– It is also defined as neo -eclectic where the reference and the ornament They have returned to the facade, replacing modern styles without ornaments.
– With this movement, the architectural form is no longer defined only by its functional or minimal appearance requirements.
– Postmodern architecture had boom in America and Europe, with works such as the New Stuttgart state gallery By James Stirling and the Twin towers By minoru yamasaki.
– Robert Venturi He was at the forefront of this movement with his book Complexity and contradiction in architecturepublished in 1966.
Deconstructivism through the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.Jesús Esteban San José / Pexels.
Deconstructivism
– This architectural movement is a current inaugurated in the 1980s, which is characterized by fragmentation, the non -linear design process and the manipulation of structures.
– It is based on the theoretical-literary movement of deconstruction and in the Russian constructivism of 1920 where, in addition, it takes its name.
– This style that has endured until today has been explored by Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, Peter Eisenman, Zaha Hadid, inter alia.
– The visual appearance of the buildings of this style is characterized by a controlled chaos.
– He Bilbao Guggenheim MuseumSpain, from Frank Gehryis one of the most spectacular buildings of deconstructivism.
The National Center for Art and Culture Georges Pompidou as brutalist architecture.Kenrick Baksh / Pexels.
Brutalism
– He Brutalism It arose from Modern movement and that had its boom between the 1950s and 1970s.
– In its principles I was inspired by the work of Le Corbusier and Eero Saarinen.
– The term has its origin in the French term Béton Brut or raw concretea term used by Le Corbusier to describe his choice of materials.
– Architecture critic Reyner Banham adapted the term and renamed it as Brutalism (Brutalismin English), a term that identified the emerging style.
– Some emblem constructions are the Geisel Library In San Diego for William Pereira and the National Center for Art and Culture Georges Pompidou In Paris by Renzo piano.