Deconstructivism by Sarthak Kaura

Deconstructivism
CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
M. ARCH 103
Master of Architecture, Semester One
SUBMITTED BY
AR. SARTHAK KAURA
UNIVERSITY ROLL NO. 07
School of Architecture
RPETGoI, Bastara, Karnal-132001
KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY
KURUKSHETRA, HARYANA, INDIA
SESSION: 2017-19

“When we deconstruct anything, we simply do
not destroy, dissolve or cancel the legitimacy of
what we will be constructing”.
-Jacques Derrida-
ABSTRACT

INDEX
1
• INTRODUCTION
2
• PHILOSOPHY
3
• HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
4
• DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS

Basic Shape Transformation
 It is an architectural movement that began in the early 1980s.
 It is influenced by the theory of "Deconstruction".
 It is characterized by fragmentation, and interest in manipulating a structure's surface or
skin through transform the basic Volumes of architecture (Cube, Cuboid, Pyramid & sphere)
in order to recombine it in a new hybrid shapes.
Fragmentation Recombining
INTRODUCTION - What?

 Deconstructivism rejected the postmodern acceptance of the historical
references, as well as the idea of ornament as an after-thought or decoration.
INTRODUCTION - Why?
Modern
Postmodern
Deconstruction

 Deconstructivism attempts to move away from the supposedly constricting
'rules' of modernism such as:
INTRODUCTION - Goals
Truth to materialsPurity of formform follows function

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
 Since the exhibition, some architects associated with Deconstructivismhave
distanced themselves from it.
 Nonetheless, the term has stuck and has come to embrace a general trend within
contemporary architecture.

PHILOSOPHY
 To "deconstruct" at all -program,
form or structure- is to
demonstrate one's view that there
are no absolutes in architecture,
that attempts, such as
Heidegger's (in philosophy) or
Le Corbusier’s, Wright’s and
others (in architecture) to find
such absolutes are doomed to
failure.
Church of the year 2000, Rome by Eisenman.
(Deconstruction itself rejects the existence
of God)

PHILOSOPHY
 According to Derrida, our aim
should not have been to find
another "only absolute" view but
to seek a diversity of views.”This
is a view clearly contrary to that
of Modernism.
Some architects took literally the notion of no single
meaning and tried to create buildings with nomeaning
at all, organized according to pure geometric rulesthat
would convey no meaning.

PHILOSOPHY
 The denial of meaning from Derrida was taken by Deconstructivist
architects and translated as an architecture of pure "syntax" without
any "semantic" meaning.
 Eisenman's aim when designing
most of his early buildings was this,
he used extremely pure, geometric
"syntaxes" with no semantic
references of the kind we loosely call
"meaning".
Semantic architecture

PHILOSOPHY
 When it comes to Eisenman buildings, he creates a really disturbing
spacing completely dislocated and every time you don't know
where you are, or at what level you are, you never know.
 For Heinrich Klotz, Deconstruction
is "an indication of how we perceive
our lives today and a good part of it is
the uncertainty we feel".
Eisenman is concerned in causingan
uncertainty in people

Deconstruction
Style
Layering Angular
Organic
(Curvilinear) Chaos
DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS - Classification

DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS - Common
 No physically pure basicvolume.
 FragmentedMass.
 New Material (Metals, Glass,Concrete).
 Complicated Structure, and thus advanced structuralsystems.
 Relatively high Voidpercentage.
 OpenPlan.
 Distinguishing from Context.

DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS - Layering
 Definition: essentially based on
fragmenting pure basic Volumes into
vertical & horizontal Planes which
create different layers.
Basic Shape
Fragmentation
Transformation
Recombining

1
2
3
4
5
Lines: Straight parallel lines &Arch.

1
2
3
4
5
Corners: RightAngle.

1
2
3
4
5
Appearance of Original Basic Volumes: Still visually.

1
2
3
4
5
Articulation: through relation between layers & Masses.

1
2
3
4
5
Openings: by Subtraction &Addition.

DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS - Angular
 Definition: essentially consists of
complicated composition of hybrid
volumes with Acute angles.
Basic Shape
Fragmentation
Transformation
Recombining

1
2
3
4
5
Lines: Almost Straight Non-parallel lines.

1
2
3
4
5
Corners: Acute angles.

1
2
3
4
5
Appearance of Original Basic Volumes: Disappear.

1
2
3
4
5
Articulation: through relation between Masses.

1
2
3
4
5
Openings: Mainly by Subtraction .

DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS - Organic
complicated sculptured volumes
with curvy lines.
Basic Shape
Fragmentation
Transformation
Recombining

Lines: Curvy lines.
1
2
3
4
5

1
2
3
4
5
Corners: Almost No Corners but curves.

1
2
3
4
5

1
2
3
4
5
Articulation: sculpturing.

1
2
3
4
5
Openings: Mainly by Subtraction.

DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS - Chaos
complicated composition of hybrid
volumes with wide variety of lines &
angles.
Basic Shape
Fragmentation
Transformation
Recombining

Lines: Both Straight & Curvy lines.
1
2
3
4
5

1
2
3
4
5
Corners: Both Right &Acute angles & curves.

1
2
3
4
5

1
2
3
4
5
Articulation: through relation between Masses.

1
2
3
4
5
Openings: by Subtraction &Addition.

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