CRITICAL REGIONALISM

REACTION AGAINST INTERNATIONAL

STYLE
 INTERNATIONAL STYLE
Emphasised more on
architectural styles, forms,
features and aesthetics.

Rather than

SOCIAL ASPECTS, CONTEXT ,

SURROUNDING SETTINGS.

This could be put

at any place, at any
corner of the
world.
Seagram Building Lake Shore Drive Apartment
By: Mies Van Der Rohe It has no specific meaning,
By: Mies Van Der Rohe
& philosophy or Connectivity
( At: Chicago)
Philip Johnson with the surrounding site.
(At: New York city)
 WHAT CAN BE THE PROMINENT FEATURES OF INTERNATIONAL
STYLE ???

RECTILINEAR FORMS

PLANE SURFACES , DEVOID OF ORNAMENTATION

OPEN INTERIOR SPACES

MODERN MATERIALS ( GLASS, IRON , STEEL, CONCRETE)

LIGHT WEIGHT PREFABRICATED STRUCTURES.

 CRITICAL REGIONALISM

AN APPROACH TO ARCHITECTURE
AGAINST

PLACELESSNESS LACK OF
IDENTITY

OVER
ORNAMENTATION INDIVIDUALISM

SENSE OF MODERN TRADITION NOT VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE

CONNECTED TO GEOGRAPHICAL USES CONTEXTUAL FORCES

& CULTURAL CONTEXT ( SENSE OF PLACE AND MEANING)

EMPHASISES ON PHYSICAL FACTORS & TACTILE SENSES

EXAMPLES OF CRITICAL REGIONALISTS

a) JOHN UTZON
b) KENNETH FRAMPTON
c) JUHANI PALASMMA
d) TADAO ANDO
e) ALVAR ALTO
f) CHRISTOPHER BENNINGER
g) CHARLES CORREA
h) B. V. DOSHI
i) RAJ REWAL
j) SOUMITRO GOSH