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Architektura przyrostowa i problemy naśladownictwa nieformalnych rozwiązań architektonicznych

Publication date: 11.2020

Housing Environment, 2020, 32/2020, pp. 24 - 33

https://doi.org/10.4467/25438700SM.20.024.12888

Authors

Michał Żyła
Wydział Architektury, Politechnika Krakowska
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5445-4540 Orcid
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Incremental architecture and problems of the imitation of informal architectural solutions

Abstract

The achievements of South American architecture of the early twenty-first century have put the architects of this continent at the forefront in the field of innovative and unorthodox design solutions. Many see the basics of new, socially sustainable design methods for the architecture of the future in the principle of incrementality. The purpose of the paper is to analyse the usefulness and universality of the central feature of some of the most appreciated incremental projects, which is the skilful introduction of informal processes (including participation) into a highly formalised and institutionalised design environment. To analyse the projects and their broad context, a conceptual apparatus was used, as applied in the theory of Postmodernism in architecture and art (especially the works of Christopher Alexander and George Dickie). It allows to highlight similarities and fundamental differences between architectural cultures and to take a step closer to answer the question of the possibility of imitating designs created in completely different cultures in the Polish and European context.

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Information

Information: Housing Environment, 2020, 32/2020, pp. 24 - 33

Article type: Original article

Titles:

English:

Incremental architecture and problems of the imitation of informal architectural solutions

Polish:

Architektura przyrostowa i problemy naśladownictwa nieformalnych rozwiązań architektonicznych

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5445-4540

Michał Żyła
Wydział Architektury, Politechnika Krakowska
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5445-4540 Orcid
All publications →

Wydział Architektury, Politechnika Krakowska

Published at: 11.2020

Article status: Open

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Percentage share of authors:

Michał Żyła (Author) - 100%

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Polish, English