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Deconstructivism
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began in 1980s, response to the tradition it beaks
emphasizes fragmentation, destabilization, disarticulation of structural skin/surface, non rectiliniar shapes that distort traditional proportions Appear unpredictable, no purity/unity Ex. Tschumi, Folie, Parc de Villette, Paris, 1982 |
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Case Study Houses
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36 house built 1946-1965 by American Architects, meant to be cheap and built with local materials, purpose was to design housing after the war
Koenig, Case Study House #22, 1960 |
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National Romanticism
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Use of patriotic myths and local building traditions in Architectural design
Ex. Aalto, Villa Mairco, Nourmarku, Finland, 1938 |
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pilotis
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Le Corb's thin column-like supports
Le corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy, 1929 |
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Brutalism
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striking, repetitive angular geometry
Often texture of boards remain, can be rough/block-like, commonly used for social utopian projects such as public housing |
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Postmodernism
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more mixed media, non-Arch imagery
uses fragments and discontinuity more willing to take from variety of cultures/historical time periods Questions concepts of modernism |
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International Style
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simplicity of form, rejection of ornament, preference for glass/steel/concrete, transparency of building, honest expression of materials, use of mass production, machine aesthetic
Modern structureal principles, use of ribbon and corner windows, balance and regularity admired, flat roof, no ledge, often has thin, metal mullions and smooth spandrel panels separating large, single-pane windows |
