Constructivism
I’m going to discuss
Constructivism which particularly interested me most because there is a
significant relation to architecture and this embraces mostly creativity. Also,
one can say that this design movement has effected mostly our buildings and the
way we express ourselves especially when it comes to abstractive ideas. By this
time, designers and architects have cultivated their own ideas and meanwhile
were influenced from that time period where constructivist art was at its peek.
Constructivist architecture
is a form of modern architecture and knows its origin from Russia in early
1919 the time when the constructivist were creating new mass production techniques
and where changing society from an agricultural one to make it more industrialized.
Also graphic design, film making, and photography evolved to a higher stage
while machines and tools were being enhanced due to the progressive
technological visions.
The principles of
constructivism came from Suprematism (art and design which is completely
innovative and does not depend on older influences), Newo Plasticism and Bauhaus.
If we can point out some elements of constructivist architecture we can mention
the geometrical shapes such as cylinders, cubes and other forms with straight
lines.
The Constructivist
visual style of clean lines, pure shapes, flat colours and formal order is
still instantly recognisable in design today. It was transmitted by way of the
Bauhaus and the New Typographers of Weimar Germany
to the Swiss designers of the 1950s and 1960s, who developed the International
Style that continues to set the parameters for much contemporary design:
witness for example the current trend for flat design amongst digital designers.
An example of such
architecture
Russia- Ukraine-Travel, 2010. Russian Architecture. (online) Avaliable
at: <http://www.russia-ukraine-travel.com/russian-and-ukrainian-architecture.html>
(Accessed 16 December
2013)
In fact, the reason
why I chose to focus particularly on architecture because apart from which the
subject interests me for my future work and inspirations, it also gives the
building a character or maybe an identity. This can be shown by how large and
solid the building looks, how lines were joined precisely and how windows are
manipulated to make the building more appealing for the public and hence eye
catching. These features may also help me reflect more about the visual product
while getting some ideas and reduce them in a simple and possible way.
Ricky’s Memoris, n.d. Mid
valley tower. (online) Available at: <http://rickycarter93.blogspot.com/2013/08/mid-valley-tower.html>
(Accessed 16 December2013)
Constructivist
architecture had introduced a strange new alien dimension to Russia 's
ancient skylines. Howerver in 1924, when John Lenin died, it was Stalin’s time
to rise upon him and he insisted that all future design should abide by the
conservative neoclassical style of Socialist Realism.
Nowadays, architects
and designers are still being influenced from previous Constructivist aesthetic
values and by acknowledging the fundamentals of architecture they work to come
up with such stylish buildings such as the Mid Valley Tower, 60-storey office
tower, located in Kuala Lumpur ,
Malaysia
Taking everything into
account, Constructivism has effected cultural developments even though if it lasted for only about five years, it led to a
new perspective and changed ways of approaching abstractive ideas in
order to make it 3D but still physically possible. I believe that architecture
did evolve through constructivism but yet there are still many designs and styles
to discover in order to build for a more realistic environment.
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