🗣Why Postmodernism?

Like we discussed in my previous blog on modernism [The Modern Movement- A curse or a blessing in disguise] we know Postmodernism begins with a zest for wanting to explore the vastness of creative endeavors from the souls of ones perception leading to multivalence.

This was obvious since they did not vibe with the idea of minimalistic approach of expression as stated in Modernism.

Postmodernism in Architecture was seen as outrageous with a sense of revival of expression through various art forms, though, for many, Postmodernism was liberating and they loved how it confuses, surprises and delighted them since it could mean anything and nothing at the same time.

Truly, post modernism seems like a force to reckon with. It is that ability for Postmodernists to go Avant Garde that brings out the vastness.

To understand post modernism in architecture, let us look into few of its examples.

#1 The Portland building (1982), Michael Graves, Portland, United States.

The most intriguing part of describing this structure is varied in ways through which one can perceive, as to how it could be a postmodern structure..

may it be its block feature wherein the expected continuity of the structure is disturbed by something else that is overlaid giving it a broken cube effect.

#2 AT & T building Philip Johnson (1984), New York.

The very first thing someone would notice immediately is its broken pediment and was hence controversial for the neo-Georgian pediment. It also seemed to defy modernist aesthetic and was wholly a postmodernist statement.

Postmodernism as seen through the eyes of Charles Jencks

as an architect, he played a major role in opening up the vastness of postmodern architecture whilst implementing a radical change in the paradigm shift of architecture.

He implies that signifiers gives architecture a mode to express i.e. form, space, surface, color and texture whereas signified refers to the kind of ideas to which signifiers seem to imply directly or indirectly.