Complementary architecture

<h2 id="continuity-in-architecture">Continuity in architecture</h2>
<p>Historically, building environments were produced in a continuous, evolutionary fashion rather than as singular revolutionary events.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> Complementary architecture involves systematic analysis of traditional techniques in the context of vibrant urban environments, aiming to rediscover sustainable, layered, nuanced, contextual and environmentally appropriate solutions for the present time.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a>
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<h2 id="applications">Applications</h2>
<p>Practically all traditional <a href="/facts/Vernacular_architecture/LvFs1x8W">vernacular</a> and formal architecture produced prior to the 20th century is complementary architecture due to inherent material and cultural constraints, as are many works inspired by some contemporary movements such as <a href="/facts/Contextual_architecture/spCnnCCH">contextual architecture</a>, <a href="/facts/Indigenous_architecture/QnLsJG9j">indigenous architecture</a>, <a href="/facts/Organic_architecture/6ghqSPIW">organic architecture</a> or <a href="/facts/New_Urbanism/sQxscEar">new urbanism</a>. 
</p><p>Complementary architecture methodology is especially useful where contemporary development penetrates compact historical urban fabric.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> Complementary design pays respect to its architectural context while carefully introducing contemporary design elements.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a>
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<h2 id="critical-views">Critical views</h2>
<p>The movement specifically rejects the tendency of contemporary architects to construct buildings rather than cities, neglecting the fact that the value of a building stays in the architectural whole,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> as well as <a href="/facts/Modern_architecture/T3F1gFrv">modernism's</a> contrasting with nature or context for the sake of innovation as expedient and inevitably destructive.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> Adherents posit that in the 20th century the abdication of decorative elements and traditional forms was thought to be a sign of newly found simplicity, solidarity and sacrifice by the socialist and conveniently cost-efficient by the capitalist side of the political scene. By extension, that "nearly every building completed prior to the 20th century was beautiful" and that the matter of beauty in contemporary and future architecture as simply a matter of "recovering old habits".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a>
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<h2 id="contemporary-examples">Contemporary examples</h2>

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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<li>Architecture portal</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/European_Urban_Renaissance/TlySyy5r">European Urban Renaissance</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Architectural_design_values/0z30zfQN">Architectural design values</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Critical_regionalism/PdS8ISQT">Critical regionalism</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Sustainable_architecture/P171xya7">Sustainable architecture</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Lev, Jiri (June 10, 2019). "Manifesto Of Complementary Architecture". Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2020-10-19. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201022221620/https://complementaryarchitecture.org/2019/06/10/manifesto-of-complementary-architecture/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20201022221620/https://complementaryarchitecture.org/2019/06/10/manifesto-of-complementary-architecture/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Alexander, Christopher (1977-08-25). A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-972653-0. <a href="978-0-19-972653-0" target="_blank">978-0-19-972653-0</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Krier, Leon (2009-05-08). The Architecture of Community. Island Press. ISBN 978-1-61091-124-5. <a href="978-1-61091-124-5" target="_blank">978-1-61091-124-5</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Lev, Jiri (2015). "Manifesto of Complementary Architecture (MOCA)" (1st ed.). Newcastle, Australia. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Alexandru, Diana. "Debate on the Presence/Absence of the Vitruvian Triad in the Current Architecture and Urban Design". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) <a href="https://www.academia.edu/10891976" target="_blank">https://www.academia.edu/10891976</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>"On Continuity in Architecture". Larry Speck. Retrieved 2020-10-17. <a href="https://larryspeck.com/writing/on-continuity-in-architecture/" target="_blank">https://larryspeck.com/writing/on-continuity-in-architecture/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>"Continuity in Architecture – Manchester School of Architecture". www.msa.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-17. <a href="https://www.msa.ac.uk/study/march/cia/" target="_blank">https://www.msa.ac.uk/study/march/cia/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>Wojciuk, Natalia; Milwicz, Roman; Nowotarski, Piotr (2016-01-01). "Analysis of The Urban Space Perception, Transformed Under the Influence of Complementary Architecture". Procedia Engineering. World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering-Architecture-Urban Planning Symposium 2016, WMCAUS 2016. 161: 1338–1342. doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2016.08.653. ISSN 1877-7058. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.proeng.2016.08.653" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.proeng.2016.08.653</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:9"><p>"A Complementary Architectural Dialogue of Past and Present in the Refurbishment of Hotel Fouquet Barrière". ArchDaily. 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2020-10-17. <a href="https://www.archdaily.com/915677/a-complementary-architectural-dialogue-of-past-and-present-in-the-refurbishment-of-hotel-fouquet-barriere" target="_blank">https://www.archdaily.com/915677/a-complementary-architectural-dialogue-of-past-and-present-in-the-refurbishment-of-hotel-fouquet-barriere</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:10"><p>Alexandru, Diana. "Debate on the Presence/Absence of the Vitruvian Triad in the Current Architecture and Urban Design". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) <a href="https://www.academia.edu/10891976" target="_blank">https://www.academia.edu/10891976</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:11"><p>Salingaros, Nikos A. (2013). Unified Architectural Theory: Form, Language, Complexity. Vajra Books. ISBN 978-9937623056. <a href="978-9937623056" target="_blank">978-9937623056</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:12"><p>Glendinning, Miles (2010-10-15). Architecture's Evil Empire?: The Triumph and Tragedy of Global Modernism. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-86189-981-1. <a href="978-1-86189-981-1" target="_blank">978-1-86189-981-1</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:13"><p>Affairs, Current. "Why You Hate Contemporary Architecture ❧ Current Affairs". Current Affairs. Retrieved 2020-10-17. <a href="https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2017/10/why-you-hate-contemporary-architecture" target="_blank">https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2017/10/why-you-hate-contemporary-architecture</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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