%0 Journal Article
%T Incremental architecture and problems of the imitation of informal architectural solutions
%A Żyła, Michał
%J Housing Environment
%V 2020
%R 10.4467/25438700SM.20.024.12888
%N 32/2020
%P 24-33
%K Incremental architecture, informal architecture, participation, Christopher Alexander, George Dickie
%@ 1731-2442
%D 2020
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/srodowisko-mieszkaniowe/article/incremental-architecture-and-problems-of-the-imitation-of-informal-architectural-solutions
%X 
	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.