
Ziling Wang
The Contemporary Remodelling of Traditional Materials in Chinese Vernacular Architecture

Constrained by a lack of transportation and resources, vernacular architecture has started adapting the distinct strategy of utilizing local materials. By analyzing projects which have successfully incorporated these features into their design, this article gives an overview of how traditional materials, such as tiles, metal, rocks, bamboo, wooden sticks, timber, rammed earth and bricks are being transformed through vernacular architecture in China.
Water Conservancy Center / DnA
36 Architecture Firms from the Global South You Should Know

Countries that are part of the so-called “global south” have undergone many transformations in their cities and urban contexts in recent years due to the economic and social challenges they face. Urban growth, sustainable development, quality of life and health in emerging cities, and the development of their own cultural identity have been some of the issues that local architecture had to incorporate.
Young architects have understood the importance of making an architecture that is deeply rooted in their own territory while giving this architecture a clear local identity. By generating new typologies and using their own resources and materials, they have presented innovative, site-specific and, above all, solutions with a new fresh focus towards what represents them as creators of this architecture.
Belugadesign Office / ATMOperation

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Architects: ATMOperation
- Area: 330 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Ikea, ATMOperation, Harry Wire Chair
Bamboo Theatre / DnA
Pingtian Village Center / DnA
Damushan Valley Teahouse / DnA
Chaoyang Future School / Crossboundaries

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Architects: Crossboundaries
- Area: 26622 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Polyflor, LamettDezign