Postmodernism and the City
Postmodernism in its strong base of going against all modern ideals, shows a high interest in making innovation out of spontaneous events. It was also mentioned during the lecture that this movement was interested in the link with the city, but here is where my confusion with postmodernism comes from. If this architecture was trying to be related to the context then how is the dialog between this "iconic" buildings that try to portray an artificial reality and its surroundings. If the city was relevant, then the adjacent buildings should be somewhat considered, but the postmodernism was more focused on the inside congestion and innovation than of the outside character created. Thus, creating cities where there is no relationship between all the elements.
Madelon Vriesendorp with Rem Koolhaas from Delirious New York
Postmodern City Concept
While there may not be any visual relationship between the elements, they are all recognizable points on a landscape. The architects are more interested in the effects rather than the buildings' relationships to one another.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you on this Ailed. A city should have a few recognizable and unique buildings and but it seems like postmodernism is selfish in how it tried to make an icon out of every building. If every building tries too hard to be different then there will be no sense of place.
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