ARTH 2610 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Frank Gehry, Mark Wigley, Deconstructivism
6 Feb 2017
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Key points for today: deconstructivism, the (cid:862) tar(cid:272)hite(cid:272)t(cid:863) a(cid:374)d the museu(cid:373, new technologies, new possibilities, reconciling past, present, and future. Deconstructivist architecture exhibition, moma, 1988: philip johnson and mark wigley are the curators, architects like frank gehry, himmelblau, etc. Idea that society is created in dynamic spaces: multifunctional, community spaces, desire to create new spatial relationships, away from the line, each floor configured differently, organically, cellular (mitochondrian) & computer chip, architecture of effervescence, merging technology with communications. Reichstag, norman foster, berlin, 1993: created as a direct consequence of the fall of the berlin wall, berlin becomes capital of reunified germany, relic being used to bring east and west together. Reichstag (original building), paul wallot, 1894: classical tradition, beaux arts, english baroque, glass dome referencing the chicago worlds. Final exam preparation: 3 slide id (5 marks each, 2 unknowns (5 marks each, 1 comparison (10 marks, 3 short answer (5 marks each, 1 essay (30 marks, 80 marks total.
