new architecture and technology

[...]... energyconservation and HVAC (heating, ventilation, air-conditioning) control, thermal storage and land conservation The new architecture makes use of new geometric and amorphous shapes, new concepts and proportions, measure, colour, lighting and technological aspects Some new non-technological factors, coming from the latest results of science and social development, also affect new architecture The... began to make way for new architecture, sometimes called super-modernism New functions of buildings and the concentration of different functions in single versatile and flexible buildings required new building designs New architecture does far more than simply retain and renew the achievements of the past’s architecture; it also applies new principles These embrace new architectural and structural schemes,... standards of thermal insulation and by developing engines and motors with improved efficiency 7 New Architecture and Technology Gradually Western governments assumed responsibility for housing the ‘masses’ in addition to educating them, which by now took in all forms of higher education and cultural development Public housing was elevated to mass production Building and municipal services developed Architecture. .. Makovecz Organic architecture with revivalist traditional, nationalistic ornaments 15 New Architecture and Technology in New Caledonia could be mentioned as an example, where local ethnographic, technological and artistic features were utilized Others, like Itsuko Hasegawa, availed themselves of contemporary materials and geometry in the organic manner to evoke mountains, trees and artificial landscapes Regional... buildings in time and place, [and] late modernism, which disdains all historical imagery Post-modern architecture is eclectic in its expression and employs ornament, symbolism, humor, and urban context as architectural devices In contrast, latemodern architecture derives its principles almost exclusively from modernism and focuses on the abstract qualities of space, geometry and light (Beedle,1995 and Jencks,... new cultural buildings, perhaps the Bilbao Guggenheim Museum (architect: Frank O Gehry, completed in 1998) may best be characterized as containing the most up-todate design features: a cladding made from thin titanium sheet, designed by computer program (Plate 6) 9 New Architecture and Technology Many great masters of architecture have been identified and named in this chapter In recent years new and. .. neo-modern, super-modern architecture In spite of the popularity and success of the neo-classical and historicizing architecture, the modernist style has never been abandoned, as many architects continued to be led by its principles Following the 1960s, these architects were sometimes labelled ‘late-modernists’ and, later, as ‘neo-modernists’ and ‘super-modernists’ However, in time and under new influences,... powers of the day: Great Britain, the United States, France, Germany and Japan Their conflict resulted in the First World War of 1914–18 At the end of this war it seemed that society was being impelled by democracy and the ideas of liberal capitalism and 1 New Architecture and Technology rationalism, and it was hoped that scientific and economic progress would provide the means for solving the world’s... Frank O Gehry Deconstructivist architecture, a typical F.O Gehry design, thin titan sheet cladding (as also at the Bilbao museum, Spain), a technological innovation in construction and also with new aesthetic effect 19 New Architecture and Technology Let us mention here just some of the new successful architectural practices: Asymptote, Wendell Burnett, Simon Ungers, Thompson and Rose Architects Great Britain... architecture, initiated the ‘Open Architecture approach in which the primary load-bearing structure is separated 21 New Architecture and Technology from the secondary structures (light partitions, equipment, etc.) Architects of the next generation, typified by Rem Koolhaas, adopted the newest trends in American architecture, at first the International Style and then post-modernism and deconstructivism Notable . selecting ‘Customer Support’ and then ‘Obtaining Permissions‘ British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Sebestyen, Gyula New architecture and technology 1. Architecture and technology 2. Architecture, . being impelled by democracy and the ideas of liberal capitalism and 1 1 Trends in architecture New Architecture and Technology rationalism, and it was hoped that scientific and economic progress would. energy- conservation and HVAC (heating, ventilation, air-conditioning) control, thermal storage and land conservation. The new architecture makes use of new geomet- ric and amorphous shapes, new concepts and