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Deconstructivist Architecture 解構主義建築

Golden period: the 1990s to today


Deconstructivist Architecture 解構主義建築
Deconstructivist Architecture, or Deconstructivism in architecture, rebels against the
regularity of Modernism and superficiality of Post-modernism by fragmenting and distorting the built
form to maximize its visual complexity. It is influenced by the Punk Subculture ( 龐克次文化 ) of the
1970s and early 1980s, Chaos Theory ( 混 沌 理 論 ) that became popular in the 1990s, and
Deconstruction theories of French philosopher Jacques Derrida (1930-2004). The term
“Deconstructivist Architecture” was created by architectsPhilip Johnson and Mark Wigley, who
curated the 1988 MOMA exhibition of the same name.

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Deconstructivist Architecture 解構主義建築
Influence: Punk Subculture ( 龐克次文化 ) of the 1970s and early 1980s – architecture taking on the
punk aesthetics of anarchism and post-apocalypse.

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Deconstructivist Architecture 解構主義建築
Influence: Chaos Theory 混沌理論 , introduced to the popular culture by Michael Crichton
in his novel Jurassic Park 侏 羅 紀 公 園 (1990) – architecture simulating maximal
complexity at the unstable edge of chaos 仿傚不穩定秩序混沌邊緣的超複雜建築設計 .

1. No order 2. emerging order 3. complex order

4. over-complex order 5. complex order reaches critical point 6. collapse of order


(edge of chaos)
Image source: from the novel by Michael Crichton, The Lost World (New York: Ballantine Books,1995), 15, 73, 109, 175, 277, 349; (book cover) wikipedia
Deconstructivist Architecture 解構主義建築
Influence: the linguistic concept of Deconstruction 解構主義 by French philosopher Jacques Derrida
德里達 (1930-2004).
The attempt in Deconstructivism throughout is to move architecture away from what its practitioners see as the constricting "rules" of
Modernism such as "form follows function," "purity of form," and "truth to materials.“

Deconstructivism in contemporary architecture stands in opposition to the ordered rationality of Modernism. Its relationship
with Postmodernism is also decidedly contrary. …Deconstruction took a confrontational stance toward much of architecture
and architectural history, wanting to disjoin and disassemble architecture.

The main channel from deconstructivist philosophy to architectural theory was through the philosopher Jacques Derrida's influence
with [architect and professor] Peter Eisenman. Eisenman drew some philosophical bases from the literary movement Deconstruction,
and collaborated directly with Derrida on [architectural] projects…. The presupposition is that architecture is a language capable of
communicating meaning and of receiving treatments by methods of linguistic philosophy.

Excerpts from New World Encyclopedia, s.v. “Decontructivism,” modified on


27/07/2013,
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Deconstr
uctivism

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Deconstructivist Architecture 解構主義建築
Four architects whose works defined Deconstructivist architecture:

Frank Gehry (born 1928), Canadian-American architect and Professor at Columbia University
Peter Eisenman (born 1932), American architect and Professor Emeritus at the Cooper Union School of
Architecture
Wolf Prix (born 1942), Austrian architect
Daniel Libeskind (born 1946), Polish-American architect

The publication that gave the architecture its official name:

Deconstructivist Architecture by Philip Johnson and Mark Wigley, the companion


publication of the 1988 MOMA exhibition of the same title.

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Deconstructivist Architecture: Jewish Museum Berlin, Germany
Designed by Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind (born 1946), the Jewish Museum Berlin
was a 1988 competition winner that was completed in 1999 as an empty museum, which drew over
350,000 visitors before it was filled and officially opened in 2001. It looks a train wreck!

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Deconstructivist Architecture: Musée des Confluences, France
Designed by Austrian architect Wolf Prix (born 1942), the Musée des Confluences (2014) at Lyon is
a museum of science and society, and a part of an ambitious urban regeneration project of an old
industrial area. It looks like a plane crash!

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Deconstructivist Architecture: Royal Ontario Museum Extension, Canada
Designed by American architect Daniel Libeskind (born 1946), the Royal Ontario Museum
Extension (2007), now called the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal, was a rejuvenation project for the old
museum and the city of Toronto. It looks like an earthquake disaster!

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Deconstructivist Architecture: Dancing House, Czech Republic
Designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry (born 1929), the Dancing House (1996) in
the Czech capital of Prague is also known by the nickname “Fred and Ginger,” in reference to the
famous movie stars Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers who were known for their dance performance
in many Hollywood musical films. The building was controversial at the time for its location in a
historical urban setting.

Opus Hong Kong 傲璇

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The ultimate Deconstructivist Architecture: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain
Designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry (born 1929), the Guggenheim Museum
Bilbao (1997) is an urban regeneration project to rejuvenate the economically declining city of
Bilbao. Although the museum has single-handedly revived the city's economy, people visit the
museum because of the architecture rather than what it contains (and nobody seem to remember
what the exhibition is).

Image source: en.artintern.net; luminarynyc.wordpress.com


Frank Gehry and Deconstructivist Architecture in The Simpsons
It sums up, not inaccurately, the aesthetics of Deconstructivist architecture.

Video source: https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1703734826126; image source: en.artintern.net


Hong Kong’s own Deconstructivist Architecture (didn’t happen!): the "bamboo
scaffolding" scheme for the Central Police Station Compound
Designed by the Swiss architectural office Herzog & de Meuron, the ambitious "bamboo
scaffolding" scheme was announced 2007 but was abandoned due to public disapproval. It looks
somewhat like a collapsing scaffolding 冧棚架 .

Image source: Herzog & de Meuron / Hong Kong Jockey Club

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