Design Movements

A.S 2.33 Use the characteristics of a design

movement or era to inform own design ideas.

Your task in this achievement standard is

to research and identify elements of a
design movement. Using this knowledge
you are then going to apply what you
have learnt in your own design.
Your design will be informed by what you
have learnt. It is not about copying the
design movement literally, rather it is
about taking the key things from it and
using it to move your own style on.

Modernism
Modern architecture is generally characterized by simplification
of form and creation of ornament from the structure and theme of
the building. In a broader sense, early modern architecture began
at the turn of the 20th century with efforts to reconcile the
principles underlying architectural design with rapid technological
advancement and the modernization of society.
Gaining popularity after the Second World War, architectural
modernism was adopted by many influential architects and
architectural educators, and continues as a dominant architectural
style for institutional and corporate buildings into the 21st century.
Notable architects important to the history and development of
the modernist movement include Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer and
Alvar Aalto.

Modernism
Common themes of modern architecture include:
the notion that "Form follows function", a dictum originally
expressed by Frank Lloyd Wright's early mentor Louis Sullivan,
meaning that the result of design should derive directly from its
purpose
simplicity and clarity of forms and elimination of "unnecessary
detail"
visual expression of structure (as opposed to the hiding of
structural elements)
the related concept of "Truth to materials", meaning that the true
nature or natural appearance of a material ought to be seen
rather than concealed or altered to represent something else
use of industrially-produced materials; adoption of the machine
aesthetic

Modernism
Le Corbusiers Villa
Savoye
Frank Lloyd
Wrights Falling
Water

Modernism
Walter Gropius,
Bauhaus Building
Alvar Aaltos
Saynatsalo Town
Hall

De Stijl
De Stijl, Dutch for "The Style, was a Dutch artistic movement
founded in 1917. In a narrower sense, the term De Stijl is used to
refer to a body of work from 1917 to 1931 founded in the
Netherlands.[1][2]
Proponents of De Stijl sought to express a new utopian ideal of
spiritual harmony and order. They advocated pure abstraction and
universality by a reduction to the essentials of form and colour; they
simplified visual compositions to the vertical and horizontal
directions, and used only primary colors along with black and white.
It [De Stijl] was posited on the fundamental principle of the
geometry of the straight line, the square, and the rectangle,
combined with a strong asymmetricality; the predominant use of
pure primary colors with black and white; and the relationship
between positive and negative elements in an arrangement of nonobjective forms and lines."[4]

De Stijl
Influence on architecture
The De Stijl influence on architecture
remained considerable long after 1931; Mies
van der Rohe was among the most important
proponents of its ideas. Between 1923 and
1924, Rietveld designed the Rietveld Schrder
House, the only building to have been
created completely according to De Stijl
principles. Examples of Stijl-influenced works
by J.J.P. Oud can be found in Rotterdam (
Caf De Unie) and Hoek van Holland.

De Stijl
Gerrit Rietveld,
Rietveld Shroder
House
Mies Van Der Rohe,
Barcelona Pavilion

Deconstructivism
Deconstructivism is a development of
postmodern architecture that began in the late
1980s. It is characterized by ideas of
fragmentation, an interest in manipulating ideas
of a structure's surface or skin, non-rectilinear
shapes which serve to distort and dislocate some
of the elements of architecture, such as structure
and envelope. The finished visual appearance of
buildings that exhibit the many deconstructivist
"styles" is characterized by a stimulating
unpredictability and a controlled chaos.

Deconstructivism
Zaha Hadids Museum
of Contemporary Art in
Cagliari
Frank Gehrys
Guggenheim Museum,
Bilbao

Deconstructivism
Daniel Libeskinds
Jewish museum
Rem Kolhaass
Central Chinese
Television

Art Deco
Art deco is an eclectic artistic and design style that began
in Paris in the 1920s[1][2] and flourished internationally
throughout the 1930s and into the World War II era.[3] At its
best, art deco represented elegance, glamour, functionality
and modernity. Art deco's linear symmetry was a distinct
departure from the flowing asymmetrical organic curves of
its predecessor style art nouveau; it embraced influences
from many different styles of the early twentieth century,
including neoclassical, constructivism, cubism, modernism
and futurism[5] and drew inspiration from ancient Egyptian
and Aztec forms. Although many design movements have
political or philosophical beginnings or intentions, art deco
was purely decorative.[6]

Art Deco
Chrysler Building

Rothmans Building