THE POLITICAL REALITY OF GLOBALIZATION

AND THE OPEN PRACTICE OF

ARCHITECTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES
 GLOBALIZATION CAN BE THOUGHT OF AS A PROCESS (OR
SET OF PROCESSES) WHICH EMBODIES A TRANSFORMATION
IN SPATIAL ORGANIZATION OF SOCIAL RELATIONS AND
TRANSACTIONS.

 GLOBALIZATION IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS. IN THIS CONTEXT, THE TERM GLOBALIZATION
REFERS TO THE INCREASINGLY FREE FLOW OF GOODS,
SERVICES, FINANCIAL CAPITAL AND LABOR ACROSS
NATIONAL BORDERS.

GLOBALIZATION
 ITIS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONCEPT THAT HAS NOT A
CERTAIN DEFINITION DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN VIEWS
AND INTERPRETATIONS. BY SOME IT IS CONSIDERED AS
CREATING A COMMON GLOBAL CULTURE AND
HOMOGENIZING IDENTITIES AND LIFE STYLES, WHILE FOR
OTHERS IT MAY BE INTERPRETED AS HIGLIGHTING
DIFFERENCES AND SUPPORTING LOCALITY.

THE CONCEPT OF GLOBALIZATION

 GLOBALIZATION HAS POSITIVELY INFLUENCED
ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICES AND STYLES. IT REFLECTS
THE CULTURE OF MODERNIZATION, SYSTEMIZATION,
AND STANDARDIZATION. IT ALSO DEPICTS CULTURAL
INTEGRATION, HARMONIZATION OF SPACES AND
UNIVERSAL CONSUMERISM. GLOBALIZATION HAS
REPLACED THE INDIVIDUAL AESTHETIC AND
UNIQUENESS.

GLOBALIZATION IN ARCHITECTURE
 GLOBALIZATION HAS ‘MASS PRODUCED’
ARCHITECTURE THAT ONCE HAD BEEN A PROFESSION
OF INDIVIDUALISM AND UNPARALLED SKILS.
GLOBALIZATION HAS BENEFITED MORE THROUGH
CREATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURAL STYLES,
AS COMPARED TO THE CLASSICAL BUILDINGS THAT
BENEFITS A FEW GROUP OF HIGH ELITES ONLY.

GLOBALIZATION IN ARCHITECTURE
 GLOBALIZATION HAS ‘MASS PRODUCED’
ARCHITECTURE THAT ONCE HAD BEEN A PROFESSION
OF INDIVIDUALISM AND UNPARALLED SKILS.
GLOBALIZATION HAS BENEFITED MORE THROUGH
CREATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURAL STYLES,
AS COMPARED TO THE CLASSICAL BUILDINGS THAT
BENEFITS A FEW GROUP OF HIGH ELITES ONLY.

GLOBALIZATION IN ARCHITECTURE
OPEN PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE IN
THE PHILIPPINES