Department of Architecture and Interior Design, Da-Yen University

Introduction

-Contemporary Changes and Realities in Local Design Thinking -
In the late 1980s, under the pervasive influence of globalization and capitalism, the reconsideration of local values and locality was reignited. Now, more than three decades later, the notion of preserving and sustaining local culture has gradually become another universal value in the era of globalization, whether it's through local revitalization efforts or Social Economy Enterprises (SEGs).

The rapid development of digital and virtual worlds, even extending to AI, is swiftly and continuously disrupting and reconstructing the past modes of local expansion. While influencing our lives through borderless virtual digital streams, it also affects the things we observe and contemplate. The question arises: are the previously recognized definitions and developmental thought patterns of locality still appropriate in today's and even future worlds filled with flux and turmoil? How should we reassess the future prospects of locality or the locality of the future, two distinctly different perspectives?

After the critique of regionalism and in the wake of invoking a sense of place, should our response be resistance or compromise? Should it be flexible adaptation or gradual progress? Or is there a possibility of proposing a new method of local thinking that transcends the current circumstances?

It is hoped that through the process of graduation design this year, after numerous studies on locality, after stimulating debates and reflections, after continuous exploration and investigation of the local context, a post-local perspective belonging to this generation can be presented.