C3 362 Re-assessing Local Identity

Two distinct yet related themes play out in this issue: “Re-assessing Local Identity” and “Persistent and Evolving Traditions”. In the first, projects such as MVRDV’s Glass Farm, the Sancaklar Mosque by Emre Arolat, Wa Shan Guesthouse by Amateur Architecture Studio and Herzog & de Meuron’s Arena do Morro demonstrate how architecture can express a regionality that does not necessarily entail locality: they are global architectures, in place with a local condition. Yet it is precisely the growth of globalisation in architecture that has many concerned about the persistence of local cultural aspects that could define an identity, which the second theme addresses as counterpoint.

Re-assessing Local Identity

• Re-assessing Local Identity in the Context of Global Architecture / Angelos Psilopoulos
• Wa Shan Guesthouse / Amateur Architecture Studio
• Brockholes Visitor Center / Adam Khan Architects
• Beautour Museum and Biodiversity Research Center / Agence Guinée Et Potin Architectes
• Fogo Island Natural Park Headquarters / Oto Arquitectos
• Sancaklar Mosque / Emre Arolat Architects
• Glass Farm / MVRDV
• Arena do Morro / Herzog & de Meuron
• The Building on the Water / Álvaro Siza + Carlos Castanheira

Persistent and Evolving Traditions

• Persistent and Evolving Traditions / Paula Melâneo
• Micro-Hutong / standardarchitecture
• Factory Jaffa House / Pitsou Kedem Architects
• The House Cast in Liquid Stone / SPASM Design Architects
• Gumus Su Villas / Cirakoglu Architects