Vernacular and Modern
Modern Vernacular? _ Jaap Dawson
− São Jorge Interpretation Center _ Ana Laura Vasconcelos
− Tåkern Visitor Center _ Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB
− Dailai Conference Hall _ Vo Trong Nghia + Takashi Niwa
− Bangkok Tree House _ Nuntapong Yindeekhun + Bunphot Wasukree
− BES Pavilion _ H&P Architects
− Lanxi Curtilage _ Archi-Union Architects
− Cassia Coop Training Center _ TYIN tegnestue Architects
Vernacular Fiction
Vernacular Fiction _ Maurizio Scarciglia
− 9 Spa _ a21 Studio
− Basiliani Hotel in the Rock Dwellings of Italy _ Domenico Fiore
− Hornitos Hotel _ Gonzalo Mardones Viviani
− Fasano Boa Vista Hotel _ Isay Weinfeld
HyoMan Kim
Tradition Scaping _ HyoMan Kim
The Shock Effect of Inserted Nonlinear Scenes _ TaeCheol Kim + HyoMan Kim
Form follows function? Function follows form! _ TaeCheol Kim
− GaOnJai
− KyeongDokJai
− Office Park
C3 no.349 (2013 #9/12)
Vernacular and Modern
Modern Vernacular? _ Jaap Dawson
If we are architects, we are modern architects. We have been trained not only in the modern tradition of composition and construction and details. We have also been trained to regard our designs as modern or not, as belonging to a particular time.
Did architects and builders in other ages and other cultures share our modern attitude? Can architects and builders now discover an attitude and a way of building different from the modern attitude? Can we combine modern insights with timeless, vernacular insights?
Recent designs reveal how difficult it is. Vernacular building, it turns out, is more than techniques and materials and forms. Vernacular building is an attitude. It is an attitude that lets us see ourselves in what we build. Without thinking about it, we recognize ourselves in spaces that make space for our body, not alone space for our concepts. They make space for our body through their measures, their scale, the composition of their boundaries.
If we build in order to make space for our body, then we make space for our whole being. Our goal is not to prove we’re contemporary, not to show we’re innovative. Our goal is to make space for our whole being.
C3 no.349 (2013 #9/12)
Vernacular and Modern
Modern Vernacular? _ Jaap Dawson
If we are architects, we are modern architects. We have been trained not only in the modern tradition of composition and construction and details. We have also been trained to regard our designs as modern or not, as belonging to a particular time.
Did architects and builders in other ages and other cultures share our modern attitude? Can architects and builders now discover an attitude and a way of building different from the modern attitude? Can we combine modern insights with timeless, vernacular insights?
Recent designs reveal how difficult it is. Vernacular building, it turns out, is more than techniques and materials and forms. Vernacular building is an attitude. It is an attitude that lets us see ourselves in what we build. Without thinking about it, we recognize ourselves in spaces that make space for our body, not alone space for our concepts. They make space for our body through their measures, their scale, the composition of their boundaries.
If we build in order to make space for our body, then we make space for our whole being. Our goal is not to prove we’re contemporary, not to show we’re innovative. Our goal is to make space for our whole being.
