Re-discussing Architectural Contextualism Through the Competition Project: The Case of Dominique Perrault and Wang Jianguo
Abstract
Intentionally or unintentionally, architecture affects the world with its physical and cultural values and represents its judgments with the outcome product. Modern architecture and its influences should be considered to define those judgments in the contemporary architectural environment. The city-in-park model, among the most substantial influences of contemporary architecture, introduces serious challenges. While certain ideas emerge regarding the fundamental issue addressed as exclusivism, criticisms, and suggestions are also available with respect to this subject. This study discusses the concept of contextualism, coined by Stuart Cohen to produce suggestions and criticisms for the problems caused by modern architecture. Also, within the framework of this concept, a critique is presented of the Transformation and Revival of Industrial Heritages Competition. In this critique, while comparing two projects, a general discussion is carried out on the purpose of the projects, the parameters they affect, and the problems they deal with, as well as their form and context. The study aims to reevaluate architectural contextualism with two different projects designed within the framework of the same problems and to present a definitive study based on the idea of renewing in its context, brought by contextualism.
Keywords
Contextualism, inclusivism, exclusivism, urban models, Cohen
Thanks
This study emerged within the scope of two courses offered in the Ph.D. in Architecture program at Eskişehir Osmangazi University: “Architecture and Ecology” by Associate Professor Ülkü Özten and Professor Hakan Anay’s course on “Selected Examples in Architectural Criticism”. I would like to thank my dear teachers for their contributions. The article complies with national and international research and publication ethics. Ethics committee permission was not required for the study.
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