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Vietnamese modernist architecture, vernacular modernism, Saigon, architecture language, design game, Vietnamese culture

Digital archive and cultural magazine. Focused on Vietnamese vernacular modernism and history of the modern movements in the Global South.

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Architectural consumerism and its linguistic revolte

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Vietnamese identity is demonstrated in the architectural language of Vietnamese modernist architecture, a mid-century modernism that is remarkable for its climate mitigation and vernacular specificities. Significantly, modernism was integrated into the Vietnamese culture based upon Vietnamese traditional architecture, and therefore bears a very strong poetic spirit in architecture. This makes Vietnamese modernist architecture not only an invaluable modernist heritage, but also an important creative period in Vietnamese cultural lifeblood. 

Pham Phu Vinh, Vietnamese modernist architecture, vernacular modernism, Saigon, architecture language, design game, Vietnamese culture, first book by a Vietnamese about Vietnamese modernism

Sai Gon Mid-Twentieth Century Modernist Architecture

Vietnamese mid-century modernist architecture made its way into the Vietnamese culture to be recreated and transformed by the ordinary people. This created a unique practice of vernacular modernism.

Modernist shophous, Vietnamese modernist architecture, vernacular modernism, Saigon, architecture language, design game, Vietnamese culture
Vietnamese modernist architecture, vernacular modernism, Saigon, architecture language, design game, Vietnamese culture
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Architecture Linguistics
Language
Syntax
Lexicon
Generative rules

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