Critical Regionalism and 'Place'
Whenever we start designing a building, site analysis would be the very first step to understand the proposed context in order to synthesize and produce a context-respecting architecture. And, during the design stage architects are practiced to design an architecture which relate and respond to the context. However, due to budget and different perspective from the developers, we still able to found those development nowadays which is so 'international style'. I definitely not a supporter of that, just simply that it HAS NO SPIRIT.
Critical Regionalism and 'Place'
Based on my understanding, critical regionalism cannot be simply based on the visual indigenous form, but it should also emphasize on topography, climate, light and tectonic form of a site. I strongly agree that, a good modern architecture to relate the genius loci of a place, cannot blindly respond to its historical background, however, more focusing on current situation in term of the site context and the current culture there. But not to neglect the past, which means that, in critical regionalism, the past can be deconstruct into a more abstract but not a direct way, to make sense of its past in one context.
A good example would be Wang Shu’s Ningbo Historical Museum. Wang Shu from China used the concept of mountains and rivers which is very influential in Chinese culture of poetry, using Ningbo’s local demolished materials, to show the respect and memory of site culture. At the same time, his actual intention is to make statement against its surrounding context of developed skyscrapers which are violet against the people’s lifestyle there. The combination of the regional traditional construction of ‘wapan’ and modern technology, married together to achieve its desired height yet to reveal its authenticity.
I accept the strategies of Critical Regionalism which is to connect the impact of universal civilization with elements from characteristic of particular place. The hidden meaning can be occurred yet not to over highlight it, in order to show the current quality and condition of the place. However, I think that architecture might be complicated showing the critical regionalism of a place in future, as times goes, things change. When too much information has to be included in one architecture, it may be complex.
It will be challenging in the future to reconstruct an architecture in the way of Critical Regionalism. It is difficult to achieve strong emotive and cognitive but it will be the right way as well (to not too focusing the past). As an architects, we try to maintain a spirit of a place in details!
reference:
A Fortress Besieged by Critical Regionalism. Retrieved from:
http://www.oris.hr/en/oris-magazine/overview-of-articles/[121]a-fortress-besieged-by-critical-regionalism,1734.html
Critical Regionalism. Retrieved from:
https://www.slideshare.net/ar_suryas/critical-regionalism
Critical Regionalism and 'Place'
Critical regionalism is an approach to architecture that strives to counter the placelessness and lack of identity of the International Style, but also rejects the whimsical individualism and ornamentation of Postmodern architecture. - WikipediaAs mentioned, the emerge of ‘critical regionalism’ is to counter the placelessness and lack of meaning in modern architecture. Critical regionalism adopt modern architecture critically in order to show its progressive qualities of development in one place, but at the same time it does show respond to the context.
Based on my understanding, critical regionalism cannot be simply based on the visual indigenous form, but it should also emphasize on topography, climate, light and tectonic form of a site. I strongly agree that, a good modern architecture to relate the genius loci of a place, cannot blindly respond to its historical background, however, more focusing on current situation in term of the site context and the current culture there. But not to neglect the past, which means that, in critical regionalism, the past can be deconstruct into a more abstract but not a direct way, to make sense of its past in one context.
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| Ningbo Museum in China by Wang Shu |
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| Local Traditional 'wapan' Construction Technique |
A good example would be Wang Shu’s Ningbo Historical Museum. Wang Shu from China used the concept of mountains and rivers which is very influential in Chinese culture of poetry, using Ningbo’s local demolished materials, to show the respect and memory of site culture. At the same time, his actual intention is to make statement against its surrounding context of developed skyscrapers which are violet against the people’s lifestyle there. The combination of the regional traditional construction of ‘wapan’ and modern technology, married together to achieve its desired height yet to reveal its authenticity.
I accept the strategies of Critical Regionalism which is to connect the impact of universal civilization with elements from characteristic of particular place. The hidden meaning can be occurred yet not to over highlight it, in order to show the current quality and condition of the place. However, I think that architecture might be complicated showing the critical regionalism of a place in future, as times goes, things change. When too much information has to be included in one architecture, it may be complex.
It will be challenging in the future to reconstruct an architecture in the way of Critical Regionalism. It is difficult to achieve strong emotive and cognitive but it will be the right way as well (to not too focusing the past). As an architects, we try to maintain a spirit of a place in details!
reference:
A Fortress Besieged by Critical Regionalism. Retrieved from:
http://www.oris.hr/en/oris-magazine/overview-of-articles/[121]a-fortress-besieged-by-critical-regionalism,1734.html
Critical Regionalism. Retrieved from:
https://www.slideshare.net/ar_suryas/critical-regionalism
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