Can Modern Architecture And Traditional Architecture Concur?

The futurist approach is a small step in the direction we have been pursuing as architects for the most part the twenty-first century: ecological design. Another key point that has been discussed, is the communities optimistic attempt to convey an efficient economic situation within such planned contemporary development. A bold decision of that time, in relation to the drastic absence of affordable housing during the 60’s and their place in America’s struggling urban lexicon (Neglia 2016). The design stages were well underway until a major setback in 1965 which effectively put the project out of service for good.

Architecture is a physical manifestation of the needs and aspirations of a society and is determined by few factors – context, climate, environment, and socio-cultural aspects of a place or a region. It includes not only monumental and professionally designed monuments but also quaint residential structures built by craftsmen and lay people for their own use. It includes the interrelationships of the built and open spaces within the larger landscape. (Tipnis, 2012)

You might have noticed that many new builds are often built to the exact same blueprint and specification with little variation to them. This makes building easier, but lacks the ‘character’ and originality of older neighbourhoods. The Homeowners Alliance cited this lack of charm as one of the main reasons why people avoid new

Interior design and architecture are essential, and often overlooked, aspects of everyday life. In modern society people rely on function, durability, and visual appeal when selecting designs for their homes, businesses, and places of leisure. The way that a space is designed influences such things as mood, which, in the case of a business, can impact the productivity of employees and either draw or repel customers. In residential design, the design becomes very personal and, to be considered a successful design, must properly reflect the home owner while at the same time offering some practicality that makes the space livable. An effective design, for any space, must solve some problem, be it function, flexibility, or some other criteria. Simply solving a problem would not please the customer, however, unless it offered some visual appeal. Creating function with style is the real job of any interior designer, and is essential in a content society.

In today’s society the landscape of the city is constantly changing to accommodate for technological innovations, greater populations, and economic opportunity. As the skyline of cities across America are changing at a rate faster than ever seen before, one immense community is being left in the dust. The suburbs of America have refused to change, allowing a great resemblance of what they looked like 50 years ago. The stubbornness of the suburbs to change has led to many issues economically and environmentally. In her essay, “Seventy-Five Percent”, Ellen Dunham-Jones puts forth that 75% of construction in the past decade occurs in the suburban landscape. Yet, in today’s society much of the architectural community contains a strong bias against the suburbs. However, with over half the country’s

The epitome of Glenn Murcutt’s design philosophy is the award winning Simpson-Lee house. Every aspect of the house design reflects Murcutt’s strong “sense of place” and world renowned philosophy to “touch this earth lightly”. When thinking about Murcutt, my mind kept returning to his strong connection to and respect for the environment. It seemed natural to present his work with elements from nature. This assessment created a strong connection with the work and delivered surprises amid the process. Evolving a work from nothing gives a feeling of truth – a wholesome satisfaction from bringing forth from nothing.

They perceived social attributes of the architectural features as important. The appropriate alterations for building front (e.g., entrance and porch), height and scale were to solidify community’s demographic character and strengthen their social bond and diversity. However, this study illustrated that a controversy can arise in the pursuit of social bond and diversity. For instance, the desire for protection of the existing residents from gentrification conflicted with the desire for social diversity (i.e. building height and scale) in this study. Furthermore, participants evaluated an acceptable change depending on how the original features were, on how they had been modified and how they have been currently serving a social function. (i.e., building entrances and porches). The affordability and practicality of the features were also important issues. Wealthy Heights was historically a working class neighborhood. Many low income families still live in this district to this day. Such a recognition seems associated with the issues and influential to the importance and/or acceptable treatments for the materials. Interestingly, these concerns resulted in participants’ interest in construction materials and technology for a green

There is a movement among architects, city planners, designers and real estate developers that desire to return to a simpler way of living. A way of designing communities that at its essence captures the design traditions of years past while also avoiding some of the pitfalls of modern city development. A desire exists to avoid the prefabricated homes and endless urban sprawl of strip malls that have arisen all over the modern American landscape. Some see this as a return to classical traditions of city design that incorporates the rich architectural planning of traditional, small southern towns. For these people, the

A borrowed mixture of styles is used in the design of new buildings. Even though each individual building mentioned above has its own reasoning.

A global city becomes the place where the typical project and the so-called objects of international style in architecture are realized when building the main complexes - from flats to trade centres and administrative buildings. The sources of international style in the modern architecture are rooted in the epoch of modernism at the beginning of the 20th century, when the rejection of the old artistic and plastic language was perceived as something new and modern.

Homeowners faced design choices that federal agencies, corporations, builders, architects, research and development organizations, and media outlets honed down into a smaller list for the masses. I frame the design options that homeowners had with two themes access, and science and technology. The theme of access addresses the social, cultural, and political structures that dictated design options. Science and technology encompass the construction processes and materials, interior materials, and objects within the house. In some instances, the theme of science and technology impacted access. I will illustrate how these themes frame and narrow the design options available to homeowners when purchasing or renovating their homes.

One of the first instances of design came about when germs were discovered; bed bugs, cholera, and other health issues were becoming an increasingly bigger problem that needed to be fixed. A demand for healthy, clean, yet aesthetically pleasing homes came about from these issues. This, in turn, created a demand for designers to correlate artistry and

Architecture’s overall goal is defined as a structure that supports a roof. However, David A. Smith, the founder of the Affordable Housing Institute (AHI), argues that the ideal home structure should provide much more than simply a roof. The Harvard Business Network has designed a home for the less fortunate that costs a minuscule overall price of three hundred dollars. This crafty home structure provides not only a safe and secure roof, but a water filter, a mosquito nets, a solar panel, a solar cooker, built in furniture, a tablet PC, and charger. The poor living in ghettos around the world, wrecked by natural disaster and generations of crippling poverty, cannot expect this from their cardboard and plastic

Whether it be and architectural response to a state of war, a public works project indicating the actual role of a governing body, or a built environment designed to impose and promote a future of cultural assimilation, architecture, and environmental design are tools being used by both subjects and the enforcers of the social contract to convey their will and intention. While it may seem that with the United States in the hands of a seemingly aimless land developer that country would be on a likewise tumultuous trajectory, but the built environment tells another story. I leave you with this image showing, in truth, that the power of the of the governing body resides and is subject to the will of its constituents. And that while architecture and the built environment are generally seen to be focused on a scale of grandeur and imposition, simple architectural interventions have the ability to convey the intent of those under the social contract and their resolve to uphold

The main difference between these two schools is that the architects point of view to any design as a means of communication (Chan, 1997). Modern architecture, for example, focus on the aesthetics of architectural language, while post-modernity adjust in constant effort to achieve what is more than unity and focus on the traditional concepts, therefore both schools are in competition with each other. Second basic principle of modern school is the production beauty by basic technology (Chan, 1997), and this led to a contradiction on the post-modernism architects being attempted to use primitive technology. Their particular case is to access and change the impact of the traditional architecture through all people. Therefore, to achieve this goal they have addressed the issues of beauty and technology within the general concept of the design.