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You might be looking for the philosophical idea of Deconstruction.
Deconstructivism, also called Deconstruction, is a recent school of thought in architecture which draws its philosophical bases from the literary movement Deconstruction.
It is a contemporary style that primarily counters the ordered rationality of Modern Architecture. The underpinnings of this movement include ideas of fragmentation, non-linear processes of design, non-Euclidean geometry, negating polarities such as structure and envelope, and so on. The final visual appearance of buildings in this style are characterised by a stimulating unpredictability and a controlled chaos. However, critics of Deconstruction see it as a purely formal exercise with little social significance.
Some prominent architects who practice in this mode are:
External links
- Eisenman's Site
- Hadid's Site
- Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rem Koolhaas' firm
- Coop Himmelb(l)au
- Wiener Postmoderne
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