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Insight: life, death, and ephemerality of Postmodern Architecture

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Médium: article de revue
Langue(s): anglais
Publié dans: arq: Architectural Research Quarterly, , n. 3, v. 22
Page(s): 271-274
DOI: 10.1017/s1359135518000659
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InDe Arquitectura, Vitruvius lists three interrelated Latin terms –firmitas(strength or structural stability),utilitas(functionality or appropriate spatial accommodation), andvenustas(beauty or attractive appearance), as being the basis of good architecture. Regardingfirmitas, he implies that a good architect needs to choose the best and most solid materials, regardless of their cost. Yet, perhaps dismissing Vitruvius's advice, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, most Postmodern architects went on to erect buildings that often looked more like stage sets than anything strong and durable.

Postmodern designers applied colour, pattern, and ornament to buildings, transferring ordinary and everyday popular imagery, forms, and material into high culture. By rejecting modern design and aesthetics, they also dismissed the building techniques and materials used by their predecessors. As explained by experts from the Portland-based architecture firm Peter Meijer Architect, PC (PMA), ‘there is an inherent impermanence of the original materials based on a default decision making process that limited a building's longevity to a twenty-five year life-cycle’ for Postmodern architecture. In other words, Postmodern buildings were often built as ephemeral constructions, for which longevity was not an absolute value.

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