Vernacular Urbanism
What is Vernacular urbanism? Vernacular urbanism embodies the characteristics of a society, community, company or technology. Vernacular urbanism allows the surroundings (housing, apartments etc.) to tell the story of their past, faults in any structural setting are never covered up away from society, but accepted. The imagination and need of the architect or community are allowed to flow without restriction or major criticism from the inhabitants. Henry Glassie suggest that Vernacular urbanism “accommodates cultural diversity” (Pg. 20, Vernacular Architecture).
The idea of Vernacular urbanism opens a pathway for the future to create from their own reality of how life should be lived. This structure was meant to be an attraction for tourist and business corporations but now has a sour history. During the Apartheid many of the indigenous(township people) were moved out of the city to abide by the apartheid law. Although time has passed and the white and black gaze has subsided, there is an uneven balance of power in social status.
BARBICAN BUILDING ( BUILT 1931)
