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CHAPTER: MODERNISM . POSTMODERNISM . HIGH-TECH , DECONSTRUCTIONISM , CRITICAL REGIONALISM
 
A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE - DECONSTRUCTION
 
COOP HIMMELB(L)AU . EISENMAN . GEHRY . HADID . KOOLHAAS . LIBESKIND . TSCHUMI
 
 
 

/under construction/

Critics discussing the phenomenon of deconstructionism use the entire complex of the phraseology developed by Derrida. However, the concept of deconstructionism to be understood explicitly (as the concept of constructivism) with the proviso that the two concepts have nothing to do with thestructure a component architecture.
Deconstructionism is simply removing the essence of architecture.
Constructivism was an abstract, mystical attitude, aimed at creating a new reality - or rather - over-the reality. Because it was completely anti-functionalist, can be readily harnessed in the service of any utopian ideology.
The best example of anti-logic, anti-rationalist and anti-functional constructivism is Wolkenbugel El Lissitzky'ego of 1924 (on the left). The office building was put up in the clouds, and connected to the earth with lifts and installation shafts. The object itself is interesting, but forced to the question - why?.
The only effect of such a concept is to increase the cost of building and difficulty of life for its users. Under the building there is no park, no benches. There are only a roadway, as depicted in futuropolis of Sant'Elia. Proportion of buildings indicate that all can fit on the ground. The lifts are completely unnecessary. They are only a symbol of modernity. Total functional nonsense. Art for art's sake. The whole constructivism is irrational in nature and there is nothing wrong in that as long as it belongs to pure art. His transfer to the field of architecture must lead to disaster. Constructivism of Gabo and Pevsner did not create the structure of reality, but the structure of works of art.

In the catalog of the exhibition "Architecture of deconstruction" (MoMA, 1988), Philip Johnson and Mark Wigley posted, that projects in this exhibition represent a different sensibility, in which the dream of pure form has been disturbed. Architecture becomes deconstructivist, if it storms our ability to think on the form. Elsewhere, Philip Johnson also argues that "the creation of strange buildings uses the hidden potential of modernism. "
This is the whole philosophy of deconstructionism: "disorder of dreams of purity of form"and "disorder of thinking about the form."
Such statements are good in the post-Dadaists sketches of the Cabaret Voltaire, but the relationship between "strange buildings" and the "hidden potential of modernism" seems to indicate that Johnson did not understand anything of modernism, as indeed is evidenced by its architectural creativity.
Architects defined as deconstructivist created some wonderful buildings, but in these structures there is no trace of what distinguishes deconstructionism from architecture. Everything else is - sometimes impressive, sometimes for only spectacular, but always pretentious - nonsense.
We do not know which is worse - the monotony of geometric boxes, or drunken folly of the walls.

Below 100 most famous works of the most famous deconstructivist (or deconstructionist).

 

COOP HIMMELB(L)AU

1994
Groninger Museum
Netherlands

 

1998
UFA-Cinema Center
Drezno

 

2001
Gasometer
Vienna, Austria

2002
Arteplage in Biel
2005
Academy of Fine Arts
Munich
2007
Akron Art Museum
2007
BMW World
Munich, Germany
2008
High School for the Visual
and Performing Arts
Los Angeles
MusConfluences

 

PETER EISENMAN

1989
Wexner Center for the Arts
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
1991
Nunotani building
Edogawa Tokyo Japan
1993
Greater Columbus
Convention Center
Columbus, Ohio
1996
Aronoff Center
for Design and Art
University of Cincinnati
1999
City of Culture of Galicia
Santiago de Compostela
Galicia, Spain
2004
Il giardino dei passi perduti
Castelvecchio Museum
Verona
2005
Memorial to the Murdered
Jews of Europe
Berlin
2006
University of Phoenix Stadium
Glendale, Arizona

 

