post modernism

1. Ar Hena Tiwari
Jan-July 2016, GCAD Sonipat
Post Modernism

2. Ar. Hena Tiwari,
GCAD, Jan-July 2016
LECTURE VIII INTRODUCTION
Postmodernism movement emerged in the
1960s, became prominent in the late 1970s
and 80s, and remained a dominant force in the
1990s.
It is often seen as an American movement,
that started in USA around the 1960s–1970s
and then spreading to Europe and the rest of
the world.

3. Ar. Hena Tiwari,
GCAD, Jan-July 2016
LECTURE VIII INTRODUCTION
The movement was a reaction against the
simplicity and functional design approach of
the modern architecture/international style.
It rejected strict rules set by the early
modernists and seeks high spirits in the use of
building techniques, angles, and stylistic
references

4. Ar. Hena Tiwari,
GCAD, Jan-July 2016
LECTURE VIII
Portland Public Services
Building, 1982, Michael
Graves

5. Ar. Hena Tiwari,
GCAD, Jan-July 2016
LECTURE VIII CHARACTERISTICS OF
POSTMODERNISM
 Nonlinearity
 Influence of digital technology
 Inclusion of World cultures
 Visual culture: Fine art, craft, advertising
 Visual studies: Combination of visual culture
and social theory

6. Ar. Hena Tiwari,
GCAD, Jan-July 2016
LECTURE VIII
Guggenheim Museum, Bilb
Embassy of the United Kingdom, Berlin
Architect: Michael Wilford
Montecito
California

7. Ar. Hena Tiwari,
GCAD, Jan-July 2016
LECTURE VIII
Spiky Tower

8. Ar. Hena Tiwari,
GCAD, Jan-July 2016
LECTURE VIII
Postmodern Architecture
rejects the notion of
“pure” or “perfect” form,
instead it draws from: all
methods, materials,
forms, & colours available
to architects.
Moves away from the
neutral white colours seen
Team Disney – The
Eisner Building, 1991
Michael Graves,

9. Ar. Hena Tiwari,
GCAD, Jan-July 2016
LECTURE VIII
 Used classical styles in new combinations: pillars,
arches, domes, curtain wall facades, sculptures
and roman conventions
Bank of America Center in Houston, by John Burgee and
Philip Johnson, completed 1983

10. Ar. Hena Tiwari,
GCAD, Jan-July 2016
LECTURE VIII
 Similar to old cathedrals, draws the eye
upwards toward the sky.
PPG Place
Building complex

11. Ar. Hena Tiwari,
GCAD, Jan-July 2016
LECTURE VIII
 Reconciled differences between old and new
generations (culture wars) Postmodern
architecture takes old styles and updates them
Thanks-Giving Square

12. Ar. Hena Tiwari,
GCAD, Jan-July 2016
LECTURE VIII
Vanna Venturi House,
Robert Venturi

13. Ar. Hena Tiwari,
GCAD, Jan-July 2016
LECTURE VIII
Pioneers of the movement
“Less is Bore”
Robert Venturi
"Architecture is the arrangement of space for exciteme
Philip Jhonson
“Good design should be accessible to all”
Michael Graves

14. Ar. Hena Tiwari,
GCAD, Jan-July 2016
LECTURE VIII
Vanna Venturi House
Robert Venturi
Team Disney –
The Eisner Building
Michael Graves
550 Madison
Avenue
Philip

15. Ar. Hena Tiwari,
GCAD, Jan-July 2016
LECTURE VIII
Postmodern architects may regard many
modern buildings as soulless and bland
Modernism Vs Post Modernism

16. Ar. Hena Tiwari,
GCAD, Jan-July 2016
LECTURE VIII
Flat Roofs Gable Roofs
Gropius House, Lincoln

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GCAD, Jan-July 2016
LECTURE VIII
No colors used Colors come back to the
facade
Le Corbusier,
Chapel of
NôtreDame du Haut,
1955

18. Ar. Hena Tiwari,
GCAD, Jan-July 2016
LECTURE VIII
Postmodernist building
were a stack of varied
design elements for a single
vocabulary from ground
level to the top, ( "wedding
cake" design).
Modernist high-rise
buildings had become
monolithic.
Seagram Building,New
York,Ludwig Mies van Der