POST MODERNISM, AROSE FROM THE FUNDAMENTAL DISAGREEMENT TO AND AS A COUNTER CULTURAL MOVEMENT AGAINST MODERNISM IN 1960’S.
And in the conflicts which exist between these signal systems – between the modern and the post-modern movements, between the regional and the international, the vernacular and the theoretical are reflected the tensions and conflicts which exist within Australian society…. There is no mainstream; current Australian architecture is nothing if not pluralist. To shed some light to this topic, cases of Melbourne based Edmond & Corrigan and Sydney based Philip Cox are the further discussed.
Edmond & Corrigan
The architect duo Peter Russell Corrigan and Margaret Lionie Edmond, together known as Edmond and Corrigan can actively …show more content…
He also tried mix up array of building typologies, front fences, sports pavilions, service stations, modern bungalows and pubs to make the suburbs more organic.
In spite of not having a large list of buildings to add to his credit, Corrigan’s ambition to create a home-grown architecture and his strategies to deal with stereotypes made one of the key influential personalities in Australian architecture and particularly in Melbourne. Corrigan rise to fame was through the building of Catholic Church of the Resurrection at Keysborough,1976 which is a great example of his method of anchoring the church in ordinary surrounding. This low cost building celebrates vernacular building style of ordinary suburbia tested and proven to weather and adapt to growing …show more content…
To begin with the project sits on the relatively large open space surrounded by red brick, tile roofed house. The project strongly blends into the vocabulary of the Melbourne suburbs. To be used by different types of people and for the people, the underlying principle Corrigan incorporated was for it to be welcoming, to feel “at home “and to celebrate sobriety and revelry equally.
During its early years of scheme development, the church also served as a school. While the 2 tone brickwork, bay window and lattice screens proves direct inspiration from the bungalows of 1930s, the curved parapet walls balanced with strong planar surface shows strength and vigour of his wilful design. The same theme was spilled over for the adjacent cottages for pensioners and school.
The school among the composition, has bolder colours and variant composition. The church when serving as a classroom will be flooded with light from the bay windows and is often regarded highly successful. They are organised in an arch with opening to the pathway along with outdoor
And in the conflicts which exist between these signal systems – between the modern and the post-modern movements, between the regional and the international, the vernacular and the theoretical are reflected the tensions and conflicts which exist within Australian society…. There is no mainstream; current Australian architecture is nothing if not pluralist. To shed some light to this topic, cases of Melbourne based Edmond & Corrigan and Sydney based Philip Cox are the further discussed.
Edmond & Corrigan
The architect duo Peter Russell Corrigan and Margaret Lionie Edmond, together known as Edmond and Corrigan can actively …show more content…
He also tried mix up array of building typologies, front fences, sports pavilions, service stations, modern bungalows and pubs to make the suburbs more organic.
In spite of not having a large list of buildings to add to his credit, Corrigan’s ambition to create a home-grown architecture and his strategies to deal with stereotypes made one of the key influential personalities in Australian architecture and particularly in Melbourne. Corrigan rise to fame was through the building of Catholic Church of the Resurrection at Keysborough,1976 which is a great example of his method of anchoring the church in ordinary surrounding. This low cost building celebrates vernacular building style of ordinary suburbia tested and proven to weather and adapt to growing …show more content…
To begin with the project sits on the relatively large open space surrounded by red brick, tile roofed house. The project strongly blends into the vocabulary of the Melbourne suburbs. To be used by different types of people and for the people, the underlying principle Corrigan incorporated was for it to be welcoming, to feel “at home “and to celebrate sobriety and revelry equally.
During its early years of scheme development, the church also served as a school. While the 2 tone brickwork, bay window and lattice screens proves direct inspiration from the bungalows of 1930s, the curved parapet walls balanced with strong planar surface shows strength and vigour of his wilful design. The same theme was spilled over for the adjacent cottages for pensioners and school.
The school among the composition, has bolder colours and variant composition. The church when serving as a classroom will be flooded with light from the bay windows and is often regarded highly successful. They are organised in an arch with opening to the pathway along with outdoor