Post War Britain / CIAM Flashcards
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What is the CIAM?
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Congres International d’Architecture Modern
- The aim of the CIAM is to work for the creation of a physical environment, that will testify mans emotional material needs.
- The idea of modern architecture includes the link between phenomenon of architecture and the general economic system
- the most efficient method of production arised from rationalisation & standardisation.
- it emphasised the need for planned economy & industrialisation.
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Who were Alison and Peter Smithson?
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They sought an architecture less obviously sophisticated, more related to the directness of modern experience.
they were the founding members of Team 10, Breakaway movmement from CIAM
3
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What is Team 10?
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The subtext for Team 10s critique was the transformation in the concerns of the architectural Avant Garde after WW2
They were against the idealistic modern language to be used for reconstruction
they were dissatisfied with modified functionalism
4
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Who was De Carlo?
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He wrote “Legitimising Architecture “ in 1968.
It showed significant dysfunctions of architectural practice and theory.
Asking questions about why so cheap, and minimum standards?
