A Genealogy of Tropical Architecture: Colonial Networks, Nature, & Technoscience
Channel: ILHAM Gallery
Date: 2018-02-06

TITLE: A Genealogy of Tropical Architecture - Colonial Networks, Nature, & Technoscience 
SPEAKER: Chang Jiat Hwee

The current preoccupation with sustainable architecture in the Global South has contributed to a renewed interest in tropical architecture. But what is tropical architecture? Instead of assuming it as "natural" or self-evident fact, this talk explores the history of tropical architecture as a series of colonial and post-colonial socio-cultural and political constructions.

By tracing the history of tropical architecture beyond what is widely considered today as its "founding moment" in mid-20th century, this talk hopes to revise our understanding of colonial built environment and provide a new historical framework for reconsidering climatic design and sustainable architecture.

Part of the Modern Architecture And The City symposium held on 13 January 2018 at ILHAM Gallery with an introduction by Simon Soon.

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