ARCH 357 Chapter Notes - Chapter of: Critical Regionalism, Consumerism
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Architectures are in a dilemma as to what kind of urbanism they should build. Alternate way of thinking is critical regionalism resists the contemporary practice of architecture that is resistance to global production & consumerism. Love for the place and its history and culture. Not provincialism, which is similar to regionalism, who dont know, cr knows its limits. Not afraid to be bold and visionary. Nature good model for designing bc it is key to vitality, beauty, and sustainability all in one. Goal is to create order, and nature is at hihg evolved in order. Treat buildings like an organism that are conceived, grow, flex, adapt, interact, age die and decay. Like a language, architectural language can change too. If it evolves to early, then it loses meaning and power. When design rhymes across time, illuminates a sense of history when across space reinforces a sense of place .
