Wojciech Odrobina - The Globalization of Architecture

The architects have freed themselves from the limitations, the idiosyncrasy, the typology of the place, the studies of the terrain, they are no longer barriers, the confidence in mass production techniques and the non-application of local resources have changed the philosophy of architecture .

The style is now INTERNATIONAL, the industrial development has helped to incorporate new techniques in the constructions to the architects of this century. Solutions to sun exposure, weather, etc; they do not represent a major problem.

And this globalization that leaves societies, cities?

The first that should be mentioned is that buildings can belong anywhere, without cultural roots, without any reference, without attachment to the city or its context, if we study this fact a bit, it would be worth mentioning: who doesn't Would you like to have in your city a work by a renowned architect, a tower or a volume of extraordinary external beauty, like a work of art?

Many cities were enthusiastic about having a work of contemporary architecture, but these works are referring to themselves or the designer, with no relation to the place.

The approaches after postmodernism changed the vision of our cities, students of the subject have deeply analyzed it and the consequences of globalization, mainly inspired by the novelty and enthusiasm of new architectures.