During the armed conflict the Architecture had to be practical to meet the needs that were presented at the time. In the United States – although it did not house the conflict, it did actively participated – we could see the call Cottage was, that it is simply about construction of houses of a plant for middle -class families.
During World War II the materials were scarce So these houses were designed under the same spatial planning and economic materials, but resistant, for the families of the soldiers who were in combat, who acquired them thanks to government incentive programs.
During this time, in Europe, The architecture was at the service of the Nazi regime, and architects such as German Albert Speer They participated in the design of buildings such as the Reich Foreign Ministry and the Nazi party meetings site in Nuremberg. In 1937, Hitler appointed him Inspector General of Berlin Construction.
Architecture during postwar: brutalism
The Effects of World War II They were reflected throughout the globe, although as we already mentioned, not all nations participated as such. In one way or another, the architecture had to adapt to the new needs of people.
This is how in 1950, in full postwar period, brutalist architecture that began to be in the United Kingdom was popular. «If modernism is that architecture is honest, brutalism is that architecture is brutally honest,» explains Geddes Ulinskas, director of Geddes Ulinskas Architects, to Digest Architectural.
Many people lost everything that the house became a priority and that was where architecture made its contribution. He Brutalism It had the objective of developing new projects focused on functionality and, in turn, that could be carried out optimizing financial resources, since they did not have plenty.
Characteristics of brutalist architecture
The brutalist architecture is characterized for its simple forms, its angular geometry and the repetitive lines in each construction and makes Use of a single gross materialas his name says. Bet on the functionality of spaces than for the aesthetic sense since construction materials are seen as they are for what The most used are set set and concrete That was abundant, cheap and durable.