Picking up where we Left off the Typological Diagram as a Fundamental Tool for a Conscious Architectural Design Process

After a XX century largely devoted to the avant-garde and an explicit will for the modern, the stern rationalism, the functionalism, and the minimalist spirit of modern architecture was finally questioned. By the mid-sixties, a new spirit moved towards a re-valorization of the historical precedent and the fundamental (millenary) values of architecture as a discipline. The Postmodern proposal (along with the neo-rationalists, their European counterpart) recognized the importance of tradition, historical precedents, and fundamental principles of architecture as a discipline, ruling over both building design and urban design alike. A faction of the postmodern theorist, led by Alexander Tzonis and Liane Lefaivre postulated theories on critical regionalism, promoted an intelligent approach for the appropriation of valuable traditional methods and their possible adaptation into a contemporary proposal. A most instrumental discourse on the proper handling of typical procedures was developed based on essential values of design such as convenience, efficiency and pertinence to the problem at hand.