This is just a simplified guide. The questions are not central to the discussion in this class, but rather basic starting points. Jorge Majfud
- What were the characteristics of Modern Architecture in Latin America?
- What was Postmodernism about?
- What was one characteristic of Postmodern architecture?
América Latinan Modernism
Oscar Niemeyer (Lucio Costa, Brasilia) ** , ** , Sede de la ONU, 1947, Catedral de Brasilia, 1958, Congresso Nacional do Brasil (1960); Itamaraty Palace (1960), Planalto (1960); Museo de arte de Niteroi (1960)
Brasilia **,
Eladio Dieste **,
Post Modernism
Robert Venturi
Michael Graves. Denver Public Library
Charles Moore (Piazza d’Italia, Nueva Orleans)
AT&T Building (Philip Johnson, 1984; 500 Boylston Street)
Frank Gehry: (Gehry residence in Santa Monica (1978); Dancing House in Prague (1996); Binoculars Building in Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles).
César Pelli (The Petronas Towers, also known as Petronas Twin Towers, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Pre-Post Modernism
Pompidou Center (Richard Rogers, 1971)
Sidney Opera (Utzon, 1957)
New Technologies
Institut du Monde Arabe (Jean Nouvel, 1981)
Lloyds Building (Richard Rogers, Londres, 1986)
Alvar Aalto.
Frank Gehry: Museo Guggenheim de Bilbao, 1997.
Post-Carbon and Digital Morphogenesis Architecture
Auto CAD
Contemporary comments
2010 Haiti earthquake (7.0 – 200.000 people / 8 – 8.5 billion)
2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami (8.8 – 500 people / 5 – 7 billion)
Chilean Earthquake proof buildings **, / scale **,
San Francisco 181 Fremont **,
Honk Kong Three **,
Foundation problems: Millennium Tower ** ,
