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    The document discusses the evolution of architectural styles from modernism to contemporary architecture. It begins by describing how modern designs in the late 19th century featured open floor plans, asymmetry, and large windows in contrast to previous ornate styles. It then explains how postmodernism emerged as a reaction to modernism's simple forms and styles. The document concludes by noting how contemporary architecture continues to evolve in different ways from its modernist roots.

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    CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURAL THEORY

    MID TERM PART B ASSESSMENT

    ANSWER TO THE QUESTION NUMBER 1:

    MODERN DESIGNS WALKED IN TO THE MARKET, OR YOU CAN SAY WERE INTRODUCED, AFTER A LONG
    PERIOD OF HIGHLY DECORATED AND FANCY HOME DESIGNS WHICH WERE USED MORE THAN OFTEN IN
    THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY. MODERN ARCHITECTS DESIGNED AND CONTRACTORS CONSTRUCTED
    HOMES WITH OPEN FLOOR PLANS, ASYMMETRY, AND HUGE PANELS OF WINDOWS OR GLASS WALLS.
    THIS WAS COMPLETELY AGAINST THE TRADITION OF BUILDING HOUSES WITH ORNATE FLARE, BUILT
    USUALLY DURING THOSE YEARS. MODERN ARCHITECTURE MADE AN EFFORT TO CREATE A SIMPLE
    HOME THAT WAS HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL. THE BEGINNING OF THE MODERN ARCHITECTURE WAS FROM
    THE FIRST OF THE 19TH CENTURY.

    GRADUALLY, PEOPLE WERE BECOMING BORED OF THE SAME COLOUR PALETTES AND SIMPLE CLEAR
    LINE GEOMETRIC FORMS AND DEMANDED CHANGE. COMPLEXITY, FRAGMENTATION OF SPACES COULD
    BE SEEN IN THE DESIGNS. THAT’S WHEN ARCHITECTURE SHIFTED TO POST MODERNISM. IT WAS
    BASICALLY A REACTION TO MODERNISM.

    DURING THE 1970S, SOME ARCHITECTS SHOWED INTEREST IN HIGHTECH ARCHITECTURE,


    EXPRESSIONISM. THEY DEMANDED MACHINE LIKE BUILDINGS THAT ARE HIGHLY CONCEPTUAL AND ARE
    OF EXPRESSIVE FORMS AND DESIGNS- RESEMBLING SCULPTURE ON A ENORMOUS SCALE. THE
    BUILDINGS ARE LESS FUNCTIONAL AND PAPER LIKE STRUCTURES. CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE STILL
    PREVAILS IN THE MODERN TIME IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

    THUS, IN THIS WAY THE JOURNEY FROM MODERNISM TO CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE EVOLVED IN
    DIFFERENT WAYS.
    ANSWER TO THE QUESTION NUMBER 2:

    FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT AND LE CORBUSIER ARE ARCHITECTS WITH TWO DIFFERENT STYLES. THEIR
    STYLES DIFFER FROM EACH OTHER AS WELL AS THEIR WAY OF THINKING. SOME OF THE FACTS
    THROUGH WHICH WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THEY ARE DIFFERENT, ARE STATED BELOW:

     FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT ALWAYS BELIEVED IN ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE.
    IT WAS BASICALLY HIS STYLE OF WORKING. HE NEVER WANTED TO CHANGE ANY SINGLE
    ELEMENT IN THE SITE, SPECIFICALLY GIVEN TO HIM FOR DESIGNING ANYTHING. LITERAL
    MEANING OF ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE IS, ‘HARMONY BETWEEN HUMAN HABITATION AND THE
    NATURAL WORLD’. HE USED TO BLEND THE NATURE WITH THE HOUSE. HE BELIEVED, THERE IS A
    VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATURE AND HUMAN HABITATION. THAT’S WHY, HE
    NEVER AGREED TO CHANGING COMPONENTS OF THE SITE. INSTEAD, HE KEPT THE SITE AS IT IS,
    AND TOOK FURTHUR PROCESSING FOR DESIGNING OF THE BUILDING. THE FALLING WATER IS A
    GREAT EXAMPLE OF SUCH IDEOLOGY, WHICH WAS DESIGNED BY HIM.

     LE CORBUSIER: LE CORBUSIER BELIEVED IN DOMINATING THE SITE. HE BELIEVED, IN ORDER TO


    BUILD A BUILDING, THE SITE SHOULD BE PREPARED ACCORDING TO THE BUILDING’S NEED/ HE
    DOMINATED NATURE AND THE SITE IN VARIOUS WAYS. HE GAVE MORE PRIORITY TO THE
    BUILDING ITSELF. HE CREATED THE SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING, WHAT HE FELT THE
    BUILDING NEEDED. NOTHING NATURAL EXISTED IN THE SITE. VILLA SAVOYE IS A PERFECT
    EXAMPLE FOR SUCH IDEOLOGY.

    WHILE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S BASIS OF DESIGN WAS NATURE AND THE SITE, LE CORBUSIER FOCUSED
    ON THE BUILDING, DOMINATING THE SITE. THIS WAS THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE OF OPINION IN CASE OF
    ARCHITECTURE, IN BETWEEN THE TWO MENTIONED ARCHITECTS.
    ANSWER TO THE QUESTION NUMBER 3:

    FOLLOWING THE FAMOUS SLOGAN OF MIES VAN DER ROHE, “LESS IS MORE”, IF I AM GIVEN TO DESIGN
    AN EXHIBITION PAVILION IN SUHRAWARDY UDYAN, I WILL DESIGN A PAVILION THAT HAS EXTENDED
    ROOF, WHICH WILL PROVIDE PUBLIC SPACE IN FRONT OF THE PAVILION AND A RECTANGULAR BOX
    WHERE THE EXHIBITION WILL TAKE PLACE.

    COLOUR PALETTE: I WILL GO FOR NEUTRAL COLOURS

    MATERIALS: WOOD/ TIMBER, NO PLASTERED WALLS, STONES AND GRAVELS IF NEEDED.

    SPACE QUALITY: OPEN FLOOR PLAN WITH ADEQUATE SPACE FOR EXHIBITION

    PUBLIC SPACE ARRANGEMENT: INFRONT OF THE PAVILION

    ACCOMODATION: DEPENDS ON THE AREA GIVEN FOR DESIGNING

    SPECIAL FEATURES:

     PROVIDING A SMALL WATER BODY AROUND IT


     THE SMALL WATER BODY MAY HAVE A SCULPTURE IN THE MIDDLE
     PUBLIC SPACE FOR COMMON PEOPLE
     TEMPORARY STRUCTURE (OPEN FOR MODIFICATIONS)
     ELEVATED PLATFORM
     OPEN FLOOR PLAN
     OVERHANG ROOF
     PROTECTED FROM SUNLIGHT
     ACCESS TO NATURAL LIGHT AND VENTILATION

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