Modern Architecture

1. Modern Architecture Architectural History ACT 322 Doris Kemp

2. Topics • Modern Architecture: Alternative Strategies • LVMH Building • Four Times Square Building • Supreme Court, Mexico City • Fujisawa Municipal Gymnasium • Chikatsu-Asuka Museum of Art • Museum of Roman Art • Jewish Museum

3. Modern Architecture: Alternative Strategies • Alternatives to High-Tech and Deconstructivism • Focus on architecture that has meaning in place, time, and memory • Emphasize the structures impact on its surroundings

4. Modern Architecture: Alternative Strategies • LVMH Building • Designed by the French architect Christian de Portzamparc • 1999 – 2000 • Located in New York City • A prime example of a structure that interacts profoundly with its surroundings • An alluring presence

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6. Modern Architecture: Alternative Strategies http://www.dmrphotos.net/images/030111LVMH/LVMHMar02.jpg

7. Modern Architecture: Alternative Strategies • Four Times Square Building • Located in Times Square, New York City • Designed by the New York architectural firm Fox & Fowle • Features flashing LEDs that display the latest news and stock quotes to the general public

8. Modern Architecture: Alternative Strategies http://www.foxfowle.com/4times.htm

9. Modern Architecture: Alternative Strategies http://www.foxfowle.com/4times.htm

10. Modern Architecture: Alternative Strategies • Fujisawa Municipal Gymnasium • Located in Tokyo, Japan • Designed by Fumihoko Maki • Very expressive roof design

11. Modern Architecture: Alternative Strategies http://www.maki-and-associates.co.jp/html/works/fujisawagym_e.htm

12. Modern Architecture: Alternative Strategies http://www.maki-and-associates.co.jp/html/works/fujisawagym_e.htm

13. Modern Architecture: Alternative Strategies • Museum of Roman Art • Located in Merida, Spain • One of the most widely admired buildings of the period • 1980 – 1986 • Adjoins to the remains of an ancient Roman amphitheatre to create a large archeological complex

14. Modern Architecture: Alternative Strategies http://www.archinform.de/medien/00008121.htm?ID=fca7d6024a85f5f8b9dbe5072cecabb2

15. Modern Architecture: Alternative Strategies http://user.chollian.net/~ucnet2002/ENGLISH-WFB%20Europe-Spain.htm

16. Modern Architecture: Alternative Strategies http://user.chollian.net/~ucnet2002/ENGLISH-WFB%20Europe-Spain.htm

17. Modern Architecture: Alternative Strategies http://www.archinform.de/medien/00008121.htm?ID=fca7d6024a85f5f8b9dbe5072cecabb2

18. Modern Architecture: Alternative Strategies • Musee d’Orsay • Located in Paris, France • Designed by Gae Aulenti • Built on the site of an old train station • Designed to house French art that was once held in the Louvre

19. Modern Architecture: Alternative Strategies http://www.paris.org/Musees/Orsay/gifs/orsay.html

20. Modern Architecture: Alternative Strategies http://www.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bin/gbi.cgi/Musee_d_Orsay.html/cid_0004.gbi

21. Modern Architecture: Alternative Strategies • Jewish Museum • Located in Berlin, Germany • 1989 – 1990 • Dedicated to the history of the Jews in Berlin and Germany

22. Modern Architecture: Alternative Strategies http://www.vl-museen.de/aus-rez/reid01-1.htm

23. Modern Architecture: Alternative Strategies http://www.jmberlin.de/

24. References • Sullivan, Mary; http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/ • http://www.brynmawr.edu/Acads/Cities/wld/wdpt1.html • Trachtenburg/Hyman; Architecture: From Prehistory to Postmodernity • Wodehouse/Moffett; A History of Western Architecture

25. Modern Architecture Architectural History ACT 322 Doris Kemp