1. Modernist Postmodernist Architecture By: Harshita Singh B.Arch 5A ASAP
2. Comparision between Modernist & Postmodernist Architecture Modernist Architecture Postmodernist Architecture Duration: late 19th- early 20th century Late 20th -21st century Predecessor: Nordic Classicism Modernist Architecture Modernism is efforts to reconcile the principles underlying architectural design with rapid technological advancement and the modernization of society. Postmodernism refers to the functional and formalized shapes and spaces of the modernist style are replaced by diverse aesthetics. Major concept: Form follows function pluralism, double coding, flying buttresses and high ceilings, irony and paradox, and contextualism.
3. Modernism Modernism is a philosophical movement that, along with cultural trends and changes, arose from wide-scale and far-reaching transformations in Western society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The term is often applied to modernist movements at the turn of the 20th century, with efforts to reconcile the principles underlying architectural design with rapid technological advancement and the modernization of society.
4. Influential Architects Notable architects important to the history and development of the modernist movement include: • Ludwig Mies van der Rohe • Le Corbusier • Walter Gropius • Erich Mendelsohn • Frank Lloyd Wright • Louis Sullivan • Gerrit Rietveld • Bruno Taut • Arne Jacobsen • Oscar Niemeyer • Alvar Aalto
5. Context • There are multiple lenses through which the evolution of modern architecture may be viewed. Some historians see it as a social matter, closely tied to the project of Modernity and thus the Enlightenment. • Modern architecture developed, as a result of social and political revolutions. Others see Modern architecture as primarily driven by technological and engineering developments. Still other historians regard Modernism as a matter of taste, a reaction against eclecticism and the lavish stylistic excesses of Victorian and Edwardian architecture. • With the Industrial Revolution, the availability of newly-available building materials such as iron, steel, and sheet glass drove the invention of new building techniques.
6. Characterstics • Common themes of modern architecture include: • the notion that "Form follows function", a dictum originally expressed by Frank Lloyd Wright's early mentor Louis Sullivan, meaning that the result of design should derive directly from its purpose • simplicity and clarity of forms and elimination of "unnecessary detail" • materials at 90 degrees to each other • visual expression of structure (as opposed to the hiding of structural elements) • the related concept of "Truth to materials", meaning that the true nature or natural appearance of a material ought to be seen rather than concealed or altered to represent something else • use of industrially-produced materials; adoption of the machine aesthetic • particularly in International Style modernism, a visual emphasis on horizontal and vertical lines