20世纪-21世纪泰国建筑的思考与实践

Thinking and Making Architecture: from the 20^(th) to the 21^(st) Century

本期专辑所收录的项目代表着21世纪伊始泰国建筑的形式与内涵,它们类型不同,却都有着某种共性。回顾21世纪的前10年,我们遇到了很多挑战。面对全球的环境危机,如何保护和挽救我们的生存环境已经在所有专业领域成为人们共同为之奋斗的目标,但仍有许多问题是无法解决的。建筑思考与实践以各种方式纷纷出现,体现了建筑师对建筑的看法。这些项目虽然多种多样,目标都是在建筑实践的发展变化中发现平衡的不同类型,并提出平衡的理念。在众多的建筑产品中,人们无法从中找到一个共同点,也不会对某一建筑有完全的认同,平衡是理解不同方向或途径的中间手段,这一手段在现如今被人们审慎地付诸实践。在这些项目中,无论是在对理论的探索还是批判性的建筑实践中都体现了建筑的平衡性,并且这种平衡性渗透在过去到现在的建筑设计之中,也将在未来得以延续。

The projects featured in this issue of World Architecture represent building typologies and contents that are prevalent in Thai architectural discourse at the beginning of the 21st century. Whether cultural, institutional, educational or commercial, they have something in common. Throughout the first decade of the 21st century, we have encountered many challenges. Faced with global environmental crisis, striving to save and protect our environment has become a common goalin all professional arenas. But many questions are still left unanswered. Various ways of thinking and practicing have emerged and shaped the way architects see buildings. The aim of these projects, however diverse, is to uncover various types of balance within the dynamism of architectural practice and to bring forth the idea of balance. Neither finding a common ground nor absolute agreement in architectural production, balance is a means to understanding the different directions and approaches being critically practiced today. Architectural balance in these projects thus represents both theoretical inquiry and the critical practice that partakes of the potential of architectural design to draw from the past and the present towards the future.