text: ASA International Design Competition: Vex Agitated Vernacular - Archpaper.com - Archpaper.com ASA International Design Competition: Vex Agitated Vernacular - Archpaper.com
  One tends to assume that vernacular architecture is in opposition to modern architecture and lifestyle. There is the perception that vernacular is something that is traditional and therefore is considered to be technologically 'inept' or 'crude.' This relegates vernacular design to irrelevance in today's society and also implies that it is immutable and static, and 'unimprovable.'