Cross-Border Architecture: Cultural hybridization and innovation under globalization

Wenjie  Chen

doi:10.54691/bcpssh.v18i.1157

Authors

Wenjie Chen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54691/bcpssh.v18i.1157

Keywords:

Globalisation, cultural hybridization, modern architecture, cross-border mindset, cultural homogenization, local identity

Abstract

With the prevalence of globalization, different cultures are frequently intertwined, which has provided a major environmental driver for global economic, cultural, and artistic development. According to Wang and Yeh (2005), hybridization is an integral part of cultural development and in the process, new forms and connections are created. This is because cultural hybridization has formed an irreversible trend in the world and has become an objective part of human cultural life (Chen, 2002). This trend provides a platform for multi-disciplinary cross-border cooperation, which in turn influences deeper hybridization within cultures. The main argument of this article is that cross-border thinking dominated by hybridization has created great possibilities for the development of more cultural possibilities. This article outlines how globalization and the emergence of cross-border thinking can broaden the possibilities of cultural hybridization and will analyze the cross-border cultural products of three buildings with practical examples: Moller Villa (by Allied Architects,1936); The Armani Fashion Museum (by Giorgio Armani, 2015) and Sassoon House (by Palmer & Turner Architects and Surveyors,1929).

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