Mr. WorldWide
Over the existence of my own life, things have changed dramatically. From the time of dial-up internet to now where the internet is an icon away on your phone, technology has evolved the way we live our lives. In architecture, while technology moves a much slower rate, modernization has brought us to a level of great rigor and depth in the way that we work. While Frampton argues that it has limited us in ways we solve the problems of society, my question to him is do those problems still exist?
We live in a world that has become extremely open and inviting to diversity and a new way of thinking. This is what we want to and strive to accept as a whole. The culture of a place is meant to be transformed and taken with us, not left alone from where it originated. While we criticize modernization for the byproduct of globalization, at the end of the day, isn't this what we asked for? Culture in terms of place seems to be fading, but isn't culture in terms of people on the rise? Because of the diversity we try to promote, are we not trying to design a built environment that accommodates all of these people? And if that is what we are trying to do, then shouldn't that be the idea we try to promote across the globe?
I think that as we continue to grow and develop into a more accepting human race, we also have to accept the fact that the culture we live in is changing too. This doesn't mean that cities and places are becoming culture-less, it just means that the world we live in is taking into ideas and phenomenons that are accepted and appreciated throughout the globe. In this ever-changing world, we cannot always hold onto the way things used to be, but instead embrace the change that is waiting to come.
We live in a world that has become extremely open and inviting to diversity and a new way of thinking. This is what we want to and strive to accept as a whole. The culture of a place is meant to be transformed and taken with us, not left alone from where it originated. While we criticize modernization for the byproduct of globalization, at the end of the day, isn't this what we asked for? Culture in terms of place seems to be fading, but isn't culture in terms of people on the rise? Because of the diversity we try to promote, are we not trying to design a built environment that accommodates all of these people? And if that is what we are trying to do, then shouldn't that be the idea we try to promote across the globe?
I think that as we continue to grow and develop into a more accepting human race, we also have to accept the fact that the culture we live in is changing too. This doesn't mean that cities and places are becoming culture-less, it just means that the world we live in is taking into ideas and phenomenons that are accepted and appreciated throughout the globe. In this ever-changing world, we cannot always hold onto the way things used to be, but instead embrace the change that is waiting to come.
I'm not sure it's a case of "holding onto the way things used to be", but more so building on top of the way things used to be/ are. Change is always good, and i think we can continue to push boundaries through critical regionalism, but it would be nice to see the narrative of a culture played out across the centuries as opposed to being completely forgotten and lost, which is what the universal modern language seems to be doing.
ReplyDeleteHowever unfortunate, i do agree that society is fighting for this "equality", but it is quite contradictory of the desire to embrace a culture. Equality fighters seem more interested in removing/ changing cultural values, than embracing them.