ARCHITECTURAL ADAPTATION TO THE MODERNISM OF A DEVELOPING COUNTRY

本研究旨在探讨菲律宾发展中地区的建筑适宜性。研究工作提供了三个主要视角，试图分析建筑适应的实质：气候、技术和文化。这三个视角对于理解菲律宾与西方建筑背景的差异具有重要意义。本论文共分六章，每一章都分别对菲律宾现代建筑的改编进行了具体的阐述。第一章概述了受美国影响的建筑风格的转变，主要是一个世纪以来的四个具体时代。第二章从历史上解释了菲律宾从前现代到当代的气候条件下的建筑适应。第三章介绍了建筑的技术改造，参考了最初从美国引进并在国内广泛传播的施工方法和材料。第四章从文化适应的角度，结合几个主要的文化范畴，将建筑现象作为整个当代文化运动的一个侧面来考察。第五章主要讨论主要建筑师的活动，解释他们是如何理解问题和设计作品的。第六章对研究结论进行了总结，提出了进一步的问题和建议。

The aim of this research paper is to investigate architectural adaptation to developing areas referring to that of the Philippines. The research work provides three major points of view to try to analyze the substance of the architectural adaptation: climate, technology and culture. These three view-points are important to understand the difference of the architectural backgrounds compared with the West.This research paper consists of 6 chapters and each chapter has specific aspect of the adaptation of the Phililippines modern architecture respectively. Chapter 1 overviews the transition of architectural styles inftuenced by the U.S.A. dominantly for about a century with four specific eras. Chapter 2 explains architectural adaptation to the climatic conditions of the Philippines historically since pre-modern era to contemporary stage. Chapter 3 describes technical adaptation of the architecture referring to construction method and material which were introduced from the U.S.A. originally and have diffused widely in the country. Chapter 4 refers cultural adaptation accompanied by several major cultural categories in order to observe the architectural phenomena as an aspect of whole contemporary cultural movement. Chapter 5 discusses on the activities of major leading architects explaining how they understood the problems and designed the works. Chapter 6 leads to the conclusions of the research bringing up further problems and proposals.