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WorksheetsHISTORY: MODERNISM
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Worksheet time: 16mins
Rejection of historical styles. Materials and functional requirements determine the result. The elimination of unnecessary detailing leads to machine aesthetics.
Bauhaus
Modernism
Late Modernism
It's development became a crucial aspect of Modern architecture. It had its roots in the iron frames that began to make their appearance in the tall office buildings of Chicago in the 1880s.with it development, the walls were no longer required to bear any weight; instead, the building was held up by the interior frame, while the walls kept the weather out.- allowed for considerable flexibility of plan, - with steel beams and girders allowing for the creation of wide interior spaces.
Steel frame
Iron frame
Glass frame
Wooden frame
Modernism Period
1850s-1970s
1860s-1970s
1850s-1980s
1860s-1980s
First Building which used an elevator and is the 1st building to reach 10 storeys.
Isokon Building in London by Wells Coates
Unite d Habitation (1950) by Le Corbusier
Guggenheim Museum by Frank Llloyd Wright
Wainwright Building by Louis Sullivan
Form follows function
Mies Van Der Rohe
Frank Lloyd Wright
Le Corbusier
Louis Sullivan
Father of Skyscraper
Mies Van Der Rohe
Frank Lloyd Wright
Le Corbusier
Louis Sullivan
Father of Modernism
Mies Van Der Rohe
Frank Lloyd Wright
Le Corbusier
Louis Sullivan
Falling Water by (1939) by Frank Lloyd Wright
Unite d Habitation (1950) by Le Corbusier
Barcelona Pavilion (1929) by Mies Van Der Rohe
Wainwright Building by Louis Sullivan
Isokon Building in London by Wells Coates
Unite d Habitation (1950) by Le Corbusier
Guggenheim Museum by Frank Llloyd Wright
Wainwright Building by Louis Sullivan
Johnson Wax Administration Building by Frank Lloyd Wright
Unite d Habitation (1950) by Le Corbusier
Guggenheim Museum by Frank Llloyd Wright
Nueue National Galerie by Mies Van Der Rohe
Falling Water by (1939) by Frank Lloyd Wright
Unite d Habitation (1950) by Le Corbusier
Barcelona Pavilion (1929) by Mies Van Der Rohe
Usonian Houses Wright House by Frank Lloyd Wright
One of the most influential architects of the 20th Century. He was was an apprentice of Louis Sullivan and embraced the use of new technology.
Mies Van Der Rohe
Frank Lloyd Wright
Le Corbusier
Louis Sullivan
Johnson Wax Administration Building
Mies Van Der Rohe
Frank Lloyd Wright
Le Corbusier
Louis Sullivan
Falling Water
Mies Van Der Rohe
Frank Lloyd Wright
Le Corbusier
Louis Sullivan
Guggenheim Museum
Mies Van Der Rohe
Frank Lloyd Wright
Le Corbusier
Louis Sullivan
Also known as the Kauffman Residence is a special house built on a waterfall. The color blends with nature.
Glass House
Usonian House Wright house
Falling Water
The Cite Radieusse
It features organic shapes and the exterior looks like a shell. Visitors would begin on the upper level following a sloping ramp downward to view the exhibit.
Unite d'Habitation
Villa Savoye
Johnson Wax Administration Building
Guggenheim Museum
Also called the Administration Building is constructed with more than 200 sizes and shapes of Bricks.
Unite d'Habitation
Villa Savoye
Johnson Wax Administration Building
Guggenheim Museum
Houses that can be assembled using pre-fabricated wood sandwich panels erected with simple construction.
Unite d'Habitation
Villa Savoye
Usonian Houses
Villa Dirickz
He describes a house as a machine for living in.
Mies Van Der Rohe
Frank Lloyd Wright
Le Corbusier
Louis Sullivan
His full name is Charles Edouard Jeanneret
Mies Van Der Rohe
Frank Lloyd Wright
Le Corbusier
Louis Sullivan
Greek temples=
Pinacothea
Propylea
Amphiprostyle
Peripteral
Gothic Cathedrals=
Lightness
Ambiance
Massiveness
Solidity
Aircraft, Cars and Ocean Liners=
Technology
Machine
Speed
Transportation
Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier
Unite d Habitation (1950) by Le Corbusier
Barcelona Pavilion (1929) by Mies Van Der Rohe
Usonian Houses Wright House by Frank Lloyd Wright
Villa Savoye
Mies Van Der Rohe
Frank Lloyd Wright
Le Corbusier
Louis Sullivan
A weekend house known for allowing sunlight to pour into the main living quarters. It features stilted architecture with slender columns which created an illusion of lightness
Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier
Unite d Habitation (1950) by Le Corbusier
Barcelona Pavilion (1929) by Mies Van Der Rohe
Usonian Houses Wright House by Frank Lloyd Wright
Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier
Unite d Habitation (1950) by Le Corbusier
Barcelona Pavilion (1929) by Mies Van Der Rohe
Usonian Houses Wright House by Frank Lloyd Wright
A tenement housing in France. Modulor a design made from the combination of anthropometrics and Golden Proportion
Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier
Unite d Habitation (1950) by Le Corbusier
Barcelona Pavilion (1929) by Mies Van Der Rohe
Usonian Houses Wright House by Frank Lloyd Wright
Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier
Notre Dame-du-Haut Ronchamp (1954) by Le Corbusier
Barcelona Pavilion (1929) by Mies Van Der Rohe
Villa Dirickz by Marcel Leborgne
1. Support of ground-level pilotis, elevating the building from the earth and allowing the garden to be extended to the space beneath.2. A functional roof serving as a garden and terrace, reclaiming for Nature the land occupied by the building.3. A free floor plan, devoid of load-bearing walls, allowing walls to be placed freely and only where aesthetically needed.4. Long horizontal windows for illumination and ventilation.5. Freely-designed façades functioning merely as a skin for the wall and windows, and unconstrained by load-bearing considerations.
"Five Points", the basic tenets in Le Corbusier's new interior aesthetic:
"Five Points", the basic tenets in Le Corbusier's new architectural aesthetic:
"Three Points", the basic tenets in Le Corbusier's new architectural aesthetic:
"Four Points", the basic tenets in Le Corbusier's new inetrior aesthetic:
One important trend in Modernist architecture is the movement toward __________ or reductivist design. This includes - open floor plans with few if any interior walls; - emphasis on the outline or frame of the structure; - incorporating negative spaces around the structure as part of the overall design; - using lighting to dramatize geometric lines and planes; and - stripping the building of all but the most essential elements
Austere and Clean
White Box movement
Modernism (1850s)
Minimalism (1940s)
