction of which the people of New Zealand are in an optimistic insight of the 'symbolic universe’ where they still have high hope of what will become of Christchurch and the town center.
With the economic depression this has caused, humanity has been struggling to find hope in this crisis. So therefore geographers, architectures of many range fro over the world have come and helped us through this disastrous time and become a more of a positive attitude throughout the city and country.
Bibliography
1Seidman, S. (2007). Contested knowledge: social theory today. Wiley-Blackwell.
http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=Kd2bP4x3gScC&pg=PA84&dq=utopia+berger+luckmann&hl=en&ei=56d2TsfPOsnhmAW4m63fDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
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