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Modernity, Nation and Urban-Architectural Form The Dynamics and Dialectics of National Identity vs Regionalism in a Tropical City
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Modernity, Nation and Urban-Architectural Form [electronic resource] : The Dynamics and Dialectics of National Identity vs Regionalism in a Tropical City / edited by Shireen Jahn Kassim, Norwina Mohd Nawawi, Mansor Ibrahim.
ISBN
9783319661315
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Physical Description
XXIV, 264 p. 35 illus., 30 illus. in color : online resource.
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Summary
This book explores how Malaysia, as a multicultural modern nation, has approached issues of nationalism and regionalism in terms of physical expression of the built environment. Ever since the nation’s post-Colonial era, architects and policy makers have grappled with the theoretical and practical outcomes of creating public architecture that effectively responds to traditions, nationhood and modernity. The authors compile and analyse prevailing ideas and strategies, present case studies in architectural language and form, and introduce the reader to tensions arising between a nationalist agenda and local ‘regionalist’ architectural language. These dichotomies represent the very nature of multicultural societies and issues with identity; a challenge that various nations across the globe face in a changing environment. This topical and pertinent volume will appeal to students and scholars of urban planning, architecture and the modern city.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 01, 2018
Contents
Chapter 1 Definitions
Chapter 2 The Mosque in a Multicultural Context - Modernity, Hybridity and Eclectism
Chapter 3 Public Buildings of Early Independence – Conflations of Regionalism and National Identity
Chapter 4 Monumentalising the Vernacular – Criticality, Kitsch and Identity of the City; With Noorhanita Abdul Majid
Chapter 5 Regionalism in University Buildings - Tectonics, Form And Criticality
Chapter 6 Tropical Urbanism - Greenery and Walkways in Mediating Identities; With Norzalina Harun and Alias Abdullah
Chapter 7 Between Criticality and Pastiche - The Putrajaya Boulevard
Chapter 8 Criticality, Symbolic Capital and the Highrise Form
Chapter 9 The Transport Terminal – Marking National Landmarks
Chapter 10 The Tropical Metropolis - A Review Of History, Identity and Climatic Idealisations in City Form; Nurul Syala Abdul Latip and Shaiful Nadzri Samsuddin
Chapter 11 Syncretism in Urban- Architectural Form - The Conscious and Unconscious Formation of National Identity
Chapter 12 Conclusions. .
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