FRANK GEHRY

1978
Gehry Residence
1989
Vitra Design Museum, Vitra premises, Weil am Rhein, Germany
1991
Chiat/Day Building, Venice, California 1985
1993
Frederick Weisman Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota[3]
1995
Fred and Ginger currently Dancing House, Prague, Czech Republic
1997
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
1999
Der Neue Zollhof, Düsseldorf, Germany[12]
2000
DZ Bank building, Pariser Platz 3, Berlin, Germany
2000
Experience Music Project, Seattle, Washington
2001
Gehry Tower, Hanover, Germany
2001
Issey Miyake, flagship store, New York City, New York
2003
Richard B. Fisher Center
for the Performing Arts
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson
New York
2002
Peter B. Lewis Building
Weatherhead School
of Management
Cleveland
2003
Maggie's Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland[19]
2003
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California
2004
Ray and Maria Stata Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts[20]
2004
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois
2006
Marqués de Riscal Vineyard Hotel, Elciego, Spain
2007
IAC/InterActiveCorp Headquarters, New York City, New York
2008
Peter B. Lewis Library, Princeton University
2008
Serpentine Gallery Temporary Pavilion, London, England

2010
Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas, Nevada

 

ZAHA HADID

1994
Vitra Fire Station
Weil am Rhein
Germany
2002
Bergisel Ski Jump, Innsbruck, Austria
2003
Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati, Ohio
2005
BMW
Lipsk
2005
Ordrupgaard annexe, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005
Phaeno Science Center, Wolfsburg, Germany
2006
Maggie's Centres at the Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, Scotland
2006
Tondonia Winery Pavilion, Haro, Spain
2007
Hungerburgbahn new stations, Innsbruck, Austria
2008
Chanel Mobile Art Pavilion Worldwide Tokyo, Hong Kong, New York, London, Paris, Moscow,
2008
Bridge Pavilion, Zaragoza, Spain
2009
J. S. Bach Pavilion, Manchester International Festival, Manchester, UK
2009
CMA CGM Tower, Marseille, France
2010
MAXXI - National Museum of the 21st Century Arts, Rome, Italy

2010
Guangzhou Opera House, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

2012
Pierres vives, Montpellier, France

Guggenheim-Hermitage
Wilno

2007
Serpentine Pawilon
Spiral Tower
Barcelona
Madrid Civil Court
of Justitia
Kartal-Pendik

 

REM KOOLHAAS

1988
Lille Grand Palais Lille
1991
Villa dall’Ava Saint-Cloud
1993
Kunsthal Rotterdam
1998
Maison a Bordeaux Bordeaux
1999
Second Stage Theatre
New York City
2003
McCormick Tribune Campus Center, IIT Chicago
2003
Netherlands Embassy Berlin
2004
Seattle Central Library Seattle
2005
Casa da Música Porto
2006
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, London
2009
Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, Dallas, Texas
2009
CCTV HQ Beijing
2010
Torre Bicentenario Bicentennial Tower, Mexico City

 

DANIEL LIBESKIND

1998
Felix Nussbaum Haus
Osnabrück, Germany
1999
Jewish Museum
Berlin
2001
Imperial War Museum
Manchester
2003
Studio Weil
Majorca, Spain
2003
Danish Jewish Museum
Copenhagen
2004
London Metropolitan University
Graduate Centre
2005
The Wohl Centre
Bar-Ilan University
Ramat-Gan, Israel
2006
Denver Art Museum Residences
Denver, Colorado

2007
Michael Lee-Chin Crystal
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto

2008
The Ascent at Roebling's Bridge, residential condominium building - Covington, Kentucky, United States
2008
Westside Shopping and Leisure Centre - Bern, Switzerland
2008
Contemporary Jewish Museum - San Francisco, California, United States
2010
Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Theatre and Commercial Development - Dublin, Republic of Ireland

 

BERNARD TSCHUMI

 

1998
Parc de la Villette
Paris

 

2004
Paul L. Cejas
School of Architecture
Florida International University
Miami, Florida

 

2004
Vacheron Constantin
Headquarter
Geneva, Switzerland

 

2006
Lindner
Athletic Center
University of Cincinnati

 

2007
Blue condominium
105 Norfolk Street
New York City

 

2007
Concert Hall
Limoges, France

 

2008
New Acropolis Museum
Ateny

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