Abstract
The character of height and density of newly high-rise cities, along with the force of globalization, have jeopardized the character of dwellings once entailing a regional flavor. The critical regionalism which serves as a resistant medium against placelessness and lack of identity in the International Style has focused more on mid-rise or low-rise solutions rather than providing direct high-rise resolutions. Additionally, high-rise endeavors are not compatible with critical regionalism theories. This has happened partly due to critical regionalism theories multi-facet character inherent in its dialectic structure. Thus, to remedy the inadvertency of texts in the discourse of architectural regionalism, the present study seeks rethinking of critical regionalism by focusing on the pathology of high-rise buildings in the issues pertaining to place and identity. Finally, the architectonic articulation to place-making and identity-giving is discussed.
Highlights
Towers, skyscrapers, or high-rise buildings, have been surging in the last century as a way of using dense urban lands more efficiently, and representing the progress and modernization of those cities
Earlier design approaches to some high-rise buildings were sheathed in the false traditional raiment of postmodernity; though, the evolution of modern architecture was more inclined toward modular repetitions and broad abstractions embedded in the International Style
As the global homogeneous epidemic of International Style skyscrapers transmitted over the world, a backlash against the lack of identity and placeless of the International Style emerged in the form of critical regionalism; a response to tectonically-vacuous, superficial postmodern architecture, and the homogenizing forces of modern technology
Summary
Skyscrapers, or high-rise buildings, have been surging in the last century as a way of using dense urban lands more efficiently, and representing the progress and modernization of those cities. Skyscrapers are an increasingly common sight not just in American metropolises and in other large cities around the world, and due to the scale and the impact of these universal edifices, and the volume of consumption of energy and materials, it is of the utmost importance to create a unique sense of place and identity in the design of high-rise buildings. Political leaders and city officials with high-rise buildings play a vital role on expressing the values of a nation, they are an important consultation of architects and urban designers will possibly need guidelines that indicate contributing factor of urban landscape homogeneity. High-rise architectural programing should be examined against cultural needs, values, and preferences It must be understood what makes something truly memorable: it is important to put aside sentimentality and grab new contemporarily-identifying ideas
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