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- Architecture in the History/ Theory NexusBuilding Critical Regionalism in Frampton’s Greece
Architecture in the History/ Theory Nexus
Building Critical Regionalism in Frampton’s Greece
- Abstract
- This article addresses the unresolved tension between theory and history that lies at the core of Critical Regionalism. To do so, it examines the ‘acquisition’ of Alexander Tzonis and Liane Lefaivre’s discourse by Kenneth Frampton in the early 1980s. Tzonis and Lefaivre first theorised Critical Regionalism through the work of Greek architects (Aris Konstantinidis, Dimitris Pikionis, and Suzana and Dimitris Antonakakis) and their use of the historically embedded design principles of the ‘grid’ and the ‘pathway’. With his theoretical ambition to advance a broader critical design practice across cultures, Frampton attempted to generalise Tzonis and Lefaivre’s original account beyond the specific historical context that gave rise to it. But despite the positive contribution of his outward-looking point of view, Frampton’s account effectively circumscribed the two theorists’ original intentions. Instead of advancing a
focused return to the region, Frampton’s Critical Regionalism reflected the broader concerns of the Western architecture discourses of the 1980s.
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- Citation
- Giamarelos, S. (2019). Architecture in the History/ Theory Nexus. Building Critical Regionalism in Frampton’s Greece. Critical Regionalism . Revisited, OASE, (103), 79–85. Retrieved from https://www.oasejournal.nl/en/Issues/103/ArchitectureintheHistory
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- Tom Avermaete, Veronique Patteeuw, Hans Teerds, Lea-Catherine Szacka
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- Tom Avermaete, Asli Cicek, Bart Decroos, Jantje Engels, Christoph Grafe, Bruno Notteboom, Véronique Patteeuw, David Peleman, Hans Teerds, Christophe Van Gerrewey
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- BC Architects, Irina Davidovici, Job Floris, Kenneth Frampton, Charles Holland, Wonne Ickx, Esin Komez, Andrew Leach and Nicole Sully, Lilith Ronner van Hooijdonk, Carmen Popescu, Stylianos Giamarelos, Marine Urbain, Maarten Vanden Driessche, Marjoleine van Eig
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