post modernism final

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MODERN VS POSTMODERNARCHITECTURE

EXAMPLES SUMMARY

CHARACTERISTICS


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Roots of Postmodernism

y The postmodernist movement began in America around the 1960s - 1970s andthen it spread to Europe and the rest of the world, to remain right through tothe present. The aims of postmodernism or Late-modernism begin with itsreaction to Modernism, it tries to address the limitations of its predecessor.The list of aims is extended to include communicating ideas with the public

often in a then humorous or witty way. Often, the communication is done byquoting extensively from past architectural styles, often many at once. Inbreaking away from modernism.

y Postmodernism has its origins in the perceived failure of Modern Architecture.Postmodernists felt the buildings failed to meet the human need for comfortboth for body and for the eye. Modernism did not account for the desire for

beauty. The problem worsened when some already monotonous apartmentblocks degenerated into slums. Post Modernism sought to cure this byreintroducing ornament and decoration for its own sake. Form was no longer tobe defined solely by its functional requirements; it could be anything thearchitect pleased.


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Deliberate opposition to Modernist Architecture

Returning to tradition. Abstracts of Classical Architecture Elements

Interesting lines and curves. Sometimes elaborate ornamentation

Aesthetics played a VERY important role hence, ornamentation

Attempt to have unique exteriors and in-turn interiors too.


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Aims and Characteristics

y The aims of post-modernism, including solving the problems of Modernism,communicating meanings with ambiguity, and sensitivity for the buildingscontext.

y The characteristics of Postmodernism allow its aim to be expressed in diverseways. These characteristics include the use of sculptural forms, ornaments,

anthropomorphism. These physical characteristics are combined withconceptual characteristics of meaning. These characteristics of meaning includepluralism, double coding, flying buttresses and high ceilings.

y The sculptural forms, not necessarily 0rganic, were created with much ardor.These can be seen in Hans HolleinsAbteiberg Museum (1972-1982). Thebuilding is made up of several building units, all very different. Each buildings

forms are nothing like the conforming rigid ones ofModernism. These formsare sculptural and are somewhat playful. These forms are not reduced to anabsolute minimum; they are built and shaped for their own sake. The buildingunits all fit together in a very organic way, which enhances the effect of theforms.


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y The characteristics of Postmodernism were rather unified given their diverseappearances. The most notable among their characteristics is their playfullyextravagant forms and the humour of the meanings the buildings conveyed.

y Double coding meant the buildings convey many meanings simultaneously.

y Postmodernism saw the comeback of pillars and other elements of pre-modern

designs, sometimes adapting classical Greek and Roman examples (but notsimply recreating them, as was done in neoclassical architecture.

y One popular building style of postmodernist style architecture is the use of pentroofing in buildings, where roofs are slanted at an even angle from one wall tothe other. Peaked roofing however, as seen on most traditional single-familyhomes, is an example of Modernist Architecture.


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y Practitioners of postmodern architecture have tended to reemphasize elementsof metaphor, symbol, and content in their credos and their work. They share aninterest in mass, surface colors, and textures and frequently use unorthodoxbuilding materials.


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y Modernist architects regard post-modern buildings as vulgar.

y Postmodern architects often regard modern spaces as soulless and bland. Thedivergence in opinions comes down to a difference in goals: modernism isrooted in minimal and true use of material as well as absence of ornament,while postmodernism is a rejection of strict rules set by the early modernists

and seeks exuberance in the use of building techniques, angles, and stylisticreferences.


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Abstract forms

Lack of decoration

No association to social culture ortradition

Form FollowsFunction

Inspired by Classical Architecturalstyles

Represented Classical elementssymbolically

Playful mix of styles function

follows

Less is more

-Mies van der

Less is a bore"

-Robert Venturi


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y Some of the best-knownand influential architectsin the postmodern styleare:

y Aldo Rossiy Ricardo Bofill

y John Burgee

y Santiago Calatrava

y Terry Farrell

y Michael Gravesy Helmut Jahn

y James Stirling

y Robert Venturi

y Peter Eisenman

y Jon Jerde

y Philip Johnson

y Ricardo Legorretay Frank Gehry

y Charles Moore

y William Pereira

y Boris Podrecca

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Cesar Pelliy Paolo Portoghesi

y Antoine Predock

y Toms Taveira

y Robert A.M. Stern


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Robert Venturi: The Vanna Venturi House

The house has a sense of

symmetry, yet the symmetry is often

distorted.

The faade is balanced with five

window squares on each side. The

way the windows are arranged,

however, is not symmetrical.

The viewer is consequently

startled and disoriented.


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Michael Graves: Portland Public Services Building (1982), OregonLarge cubic office block

Small unmolded windows a Modernist building element

Classical features: pair of pilasters, a multi storied keystone

Humana

Building in

Louisville,

Kentucky


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Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers: The Pompidou

Center,P

aris


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Charles Moore: Piazza dItalia,

New Orleans, Louisiana

outdoor, commercial space - aimed

to mimic Italian architecture.

Many different facades of Italianbuildings combined and compressed

together in a limited space.

Many angles, shapes, colours and

most importantly representation of

classical elements make it a perfectexample of Post Modern Architecture


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Philip Johnson: At&T

Headquarters

Neo-Classical broken pediment thattops the building - "Chippendale"

pediment.


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Esplanade of Europe by Ricardo

Bofill,Montpellier(1978-2000)


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Bank of America Center in Houston

by John Burgee and Philip Johnson

1000 de La Gauchetire, inMontral, with

ornamented and strongly defined top,

middle and bottom. Contrast with the

modernist Seagram Building


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The oval shape and surrounding

colonnade is reminiscent of Italian baroque

architecture.

Philip Johnson: Lipstick Building

The building receives its name from itsshape and colour, which resemble a tube

of lipstick.


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Postmodern Buildings


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Milwaukee art museum


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Berlin Reichstag


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Postmodern architecture evolved from the modernist movement

But contradicts many of the modernist ideas

Combining new ideas with traditional forms

Familiar shapes and details are used in unexpected ways

Buildings may have symbols to make a statement or simply for aesthetics

Postmodern architecture has also been described as "neo-eclectic

As the Postmodernist theorist Charles Jencks has put it,

Postmodernism is both the continuation of Modernism and its

transcendence.


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