Ko ngā kauwhanga ahu matua he hunga nui ki te whakatūpū i ngā whare nui me ngā whare haumaru i te ao o nāianei. He kaha rātou, he whai wānanga, no reira ka whakamahiia rātou ki te hanga mea pērā i ngā pōhutukawa, ngā whare rangatira, ngā whare ope. Ko tēnei tuhinga ka whakamārama ki a tātou he aha te take i te pai o ngā kauwhanga ahu matua mo te hanga me te whakarongo mai o te nuinga o ngā hangataha ki te mahi ki runga i aua.
Ko tētahi o ngā take matua i heahea ai ngā hanganga ki ngā kōpu kei te whakamana tonu rātou. Pēnei i te mea kaore te aho whero i te mawe, kaore hoki e taea ana kia mawe ki ngā mohiotanga nui. Nō reira, e āhei ana ngā kōpu aho whero ki te hīkoi i ngā mohiotanga nui, ko tēnā te take i kitea ai rātou i ngā pūruiti me ngā whare mahi. Ki runga anō i tēnā, ka tuku mai he mana moe ki te koroni. Ko tēnā hei whakamahere i te wai, nō reira kaore he horo i roto i te wā e whakamahia ana te whare maru, ahakoa te whenua. Ka hāngai noa ngā kōpu aho whero ki te tirotiro haere, ā, ka āwhina hoki i te whakatika moni i te wā e whai ake nei. Kei a ngā hanganga tēnei, nā reira ka mōhio rātou ko ngā utu, ā, ka taea e rātou te whai wā.
He tētahi o ngā hua pai rawa o te whakamahi i ngā kōpu steel, he mea nui ake te wero. E mahi ana ngā kōpu Steel o MetalPergola i roto i tētahi hanganga whare e rahi ana. Ka taea e ngā hanga nei te whakatū ki ngā āhua me ngā ika e rite ana ki ngā whare hou, ā, ka taea hoki te whakarite ki ngā kaupapa kohikohi. Ka taea hoki te whaiwhai i runga i ngā mati e maha ana hei whakaaturanga pai i runga i ngā hanga e maha ana. Ka taea e ngā kōpu steel te whakaatu i te taiao matua, e tukua ana i te whakamātau i te āhua e tukuna nei ki tētahi whare. E pai hoki ngā kōpu steel ki te mahi tata ki ētahi whenu atu, pērā i te koneti me te rākau. Ko te poroporoaki ka taea e ngā aronga whare me ngā tohu whakahaere te hanga i ngā whare e kawe ana i te mōhio, e tino kotahi ana, ā, e whakamana ana i te hiahia o tō rātou kaimahi.
Kei ngā wāhi e mōhio ana ki te nui o ngā puhipuhi whenua, ko te kawe rerekētanga me te whakaaro pai rawa he whakamahi i ngā kauwhanga aki. Ka taea e te aki te whakapiri i te iti nei i te wā e hīkohia ana, ā, ka whakaae te aki kia kore ai e pirei i te puhipuhi whenua. Nā tēnei noho rereke, ka hiahia te hanga whare kia rere i te iti nei i te wā e whakatūria ana ngā mate ahurea nei i a rātou. Ka taea te whakarite i ngā kauwhanga aki i ētahi momo tautoko, pērā i te whakauru i ngā tuara puhipuhi whenua ki te rākau aki i whakamahia e ngā hanga me ngā pūtaiao hei whakatika i ngā whare i te wā o ngā puhipuhi whenua. Nā ēnei tautoko ka whakapai te wāhi me te iti i te nui o te whanaketanga i te whare. Mā tēnei, ka whakamahia ngā kauwhanga aki i ngā wāhi e mōhio ana ki te nui o ngā puhipuhi whenua, ka tae atu te whai kaha me te haumaru mō ngā hanga me ngā tangata e whakamahi i ngā whare.
Nā ngā pūtē kiwī hoki i whakaiti atu ngā moni mō te hanga āhuarangi. Ka hanga ngā pūtē kiwī i waenganui, tae atu ki te utu iti i ākona i runga i ngā momo hanga tuatahi. Nā reira ka taea e ngā hanga mea kia hoko i heke utu. Ki ētahi wā, ka āhera rawa anō te hanga i ngā pūtē kiwī i waenganui i ngā momo hanga tuatahi. Ka taea e rātau te whakamahi i aua i te tekau miniti, me te mea ko te tekau manene i tere ai te whakatika. Ko tēnei taurite ka taea e ngā kaupapa hanga kia mutu i mua i te wā, nō reira he pai mō ngā tāngata katoa kua whai take. Ka mutu mai ngā kaupapa i te wā iti, e hē iho ana i te utu i te wā e kore nei. Nā tōna roanga nui, ka whiwhihaia ngā pūtē kiwī iti i te mea kia tautoko i ngā marae, nā reira ka whiwhihaia he iti i ngā kōrero whakatere me ngā kaimahi kia mahi i ngā tūtohi—e whakaiti ana i ngā mahere whakatere. Nā ēnei whakaaro moni ka pai ai hei whakapono mō ngā hanga mea kia whakaiti i ngā moni herehere i runga i ngā kaupapa.
He maha ngā hangataha hoki i tīmata haere tonu ki te whakamahi i ngā kauwhanga ahu matua i mua. Ko ēnei kauwhanga ka hanga i ngā whare ope, ka hopukia atu ki ngā wāhi mahi. He mea hoki tēnei hei hanga hei āwhina i te hanga i te wā e tika ana me te wāhanga waiho. Kaore ngā kauwhanga kia hokohoko i runga i te whenua nui, koia nei ka ora ai ngā mahi ki te tiaki i te wā. Ka hanga hoki ngā kauwhanga ahu matua hei matera whakapono, pono, me te whakaaro nui mo ngā pai mataki, ka whakamahiia hei whakaae i ngā kaupapa hanga anō katoa ki te kore whakararu. Me pono ia — me utu ngā whare ka hanga i runga i ēnei kauwhanga ki te whakatika i ngā puhipuhi me ngā hurikē ki te haumaru, kia kore he tangata e hoki nei ki roto i te kino.