Le Corbusier in Rome, 1921

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Ruins of Modernity: The failure of revolutionary architecture in the twentieth century

PETER EISENMAN ︱ REINHOLD MARTIN ︱ JOAN OCKMAN ︱ BERNARD TSCHUMI

Room 802 Shorin

Thursday, 7-10pm

2.7.2013

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rosswolfe:

RUINS OF MODERNITY:

THE FAILURE OF REVOLUTIONARY ARCHITECTURE
IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

PETER EISENMAN ︱ REINHOLD MARTIN ︱ JOAN OCKMAN ︱ BERNARD TSCHUMI ︱ & MORE TBA

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1. Where does architecture stand at present, in terms of its history?
2. Are we still — were we ever — postmodern?
3. What social and political tasks yet remain unfulfilled, carried over from the twentieth century, in a world scattered with the ruins of modernity?
4. Does “utopia’s ghost” (Martin), the specter of modernism, still haunt contemporary building?
5. How can architecture be responsibly practiced today?
6. Is revolutionary architecture even possible?

Lúcio Costa, Affonso Reidy, Carlos Leão, Jorge Moreira, Ernani Vasconcellos and Oscar Niemeyer, with Le Corbusier (consultant architect), azulejo by Candido Portnari, Ministry of Education and Health (MES), Rio de Janeiro, 1937-42

Lúcio Costa, Affonso Reidy, Carlos Leão, Jorge Moreira, Ernani Vasconcellos and Oscar Niemeyer, with Le Corbusier (consultant architect), azulejo by Candido Portnari, Ministry of Education and Health (MES), Rio de Janeiro, 1937-42

Lúcio Costa, Affonso Reidy, Carlos Leão, Jorge Moreira, Ernani Vasconcellos and Oscar Niemeyer, with Le Corbusier (consultant architect), Ministry of Education and Health (MES), Rio de Janeiro, 1937-42

Lúcio Costa, Affonso Reidy, Carlos Leão, Jorge Moreira, Ernani Vasconcellos and Oscar Niemeyer, with Le Corbusier (consultant architect), Ministry of Education and Health (MES), Rio de Janeiro, 1937-42

Lúcio Costa, Affonso Reidy, Carlos Leão, Jorge Moreira, Ernani Vasconcellos and Oscar Niemeyer, with Le Corbusier (consultant architect), Ministry of Education and Health (MES), Rio de Janeiro, 1937-42

Marcelo and Milton Roberto, Brazilian Press Association, Rio de Janeiro, 1939

Lucio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer, Brazil Pavilion, New York World’s Fair 1939

Lucio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer, Brazil Pavilion, New York World’s Fair 1939

Lucio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer, Brazil Pavilion, New York World’s Fair 1939 

Flavio de Carvalho, Group of houses, São Paulo, 1933-38

Luis Barragán, Residential Building, Calle Elba, Mexico City, 1939-40

Carlos Raúl Villanueva, Aula Magna exterior, Central University of Venezuela, Caracas