Architecture Asia Cultural Identity So: Architecture Asia: Cultural Identity and Social Responsibility

Architecture Asia Cultural Identity So: Architecture Asia: Cultural Identity and Social Responsibility
ISBN-10
1864709472
ISBN-13
9781864709476
Language
English
Published
2022-08-08
Publisher
Architecture Asia
Author
Architects Regional Council Asia

Description

* This issue features three essays and eleven projects that discuss how cultural identity and social responsibility can be embodied within architecture and space design* The three essays, separately, introduce the social situations in Australia, Malaysia, and India, and the projects in the issue highlight works, such as a community center, nursery, hostel block, and cultural museum, and reveal how these buildings forge cultural identity and extend or social responsibilityArchitecture Asia, as the official journal of the Architects Regional Council Asia, aims to provide a forum, not only for presenting Asian phenomena and their characteristics to the world, but also for understanding diversity and multiculturalism within Asia from a global perspective. This issue focuses on how cultural identity and social responsibility can be embodied within architecture and space design, and features three essays and eleven projects that elaborate on this topic. Each essay discusses the social situation in Australia, Malaysia, and India, respectively, as the eleven projects, accompanied with full-color photos and text descriptions, highlight architectural works that include a community center, nursery, hostel block, and cultural museum, among others, to reveal how through these buildings cultural identity is strengthened, or social responsibility is extended.