– Oernsro Timber Town _ C.F. Moeller Architects
– The Eyes of Runavik _ White Arkitekter AB
– PLOT T10, the Rive Gauche neighbourhood project _ Atelier Phileas + LA Architectures + SeARCH
– Hybrid Housing in Hamburg “We are here to stay” _ Gabriele Filippi
MODERN VERNACULAR
Bridging Tradition and Innovation
Modern Vernacular – Bridging Tradition and Innovation _ Anna Roos
– Bosco Studio & House _ Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
– Guan Yin Pavilion _ Studiomake
– Fan Zeng Art Gallery _ Original Design Studio
– Casa-Port Railway Station _ AREP
– Chinmaya Mission Austin _ Miro Rivera Architects
ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA
New Indian Identities and Architectural Tectonics
New Indian Identities and Architectural Tectonics _ Gihan Karunaratne
– Collage House _ S + PS Architects
– D I Y A House _ SPASM Design Architects
– Riparian House _ Architecture Brio
– Jetavana Buddhist Learning Center _ Sameep Padora and Associates
– National Institute for Faith Leadership _ Archohm Consults
C3 no.385 (2016 #9/10)
MODERN VERNACULAR
Bridging Tradition and Innovation
Modern Vernacular – Bridging Tradition and Innovation _ Anna Roos
All architecture reproduces, adopts, and adapts precedents to a greater or lesser extent. After all, none of us grows up or lives in a vacuum. If not always consciously, our built environment affects us on a subliminal, unconscious level. It is the role of architects to react to and interpret their built environment and hopefully, to improve it. The gulf between avant-garde grand gestures of many contemporary buildings and the twee nostalgia of buildings that are designed to be “in-keeping” with historic traditions might seem unbridgeable. The boundary between authentic design and second-rate pastiche is often unclear. How can architects today reconcile these two seemingly irreconcilable approaches into one cohesive approach? Some architects are not dismissive of past precedents, but rather see the legitimacy and “hard-won knowledge” inherent in vernacular buildings and incorporate traditional ideas and construction methods into their work. These architects display the capacity to overcome the dichotomy between drawing knowledge and expertise from the past and creating work that is true to the zeitgeist of the twenty-first century.
In our copy-paste era, when built environments the world over have the same ubiquitous accumulation of high rise buildings and generic shopping malls, it is refreshing to see that there are architects who still believe in the importance of creating architecture that realizes an identity with values and images that are locally cultivated, whilst also reflecting contemporary technology, materials, and ideas. Not an architectural style per se, but an approach to design that reconciles what might at first seem irreconcilable.
For this issue, C3 has selected a collection of projects by various architectural practices from three continents to illustrate the variety of ways in which architects from around the world re-interpret regional building practices and vernacular styles in a modern context. It will be shown how they reinterpret the use of materials, construction methods, and details in new, innovative ways and how they have the capacity to steer architecture away from slavish trendsetting and avoid reducing architecture to a form of high fashion.
C3 no.385 (2016 #9/10)
MODERN VERNACULAR
Bridging Tradition and Innovation
Modern Vernacular – Bridging Tradition and Innovation _ Anna Roos
All architecture reproduces, adopts, and adapts precedents to a greater or lesser extent. After all, none of us grows up or lives in a vacuum. If not always consciously, our built environment affects us on a subliminal, unconscious level. It is the role of architects to react to and interpret their built environment and hopefully, to improve it. The gulf between avant-garde grand gestures of many contemporary buildings and the twee nostalgia of buildings that are designed to be “in-keeping” with historic traditions might seem unbridgeable. The boundary between authentic design and second-rate pastiche is often unclear. How can architects today reconcile these two seemingly irreconcilable approaches into one cohesive approach? Some architects are not dismissive of past precedents, but rather see the legitimacy and “hard-won knowledge” inherent in vernacular buildings and incorporate traditional ideas and construction methods into their work. These architects display the capacity to overcome the dichotomy between drawing knowledge and expertise from the past and creating work that is true to the zeitgeist of the twenty-first century.
In our copy-paste era, when built environments the world over have the same ubiquitous accumulation of high rise buildings and generic shopping malls, it is refreshing to see that there are architects who still believe in the importance of creating architecture that realizes an identity with values and images that are locally cultivated, whilst also reflecting contemporary technology, materials, and ideas. Not an architectural style per se, but an approach to design that reconciles what might at first seem irreconcilable.
For this issue, C3 has selected a collection of projects by various architectural practices from three continents to illustrate the variety of ways in which architects from around the world re-interpret regional building practices and vernacular styles in a modern context. It will be shown how they reinterpret the use of materials, construction methods, and details in new, innovative ways and how they have the capacity to steer architecture away from slavish trendsetting and avoid reducing architecture to a form of high fashion.
