IN MY POINT OF VIEW, I AM ONE OF THE STUDENT WHO IN LOVE WITH MATHEMATICS AND HATE THE HISTORY SUBJECT. I PREFER TO CALCULATE RATHER THAN READ FROM THE PAST. AND I REALLY DON'T WANT TO READ ANY TEXT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T UNDERSTOOD WHAT IS THE REAL HISTORY. BUT AFTER I CAME IN TO THE FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, I START TO OPEN MY EYES AND MY EARS TO REALLY GET INTO THE HISTORY. THE HISTORY THAT LEARN FROM THE UNDERSTANDING NOT JUST REMEMBERING SOMETHING AND FORGET IT ALL AFTER THE EXAM. I THINK WE COULDN'T DESIGN A BUILDING OR EVEN A PRODUCT WITHOUT KNOWING THAT HOW CAN IT BECOME A PRODUCT? THE HISTORY GAVE ME HOW TO DESIGN HOW TO CREATED SOMETHING. AND SHOWS THAT HOW CAN THE THINGS ALL OVER THE WORLD BECAME WHAT IT IS AT THE MOMENT.
IN THE HISTORICAL TIME, THE PERIOD OF EGYPT AND ROMANESQUE THE ARCHITECTURE WAS REFER TO GOD AND THE BIGNESS OF THE THING. UNTIL THE TIME OF RENAISSANCE, THEY WERE LEARN FROM THE PAST AND START TO GIVE THE ATTENTION MORE ON HUMAN AND NATURE. THEY START TO USE THE IDEA OF SYMMETRY AND PROPORTION . STARTING FROM CHANGING THE IRREGULAR PLAN INTO THE ORGANIZE ONE. BUT THE SIZE AND THE IDEA OF GOD STILL BE THE IMPORTANT COMPONENT IN THIS PERIOD. UNTIL THE TIME OF MODERNISM, THE TIME OF ABSTRACTION IN ARCHITECTURE. THEY THINK MORE ABOUT THE PROPORTION OF HUMAN WHICH IS DEVELOPED FROM THE RENAISSANCE. EVERYTHING CREATED FROM HUMAN SCALE RATHER THAN THE SENSE OF AESTHETIC. ANOTHER THING THAT BORROW FROM THE PAST IS THE SYMMETRICAL DESIGN. IN THIS PERIOD, THE ARCHITECTURE SHOWS UP IN THE GEOMETRY FROM WITH LESS COLOR AS POSSIBLE. IT IS THE BEGINNING OF MASS PRODUCT. THE FIRST GREATEST ARCHITECT THAT WE WOULD THUNK ABOUT FOR MODERNISM IS "LE CORBUSIER". HE SAID THAT " ARCHITECTURE IS THE MASTERLY, CORRECT AND MAGNIFICENT PLAY OF MASSES BROUGHT TOGETHER IN LIGHT". SO EVERY MASS START TO BE ABSTRACTED FROM THE PAST. LE CORBUSIER CREATED 5 POINT OF ARCHITECTURE AND DEVELOPED THE GOLDEN RATIO TO BE THE MAIN THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE IN THAT TIME. ANOTHER ARCHITECT WHOSE CLEARLY SUPPORTED MODERNISM IS MIES VAN DER ROHE. HE'S THE ONE WHO CREATED THE WORD "LESS IS MORE". WE CAN SEE FROM THE FIRST FURNITURE OF MODERNISM, "BARCELONA CHAIR" THAT IS REVEAL ALL THE STRUCTURE AND ITS FUNCTION. LESS MATERIAL AND CREATED FOR HUMAN PROPORTION ONLY.
