Modernism & Global Urbanism

Fagus Factory

Architect: Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer

Location: Germany

Date: 1911-1913

Movement: Modernist

Liberty Leading the People

Artist: Eugene Delacroix

Date: 1830

Movement: Modernism Revolutions

DIaspora

a scattered population of people who share a common origin but live in different regions around the world

Royal Regency Pavilion

Architect: John Nash

Location: Brighton, UK

Date: 1815-1822

Movement: IndoIslamic

Taj Mahal

Architect: Ustad Ahmad Lahori

Location: Agra, India

Date: 1632-1653

Movement: Mughal (Indo-Islamic)

The Elgin Marbles

Sculpted 5th century BCE

Removed 1801-1812

Sir John Soane House/Museum

Architect: Sir John Soane

Location: London, England

Date: 1812-1837

Movement: Georgian and Regency

St. Mark’s Square

Location: Venice, Italy

Date: 1000-1600

Movement: Byzantine, Venetian Gothic, Renaissance

Neuschwanstein Castle

Location: Germany

Date: 1869-1892

Movement: Neo-Romanesque/Romanticist

Seaside

Architect: Duany Plater-Zyberk and Company

Location: Florida, USA

Date: plan complete 1985

Movement: New Urbanist/Neotraditional, Post-office

Seabird Island Community School

Architect: Patkau Architects

Location: Agassiz, BC, Canada

Date: 1989

Movement: Critical Regionalism

Marika-Alderson House

Architect: Glenn Murkutt

Location: Australia

Date: 1991-1994

Movement: Critical Regionalism

Eiffel Tower

Architect: Gustave Eiffel

Location: Paris, France

Date: 1887-1889

Movement: for Paris Expo 1889

Architecture Parlante

the idea that the building itself tells us what it is/its role in society (ex: a prison)

Panopticon

the idea that there’s a sense of monitoring/observing people (ex: Jeremy Bentham*)

Mashrabiya

to shade and let air through, separate private and public

Institut du Monde Arabe

Architect: Jean Nouvel

Location: Paris, France

Date: 1981-1987

Movement: Mashrabiya

Redlining

classification of Black and minority communities as risky loans/investments

Frank Gehry House

Architect: Frank Gehry

Location: Santa Monica, California

Date: 1978

Movement: additions/extensions to existing house, deconstructivist

Haussmann Plan for Paris

1852-70

Idea: let’s make a giant modern city where the streets are too wide for barricades, large scale demolition

Pompidou Center; Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Architect: Renzo Piano and others

Location: Paris, France

Date: 1973-1977

Movement: Postmodern (structure/mechanical workings on the outside of building)

The Guggenheim Museum

Architect: Frank Gehry

Location: Bilbao, Spain

Date: 1991-1997

Movement: The Bilbao Effect, Deconstructivist

Starchitect

signature architects, architects are being moved around andhired to build

Ducks & Decorated Sheds

standalone, sculptured buildings → “Ducks"

Guild-house, plain building where its identity and meaning is communicated through the exterior, signage, or ornamentation → “Decorated Sheds”

Adolf Loos Ornament & Crime

• Modern culture should move away from unnecessary ornamentation

• Well designed objects should be defined by its form, material, craftsmanship

The Vancouver Model

• High rise density

Detroit’s Van Gogh

• Argument that the Detroit Art Museum should sell their art to pay off debts

• Argument from the public that it should be sold to other insititutions to reach large audiences and serve public interest

Roads to Nowhere: How Infrasture Built on American Inequality

• Cities like detroit, Baltimore, RIchmond, and Oakland - historically Black communities were divided

• Infrastructure is not value-free and the decisions made now will affect the future of inquality

• ex: a simple wall separating communities, demolishing neighbourhoods for railroads

A Dense, Urban Canada? It’s Possible

• Toronto should not rely on high-rise towers

• They should implement Euro-style courtyard blocks

Learning from Las Vegas

• Las Vegas is heavily experienced from moving automobiles

• Lots of ornamentation