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Past or Post Modern in Architectural Fashion
The phenomenon of Post Modern culture has manifested itself primarily in two ways in contemporary architectural production and discourse. One, which is almost exclusively stylistic, has attempted to seek a renewal in architecture through the rejection of all aspects of Modernism in favor of a picturesque and superficial Classicism. This version of Post Modernism accepts de facto the pluralist world-view of contemporary capitalist development and avoids the larger questions of architecture's place within the complexities of today's socio-political universe. The other manifestation of Post Modernism in architecture is theoretical. It seeks a critical reading of architecture within the complex labyrinthe of contemporary culture. It tries to understand how meaning has come to have a tenuous existence in the artifacts and life of our time. It has proposed, both through theory and practice, various possibilities as to how we might negotiate this situation. This paper engages in discussion and critique of both of these orientations, their implications and ramifications.
Past or Post Modern in Architectural Fashion
The phenomenon of Post Modern culture has manifested itself primarily in two ways in contemporary architectural production and discourse. One, which is almost exclusively stylistic, has attempted to seek a renewal in architecture through the rejection of all aspects of Modernism in favor of a picturesque and superficial Classicism. This version of Post Modernism accepts de facto the pluralist world-view of contemporary capitalist development and avoids the larger questions of architecture's place within the complexities of today's socio-political universe. The other manifestation of Post Modernism in architecture is theoretical. It seeks a critical reading of architecture within the complex labyrinthe of contemporary culture. It tries to understand how meaning has come to have a tenuous existence in the artifacts and life of our time. It has proposed, both through theory and practice, various possibilities as to how we might negotiate this situation. This paper engages in discussion and critique of both of these orientations, their implications and ramifications.
Past or Post Modern in Architectural Fashion
Ghirardo, Diane (author)
Journal of Architectural Education ; 39 ; 2-6
1986-07-01
5 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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