POSTMODERN

ARCHITECTURE
Presents: JESSICA GPE. TORRES
GUERRERO
ANGEL GABRIEL RAMOS FIGUEROA
 POSTMODERN
ARCHITECTURE

In the decade of the seventies of the

twentieth century arise two important
stylistic trends, such as the Postmodern
Architecture and the Tardomoderna. These
two styles, although parallel in time and
fleeing from the "Modern Movement", will
be conceived quite differently. The
Tardomoderno style, also known as High-
tech, was based on technology and
innovation, while the postmodern style
introduced the historical references
 The main characteristics of the postmodern style are: the
marked division of tall buildings in base, bole and finish, the
introduction of classic orders and the anthropomorphic
configuration. "All of them have in common the denunciation
of the principles defended by the architectural Rationalism
and the International Style, as they are the functionalist
principle, that affirms that the form is consequence of the
function, the free plant and the ornamental nudity".
 One of the best examples of postmodern
skyscrapers built in New York City is the
Citigroup Center (1971-1977), also
known as Citicorp Center, designed by
Stubbins Associates in collaboration with
Emery Roth & Sons.
 Postmodernity advocates an art that identifies with
the life of the world today. Postmodern architects
defend values such as ambiguity, irony, complexity
and diversity of styles, and show their eclectic
character in the recovery of historical references.
The Tower
Dubai Creek Harbour, Dubai,
UAE
Santiago Calatrava
The Chicago Spire
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Santiago Calatrava
The Mirvish/Gehry Project
Toronto, Ontario, Canad
Frank Gehry
China Comic & Animation
Museum
Hangzhou, China
MVRDV
The so-called postmodern architecture is born as a
movement that opposes modern architecture. Some
references of the postmodern architecture in Europe
are: Roberto Venturi, Aldo Rossi.
Roberto Venturi
 Works of posmodern architecture

Cemetery of san cataldo Aldo Rossi

 POSMODERN ARCHITECTURE
This new trend emerged in the 1960s and could be said
to continue to this day. The buildings adopt typologies
of the past, the ornamentation is recovered, they reject
the pure forms, and a kind of neo-eclecticism is used
(groups form all periods of history). The
reinterpretations are made with some irony and
according to new technologies.
The AT & T Building (1978) In New York designed by
Philip Johnson and John Burgee was a benchmark. Pink
granite is used instead of the crystal curtain wall. It is
finished with an enormous open pediment. It was a
milestone in the beginnings of postmodern architecture.
Johnson went on to exclaim: "I admire Mies Van Der
Rohe, but in the United States we are already bored with
his 20 years of black boxes."
Architecture can
be evolutionary
and revolutionary.

Robert Venturi.

The first house of venturi with

influences of palladio and le
Corbusier, together with elements of
the American house like the porch.
Public Utilities Building, portland, Oregon, 1980-1982.

Michael Graves.

Model of postmodern architecture. Its

windows contrast with colored bands.
Embankment Place, London, 1987-
1990.

Office building designer by Terry

Farrell on the railroad station of
Charing Cross on the banks of the
Thames.
Building for TV-AM,
London, 1982.

Terry Farell.

Central to the TV-AM morning television channel along the Camden

Lock channel.
Neue Staatsgalerie, Stutgart, 1977-
1984. Jame Stirling (1926-1992).
Extension of the old neoclassical
HANS Hollein, interior of
Austrian Travel Center,
1975. Refers to exotic
travel through palm
trees. Design and
meaning relationship.
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The Place of
Italy in New
Orleans, by
Charles Moore,
1975-80.

The essence of
postmodernism.