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An Analysis of Critical Regionalism and its Application to High-Rise Building Design

Baranyi, Shaun
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554212222104945

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2019, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
As the most iconic aspect of a city, high-rise buildings have a responsibility to represent their regions local culture and identity. Mass-communication, mobility, and modern technology have imposed an international culture onto today’s urban architecture. The cultural entropy from globalization has spread itself onto skylines around the world. Additionally, as cities become denser, the construction of high-rise buildings will continue to increase. The skyscraper, which was originally an American phenomenon, has been adopted by cities around the world. Regions such as such the Middle East and Asia have grown in population and density at an unprecedented rate. As a result, we have seen an emergence of mega cities that are centered around high-rise developments. Furthermore, the mass migration of people from diverse backgrounds into dense urban environments has led to a cultural evolution that needs to be recognized and expressed. Urban environments will need to respond to their region’s evolving ethos or allow their architecture to become homogenized within capitalist demands. Through an adapted critically regionalist attitude, designers can create high-rise architecture that focuses on developing `places’ opposed to `spaces’. High-rise buildings will have to implement a reinvigorated theory of critical regionalism to help personify local identities and cultures and express their diversity and character. The current discourse of critical regionalism focuses on low-rise, short span buildings and fails to address the nature of high-rise developments. This thesis is searching to progress the discourse of critical regionalist theory to consider how it can better suit high-rise typologies within dense urban centers. The theory discussed throughout this thesis will be accompanied by a conceptual plan for a critically regionalist skyscraper. I hope that through creating designs for a culturally attuned high-rise building, this thesis will better articulate the principles of regionalist designs while reinforcing the relevance of `place-making’ within man-kind’s largest architectural projects. Lastly, through the research and exposition of work, I hope that this thesis will open a discussion regarding the role of skyscrapers in today’s cities and their responsibilities regarding cultural expression and identity.
Michael McInturf, M.Arch. (Committee Chair)
Aarati Kanekar, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
101 p.
Architecture
Skyscraper; High-rise; Regionalism; Vernacular; Cincinnati; Tower

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  • Baranyi, S. (2019). An Analysis of Critical Regionalism and its Application to High-Rise Building Design [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554212222104945

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Baranyi, Shaun. An Analysis of Critical Regionalism and its Application to High-Rise Building Design. 2019. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554212222104945.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Baranyi, Shaun. "An Analysis of Critical Regionalism and its Application to High-Rise Building Design." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554212222104945

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