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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Critical regionalism"”.
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Critical regionalism in the Rio Grande Valley: A single family housing development
… Theory Statement: By utilizing the theory of critical regionalism with a thorough understanding of vernacular and cultural factors, an architectural design can be both contemporary and regionally appropriate. This combined with designing specific to the site will allow for an enhanced sense of …
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Villa Prelat: A Sustainable Dwelling in the Argentine Savanna
… focus on sustainability• architectural theory of Critical Regionalism• villa typology• features of the site• program for the villaIn discussions with the client, it became clear that they were not only interested in sustainability, they wanted to create a model of sustainability for Entre Riós. …
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Regionalism and Greek architecture : the architecture of Dimitris and Suzana Antonakakis
Regionalism grew out of the discourse that identified locally developed cultural entities and their referrent expressions as an object of inquiry whose aim was a more effective way of addressing the issues of development and cultural change. The work of Patrick Geddes at the turn of the …
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Architectural contextualism in the twentieth century, with particular reference to the architects E. Fay Jones and John Carl Warnecke
… philosophically, and in its aspects of critical regionalism. American architects adept at the practice of architectural contextualism during the mid-twentieth century offer principles and techniques. These architects are John Carl Warnecke, E. Fay Jones, and George White and others. This …
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A typology of relation
… extremely valid nonetheless. From Frampton's <i>Critical Regionalism</i> to Derrida's <i>Deconstruction</i>, this declaration is rendered indisputable. Whatever the architecture does become, however, it can do so only from a boundary [as in both Heiddeger's suggestion of a <i>beginning</i> and in …
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The Mexican Experimental In The Contemporary Novel And Film
… feminism, gender, anti-racism, and critical regionalism in the contemporary novel and film from Mexico signal to new understandings of the current avant-garde. A selection of novels by Verónica Gerber Bicecci, Cristina Rivera Garza, Marisol Ceh Moo, and Mario Bellatin suggests that …
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(re)Constructing the way we build - Skills Development Centre in Delft
… conflict of identity within Delft. The theory of Critical Regionalism will be the foundation for creating an architecture of identity within the context of Delft. An architecture of place will be achieved by being critical of the context and current construction practices and making use of readily …
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Recreating and Deconstructing the Shifting Politics of (Bluegrass) Festivals
… culture, and feminist methods, combined through critical regionalism. My hypothesis is that bluegrass festivals serve as spaces to perform white patriarchal capitalist desires while relying on marginalized and hidden cultural productions and exchanges. My findings reveal that in order to gain a …
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The search for hybrid tectonics in contemporary African architecture: encounters between the global and the local
… to Frampton, Lefaivre and Tzonis' development of Critical Regionalism. In parallel, a cata - logue of buildings that exhibit a tendency towards hybridisation was produced and developed into an open access website. Subsequent analysis of this un - covered common strategies across projects which …
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MAIDAKUTIBVISA - Developing networks of permanence and impermanence within Mbare, Harare, Zimbabwe, through the preservation and adaptation of informal infrastructure.
… theories such as the Metabolist theory and critical regionalism to solve the spatial issues that currently exist within this nomadic and ever-changing context. What? To test these the results of my dissertation investigation, the design and creation of market spaces that deal with the issues …
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A contemporary architectural quest and synthesis : Kamil Khan Mumtaz in Pakistan
… the work of Kamil Khan Mumtaz, are issues of regionalism relating to the evolution of his architecture. If critical regionalism is considered the preferred choice, or alternative, of architectural approach specially in Islamic and/ or developing countries, how well does KKM's work fit into …
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At Home in the City
“It is evident that home is not an object, a building, but a diffuse and complex condition that integrates memories and images, desires and fears, the past and the present. A home is also a set of rituals, personal rhythms and routines of everyday life. Home cannot be produced all at once; it has …
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Intersections in Timber, Technology and Cultural Typologies: Finding the Balance Within Architecture
… and material conditions, we can innovate through critical reason and tradition in a "fusion of new horizons" as coined by German philosopher, Hans Georg Gadamer (1960). As stated in Studies in Tectonic Culture, all architecture comes through "processing what exists in the present, and what has …
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Progetti contemporanei nei paesaggi consolidati del Mediterraneo. La modulazione della luce come strumento di analisi compositiva
… and Mediterranean inspiration and deepens in a critical manner, the weakness of the concept of Mediterranean, founded on one hand in a sham and on the other on how rationalism looks at the historical landscape searching for a radical overhaul of the style of architecture. The Mediterranean myth …