Adwoa Adusei

By in Residency on July 14, 2013

I am conducting research about library and museum architecture in the Caribbean, first, here in Nassau and then in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

I’m interested in how concepts of vernacularity have changed throughout the 20th and 21st century.  Debates about concrete Caribbean Modern Architecture/Modern Caribbean Architecture versus vernacular/traditional forms and materials have served as  platforms of contestation which then tie interestingly into the historical development of cultural institutions.

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