Critical Regionalism
クリティカル・リージョナリズム / 1980s– / Style / Modern Architecture
A position that sides neither with the uniformity of the International Style nor with the nostalgia of local revivalism. It takes on the climate, terrain, materials and light of a place as conditions of the design and answers them in the language of modern architecture. It separated being rooted in a place from being backward looking.
Adoption of local materials and building methods / Section and openings that answer the climate / Siting that follows the terrain / Regional character as a condition rather than as ornament
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Turning conditions specific to a place into design reasoning rather than style · Handling the vernacular while staying in a modern language
- Type
- Respect the local sign system and do not overwrite it with an imported typeface.
- Composition
- Decide the section from sunlight and wind direction and let the plan follow from it.
- Material
- Work materials from the region with contemporary methods.
- Caution
- Applying folk craft motifs is the opposite attitude. Regional character enters as a condition, not as an appearance.
- Further study
- Frampton's six points / The references to Utzon and Barragán / Its position as a critique of the International Style