From Global Ambitions to Local Actors

Internationally recognized architects are often mobilized as global brands and personified symbols of design excellence. However, their design ambitions are consistently reshaped through complex negotiations with institutional, economic, and cultural conditions, especially in projects situated in historic contexts. The research by Huilei explores how transnational architecture production in heritage-related urban projects is shaped by global ambitions and local strategies and actors.
The findings suggest that transnational architecture evolves not as a simple circulation of global projects, but as a dynamic process in which global ambitions are anchored and transformed within diverse local urban strategies.

Responsabile: Huilei Cao

Info: huilei.cao@polimi.it