Regional Architecture Salons / SCA: Open Call

Overview
The Regional Architecture Salons, organized by SCA and disseminated through ArchDaily, constitute a curatorial inquiry into the persistence of regional identity within architectural production. In an era of globalized practice, the salons provide a forum for projects that engage with local materials, vernacular typologies, and site-specific conditions. The open call seeks built and unbuilt work that demonstrates a rigorous dialogue between architectural form and its cultural and geographic context. Selected projects will be presented in a series of salons hosted in various regions, with documentation and commentary published on ArchDaily. This dual format—live discourse and digital dissemination—positions the work within both a localized and an international critical framework. Participants receive the opportunity to have their projects discussed by peers and critics, and to contribute to an ongoing conversation about the role of regionalism in contemporary architecture. The curatorial vision emphasizes projects that are not merely illustrative of a place but that critically interrogate the notion of region itself. The salons aim to move beyond nostalgic or essentialist readings, favoring instead work that negotiates the tensions between tradition and innovation, the local and the global, the individual and the collective.