Abstract
Against the backdrop of the Bauhaus centenary in 2019, Encounters with Southeast Asian Modernism examined the history, significance, and future of postcolonial modernism in this region, with partners in four cities – Jakarta, Phnom Penh, Singapore, and Yangon. The project provided a historical perspective on the societal and political upheaval that accompanied the transition to independence after the colonial period in these countries. It also showcased current initiatives in the fields of art, architecture, and science that are committed to the preservation and use of Modernist buildings. In 2020, the project will continue with an exhibition and accompanying program in Berlin.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Tropical architecture, Modern diaspora, Design with climate, Bauhaus, Southeast Asia modern architecture.

Issue 63
Year 2020
Pages 85-88
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/63.A.SV57ESUX

Abstract
The Makkasan Train Factory, opened 110 years ago, is the first industrial estate in Thailand and used to be the biggest hub for train production in Southeast Asia. Nowadays, this huge land of 80 hectares, with direct access from the Savarnabhumi airport rail link, is considered a golden land right in the business center of Bangkok, that attracts real estate investors. A third of the land set aside at the end of last year for the development of a mixed use commercial project as a part of the High Speed Train project. As this land is the last big area of public land in the capital, civic groups for urban heritage conservation and the environment tried to point out its tangible and intangible heritage value hoping that there would be a proper master plan to preserve these values for future generations.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Tropical architecture, Modern diaspora, Design with climate, Makkasan Train Factory, Thailand modern architecture.

Issue 63
Year 2020
Pages 80-84
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/63.A.D5DS2INS

Abstract
The focus of this contribution is on the importance of tropical architecture in the work of Leandro V. Locsin, in the context of post-WWII in Asia. Based in the Philippines, Locsin is immersed in the Christian tradition – the main religion of a country that was dominated by the Spanish crown from the mid 16th-century to 1898, and where the Catholic Church remains powerful across much of the archipelago today. Attention is focused on Locsin’s religious buildings and projects, where he succeeded in giving a new treatment to the tropical architecture of faith-based structures, through the integration of climate considerations and the reinterpretation of vernacular architecture of the Philippines.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Tropical architecture, Modern diaspora, Design with climate, Leandro V. Locsin, Modern churches, Philippines modern architecture.

Issue 63
Year 2020
Pages 76-79
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/63.A.61SVZA7Z

Abstract
The idea of environmental design – or loosely referred to as “tropical architecture” – is an ever-present but underlying discourse in modern Indonesian architectural history. Despite being tentative and, at times, overshadowed by other dominant issues, the quest for climate-related environmental tropical design is apparent in almost every generation of Indonesian architects.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Tropical architecture, Modern diaspora, Design with climate, Indonesian modern architecture.

Issue 63
Year 2020
Pages 70-75
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/63.A.GBS0QKW3