5 AIA LUs and 5 credits towards the Certificate in Classical Architecture
Classical architects throughout history have experimented with ways to creatively reduce levels of ornamentation for both aesthetic and economic purposes. The early 20th century in particular saw a distinct movement spread throughout classical architecture, often termed "stripped" or "modern classicism". Running in tandem with the Modernist Movement of the Bauhaus School, this paradigm strove for bold massings, severe angles, and a stylized reduction of classical elements. Often viewed today with some amount of suspicion and uneasiness due to its implementation by inclement political movements of the 1930s and 40s, this distinct character of classicism also has supporters within the architecture field today, who view its economy and simplicity as an appropriate answer to the challenges of building modern classical buildings.
The purpose of this class is twofold: to take a critical look at the history and origins of the stripped classicism of the 1930s, and to understand the elements of the composition of this distinct style. Case studies will include buildings from all over Europe and America by architects such as Adolf Loos, Marcello Piacentini, Adalberto Libera, Albert Speer, Paul Philippe Cret, and Eliel Saarinen. In order to understand the detailing of "stripping" down the classical orders, a sketch study will include drawing the Doric Order according to Paul Philippe Cret as he used it in the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Building (1935), and comparing it to more conventional treatises of the Doric Order.Image: Museo della civilità romana by SEIER+SEIER | used under CC BY 2.0 | desaturated from original
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