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    ARCHITECTURE

    DEPARTMENT, nec
    History Of Architecture- II (Modern)
    Emergence of Modern Architecture

    Looshaus, Michaelerplatz, Vienne, Austria 1911 Adolf Loos, Steiner House, Vienna
    Emergence of Modern Architecture

    • Advocated that beauty must be sought in form and not


    in ornamentation.

    • First Modernist who openly opposed decorations in


    buildings.

    • Aspired for extreme geometric purism

    • Essay and lecture, Ornament and crime (1910)

    • All forms of ornament must be discarded to bring out the


    underlying qualities of form and proportion

    Adolf Loos 1870-1933, Austrian architect


    Emergence of Modern Architecture

    • “House without eyebrows”. Lack of orientation on the façade.


    • Plain plaster facade of the residential floors above, marble facade at
    ground floor

    Looshaus, Michaelerplatz, Vienne, Austria 1911


    Emergence of Modern Architecture

    • Functionalist geometric building


    • Undecorated planar surfaces punctuated by simple rectangular plate-glass
    windows
    • First step towards modernism concept
    • No ornamentation

    Adolf Loos, Steiner House, Vienna


    Emergence of Modern Architecture

    Adolf Loss concept had a strong influence in the demise of Art


    Nouveau and the rise of modern architecture.
    Emergence of Modern Architecture

    By 1910, Art Nouveau had lost steam.

    Architects began putting more emphasis on individualism and used


    architecture as a form of self-expression.
    Emergence of Modern Architecture

    Expressionism
    was mainly a German movement which peaked in 1918-21
    Emergence of Modern Architecture

    Expressionism
    • Expression of an artist is expressed through design and it is conveyed to society.

    • Expression of an artist own thought and thought process.

    • expressionism in architecture sought to break away from traditional design principles and
    create structures that were more subjective and emotional in nature

    • Symbolism and representation of concept became more important over pragmatic


    solution.

    • Expression of an emotional idea through the abstraction of form

    • More rectilinear than art nouveau style.

    • Form more importance than function


    Emergence of Modern Architecture Expressionism
    The Einstein Tower, Germany, Erich Mendelsohn, (1917-20)

    • Tower as a research facility for the theory of relativity.


    • creating a innovative, dynamic, futuristic structure that reflects the innovative nature of the
    scientific research being conducted inside.

    • tower's curved, flowing forms create a sense of movement and energy

    • highly individualistic and subjective, reflecting Mendelsohn's personal vision and style

    • asymmetrical compositions
    Emergence of Modern Architecture Expressionism

    Chilehaus, Hamburg, Germany, Fritz Höger, (1921-24)

    • corporate office for a shipping company.

    • The building resembled an ocean liner (Passenger ship).

    • corner jutting out like the sharp pointed bow of a ship

    • The arched ribs below the corner were reminiscent of German Gothic brickwork

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