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AH110 - Material + Spatial Glocal Perspectives

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Not only are cities influenced by global economic and social processes, but spatial and material forms spread globally as well. This page covers the spatial and material glocal example of the remittance landscape. Excerpt from Lopez, Sarah Lynn. 2010. “The Remittance House: Architecture of Migration in Rural Mexico.” Buildings & Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum 17 (2): 33–52. In the rural Mexican town of Vista Hermosa, Jalisco, a four-story colonial style mansion built by locals who emigrated to Napa Valley, California, towers above modest adobe and concrete houses. Since construction began in 2004, the house has been the talk of the town. Local farmers, mothers, shopkeepers, and factory workers gossip about the Italian marble floors, two-story columns, copper antique elevator (to carry its owners to the fourth floor in their old age), private movie theatre, personal gym, oak pool table, and mini-bar, even though few of them have ever been inside. Nestled in a p

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