Critical Regionalism
Who were the inventors of the term "Critical Regionalism"?
Alexander Tzonis and Liane Lefaivre
According to Victor Shklovsky, what are the benefits of using defamiliarization?
Forces a dialogue between the building and the viewer?
What building is used as a good example of provoking feeling?
Cathedral of Strasbourg
What is promoted by the juxtaposition of regionalism with the International Style?
"New Traditionalism"
According to Hitchcock, what is Mumford's redefinition of regionalism?
What is the fundamental strategy of Critical Regionalism?
To mediate the impact of universal civilization with elements derived indirectly from the peculiarities of a particular place.
Why does Mumford praise Richardson?
for his refusal to place premium upon facade, and for carrying out through regionalism the social task of architecture.
What kind of architecture was known for drawing from its context?
Neue Sachlichkeit architecture (New Objectivity architecture)
what do T and L think about regionalism in relation to architects?
regionalism does not limit architects from working in their own regions.
What is the general "problem" with the criticism of International Style?
"expression in architecture"
What 3 things contribute to the "critical" component of critical regionalism.
Self examining, self questioning and self evaluating
Why do Tzonis and Lefaivre recognize Louis Mumford's influence on their idea of regionalism?
Because of his concern about the domination of technology and the limitations of the International Style.
What element connects Stone's Pakistan Institute of Science and Technology, Gropius's University of Bagdad, and Yamasaki's entry for the United States Embassy in London?
Concrete lace screened facades
Which regional characteristics most heavily influence critical regionalism in the United States?
composing buildings as shelter, respecting regional and environmental constraints and accepting regional resources.
Why does Tange reject total regionalism?
Because tradition can be developed through challenging its own shortcomings
Critical Regionalism is a response to what?
Contemporary global development
An attachment to regional elements and a rejection of the concept of total regionalism
Which building expresses the art of molding modern architecture into a "historic continuity of a building?"
The Torre Velasca
What regional elements become defamiliarized and recomposed in new projects?
vivid color of jointless brick facades, the inner courts of apartment houses called corrala, the manzana patios, and the miradores.
what do Stirling's designs ( Village Project and Preston Infill Housing) both critique?
Post war new monumentality
What are the essential characteristics of critical regionalist buildings?
Buildings that provide contrasting images of mainstream architectural projects from around the world with contrasting images of regionalist designs and raise questions for viewers about the true nature and value of the regionalist tradition.
How do Tzonis and Lefaivre elevate their proposed regionalism above the narrow-minded?
A critical reevaluation of local culture that employs modernist strategies
what 3 styles of architecture is defined by the design rules of partitioning motifs and genera?
classicism, the picturesque and de Stigl
What are the qualities of Romantic Regionalism?
sympathy, affinity, memory, and familiarity, and a deep sense of voicefulness.
What does critical regionalism contradict?
The private interest and public mindlessness caused by higher technology and a more global economy and culture.