MANY ARCHITECT TRY TO LEARN FROM MODERNISM IDEA AND EXPRESS IT UNTIL IT BECAME A NEW MOVEMENT CALLED "EXPRESSIONISM". THIS PERIOD WAS TRANSLATED MODERNISM, FROM GEOMETRY TO BE MORE EXPRESSIVE AND MORE SCIENTIFIC, WE'LL START TO SEE THE CURVE LINE AND THE NON PARALLEL LINE EXIST IN ARCHITECTURE AGAIN. THE AESTHETIC THINKING BECOME MORE IMPORTANT OR AS IMPORTANT AS HUMAN PROPORTION. THE BUILDING START TO LOOK MORE DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER. INVENTING THE NEW WAY OF CHOOSING MATERIAL UNTIL THE COLOR.THE EXAMPLE OF EXPRESSIONIST ARCHITECT WOULD GOES TO "LOIUS I LAHN". HE IS NOT DENY HISTORY BUT HE IS JUST REPEAT-RE DO IT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE YALE ART GALLERIES IS THE DEVELOPED VERSION OF THE BAUHAUS FROM MODERNISM. HE WAS LOOKING FOR THE ORDER AND LIGHT.
HOW EVER, THE ARCHITECTURE IS CREATED BY THE IMAGINARY OF PEOPLE AND IT NEVER STOP GOING. THE NEW MOVEMENT HAVE BEEN CREATED. THE TIME OF "POST MODERNISM". EVERYTHING IS LOOK SUPER EXPRESSIVE FORM. IT WAS ALL BREAK THE MODERNISM RULES. IT CAN BE WHAT IT IS AND IT CAN BE NOT WHAT IT IS IN THE SAME TIME. THE VERY FIRST ARCHITECT IN THIS MOVEMENT IS ROBERT VENTURI. HIS WORK IS EXTREMELY OPPOSITE TO EXPRESSIONISM OR EVEN MODERNISM. THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN REVEAL, WE START TO NOT SEE THE TRANSPARENCY AND SYMMETRICAL ANYMORE. THE VERY SURPRISED BUILDING WOULD BE THE "DUCK" THAT IS FAR FROM THE IDEA OF ABSTRACTION. HIS DRAWING TRY TO SHOW THAT IT'S A DUCK HOUSE. THE FORM IS NOT FOLLOW FUNCTION ANYMORE. I THINK IT WOULD BE THE PERIOD THAT EVERYONE IS TOO BORED OF LESS OR THE MODERNISM IDEA. IT BECAME A NEXT GENERATION IN THE IDEA OF "LESS IS BORED".
FRANK GEHRY IS ANORTHER ARCHITECT WHO DID THE WORK THIS WAY. HIS GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM" IS REALLY SHOWS THAT. AS I HAVE MENTIONED ABOUT IT BEFORE, THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE NEW IDEA OF DESIGN AND STRUCTURE LEAD HIM TO BE ONE OF THE GREATEST ARCHITECT IN THIS PERIOD.
UNTIL NOW, THE NEW ARCHITECTS WERE BORN IN EVERY MINUTE OF THE WORLD. EVERY BODY KEEP CREATED, KEEP CHANGED, KEEP DEVELOPED TO BE THE SUCCESS ONE. FOR EXAMPLE REM KOOLHAAS IS THE NEW GENERATION THAT PLAY WITH THE PAST. HE USE IT AS THE EXPERIENCE AND ALWAYS INVENT THE NEW THING. SO HIS WORK IS UNIQUE AND MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN ANYONE ELSE, IN MY IDEA. ALL THE DEVELOPMENT CAN'T GO WITH OUT THE HISTORY. I THINK ME, AS ARCHITECT, CAN'T BE REM KOOLHAAS OR TADAO ANDO WITHOUT KNOWING WHO IS LE CORBUSIER. THE LESSON WE HAVE LEARNED IS THE BIGGEST INSPIRATION FOR ME TO WORK FOR IT. AND EVEN THE TIMES GO MORE THAN 100 YEARS, THE NEW GENERATION STILL HAVE TO LEARN HISTORY AND CREATED THE NEW STORY FOR THE VERY NEXT GENERATION'S HISTORY ALSO.
