Constructivis Introduction Revolution in architecture Western constrcutivis

1. CONSTRUCTIVISM
SINHGAD COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE,PUNE
DIPESH JAIN
IV YEAR B.ARCH (D)
2015-2016

2. Constructivist architecture was a form of
modern architecture that flourished in the
Soviet Union in the 1920s and early 1930s. It
combined advanced technology and
engineering with an avowedly Communist
social purpose. Although it was divided into
several competing factions, the movement
produced many pioneering projects and
finished buildings, before falling out of favour
around 1932. Its effects have been marked on
later developments in architecture.`
INTRODUCTION
SINHGAD COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE,PUNE
DIPESH JAIN
IV YEAR B.ARCH (D)
2015-2016

3. A revolution in architecture
The first and most famous Constructivist architectural
project was the 1919 proposal for the headquarters of
th comintern in Stpetersburg by the futurist vladimir
tatlin,often called Ttatlins Towe.Though it remained
unbuilt,the material-glass and steel and its futuristic
ethos and politica lslant (the movement of its internal
volumes were meant to symbolise revolution and the
dialectic)set the tone for projects of the 1920s.
SINHGAD COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE,PUNE
DIPESH JAIN
IV YEAR B.ARCH (D)
2015-2016

4. Western constructivism
Constructivism's severe geometry and
technologically advanced aesthetic, despite their
remoteness from their original context. The shift of
the Bauhaus in 1922 towards 'art and technology —
a new unity' was often considered to be a
Constructivist one.
The best known examples of Western
Constructivism of the 1920s are some buildings in
the Netherlands
1.Van Nelle Factory in Rotterdam (1927–31) by
Leendert van der Vlugt (and Mart Stam) of the
architectural firm Brinkman & Van der Vlugt.
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SINHGAD COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE,PUNE
DIPESH JAIN
IV YEAR B.ARCH (D)
2015-2016