Poszukiwanie metody - Eksperymenty z kontekstem i materiałem na przykładzie wybranych projektów własnych
In search of the method – experiments with the context and materials in selected own projects

Summary/Abstract: In the 70–80s, Kenneth Frampton, defined a phenomenon in contemporary architecture that hetermed ‘critical regionalism’. He claimed that the most interesting objects emerge on the threshold between local and global architecture. That is, the architecture is the most intriguing when it is open towards technology and achievements in art and science without neglecting local building tradition and when it creates a space that is both understood and approved by local communities.The article presents two examples (Malopolska Garden of Art and Polish Pavilion EXPO 2005 in Japan) that, while searching for their own local roots, turn towards the experiments with traditional materials and try to recover the lost handicraftheritage, simultaneously reaching for the modern technologies with the respect for the environment, both natural and cultural.

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