Manifestations of Modern Regionalismin Developing Countries: Types & Styles


Abstract in English

Cities begun in developing countries, by the earlier sixties of the 20th century, to grow according to the world pattern away from local and locative Affiliation. Also architectural modern international designs started to spread among its repeated shapes and designs. Such a thing led to important issues that affected places where it was found and presented more issues such as the separation between western adapted patterns and national values, and the issue of development of the Phenomenon of Globalization architecture which is only interested in upholding formalism aspects. Modern regionalism formed in the last few years a solution of the growing debate in the developing countries about the situation of the architecture and urbanism, in an attempt by the architects and planners to provide the affiliation and alignment with the place, and in order to cope with the concept of nowhere in modern architecture using sequenced data to provide meaning and spirit to the place. Accordingly, to reconsider the possibility of making use of the location data of the building such as building materials, techniques, climate and nature, as well as cultural, civilized and community heritage, including its content of the customs and traditions and re-interpreted within the concept of modernity, the concept that has gained a strong and comprehensive presence in the first half of the twentieth century and that was in the aim of finding authentic formulas within modernity.

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