Tuesday, 14 May 2013

EXP 3: Mash Up

Architecture today is not just a discipline of combined design and engineering, rather, it has become an expression of beauty, art and modernisation as different artists showcase their borderless ideas transgressing into the future. Combining new ideas with traditional forms, postmodernist buildings may startle, surprise or even amuse.


Form and style became totally different with early concepts of houses, commercial complexes, hotels, and art spaces. Now, architecture is concerned not only with the sophistication of technology used or the intricacy of designs, but it is also aware of the need to preserve the environment as the human civilization continues to progress.

Deconstructivism, or Deconstruction, is an approach to building design that attempts to view architecture in bits and pieces. The basic elements of architecture are dismantled. Deconstructivist buildings may seem to have no visual logic. They may appear to be made up of unrelated, disharmonious abstract forms. Familiar shapes and details are used in unexpected ways. Buildings may incorporate symbols to make a statement or simply to delight the viewer.
Architecture, as a discipline, is a means to define and redefine the kind of civilization in the past, present, and in the future. It has also become an advocate of preserving life and advancement.

Overall theory: Design has become a combination of new ideas, abstract forms and technology that stimulates an emotional response while also responding to the environmental concerns of the present and future.




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Craven, J. (n.d.). Postmodernism. Retrieved May 14, 2013, from About.com Architecture: http://architecture.about.com/od/20thcenturytrends/ig/Modern-Architecture/Postmodernism.htm





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