Brutalist Collage Introduction

1. BRUTALIST COLLAGE

2. BRUTALIST COLLAGE
ARCHITECTURE
Brutalism is an architectural style, characterised
by its imposing, geometric appearance.
Originating from a post-WWII world, in the
1950s

3. Brutalist buildings are characterised by their massive,
monolithic and 'blocky' appearance with a rigid geometric
style and large-scale use of poured concrete.
BRUTALIST COLLAGE
ARCHITECTURE

4. BRUTALIST LONDON
SOUTH BANK

5. BRUTALIST LONDON
SOUTH BANK

6. BRUTALIST LONDON
BARBICAN

7. BRUTALIST LONDON
BARBICAN

8. TASK 1
RESEARCH
BRUTALIST
GALLERY
Create a gallery of images which
show the raw concrete block
formations, exposed concrete
textures, geometric flourishes and
repeat formations of the brutalist
movement of the 1950s and 60s.
- Label and describe the lines,
shapes forms and textures.
BRUTALIST COLLAGE
ASSIGNMENT
Geometric shapes
Repeated lines
Rough
concrete
textures

9. BRUTALIST COLLAGE
ASSIGNMENT
TASK 2
CREATE
BRUTALIST
ABSTRACT
STRUCTURES
- Using the images in the Brutalist
folder experiment with Photoshop
to cut out and construct an
abstract brutalist structures with
crisp outlines that carve into a
white background.
- Ensure your final outcome is black
and white

10. This creation may no longer resemble
a building, but the dramatic shape is a
Brutalist structure on its own.
TASK 3
REFLECT
SHOW AND
EXPLAIN YOUR
EXPERIMENTS
- Label and describe the brutalist
lines, shapes forms and textures.
e.g. raw concrete block formations,
exposed concrete textures,
geometric flourishes and repeat
formations
- Which Photoshop tools did you
use
e.g. Quick Selection Tool, subject
selection, select and mask, Refine
Edge Brush
BRUTALIST COLLAGE
ASSIGNMENT