Contemporary Methods + Traditional Materials: Investigating the Capacity of Architecture to Embody Balinese Cultural Meanings

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Contemporary Methods + Traditional Materials: Investigating the Capacity of Architecture to Embody Balinese Cultural Meanings

Submitted to in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture at the Wentworth Institute of Technology, April 2017

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title: Contemporary Methods + Traditional Materials: Investigating the Capacity of Architecture to Embody Balinese Cultural Meanings

creator: Silvia Colpani

subject: Bali (Indonesia : Province), Buildings, structures, etc.; Architecture and culture; Bamboo construction

description: Through the use of precedents and original methods, this work aims to identify the criteria for a successful architectural approach that takes into consideration the culture of a place and the contemporary technological expertise. The cultural identity is considered a fundamental social aspect of society defined by a multitude of factors. It has roots in aspects like ethnicity, locality, politics, economy and architecture. At the same time, the world’s cultural identity and the correlated architectural expression has been strongly impacted by the technological development of the past century. To move forward, architecture has to develop contemporary methods of investigation and construction while acknowledging the meaning of traditional materials.

publisher: Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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date: 2017

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