Outlook: En Route to Intensely Local Architectures and Tectonics. (March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hensel, Michael; Cordua, Christian Hermansen
• Is Part Of: Architectural design. Volume 85:Number 2(2015:Mar./Apr.)
• Page Start: 132
• Page End: 135
• Publication Date: 2015-03
• Subjects: Antoni Gaudí, Sagrada Família School, Barcelona -- OCEAN Design Research Association, Arrayed Membrane Canopy Research -- Bylgia Membrane Array, FRAC Centre, Orléans, France -- Izmir University of Economy, Luminous Veil, Izmir, Turkey -- Wiel Arets -- Serpentine Gallery -- School of Architecture and Design -- Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso -- Open City, Ritoque, Chile -- Rural Studio -- Auburn University -- Alabama -- Studio Mumbai -- RCR Arquitectes -- Rintala Eggertsson -- TYIN tegnestue -- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) -- Trondheim -- Hale County -- Scarcity and Creativity Studio (SCL) -- Las Piedras del Cielo -- Community Centre, Pumanque -- Sustainable Environment Association (SEA) -- Fin Garden and Kiosk -- Kashan -- Iran -- Frampton -- Renzo Piano Building Workshop -- Richard Buckminster Fuller -- Dymaxion House -- Jean Prouvé -- House for the Tropics -- Nested Catenaries system -- Defne Sunguroğlu Hensel -- Guillem Baraut Bover -- Endesa Pavilion -- Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC); 729
• DOI: 10.1002/ad.1888
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-8504

Abstract

Abstract : Guest‐EditorsMichael Hensel and Christian Hermansen Cordua reflect on four interrelated traits of current experimental practice that highlight the local: small size, locality, tectonics and experimentation/research. The objective is to provide an opening for further developments of the various trajectories of work that are featured in this issue, as well as for dedicated research. From this the contours of new 'schools of thought' can be seen to emerge, which render the notion of local architectures inherently pluralistic, thus transcending the perception that this type of work has to be bound by singular regional styles, types or identities.