Deconstructivism in 7 Minutes: Architecture Pushed To The Limit?

In today’s episode, we are going to learn about Deconstructivism, an architectural style that forever changed the course of architecture.

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CURIOUS MUSE

[deoagbodjinou]

I'm a francophone but this video helps me a lot ! May you make more video about other styles like contemporary, Romanesque, Minimalist, Modern, industrial, indian, parametric architecture please ? Thank you for the passion you share !

[sharksport]

This architecture frustrates me, I can't explain why. However I do respect the architects and appreciate their genius.

[lidiaadobato]

There's a wider spectre of possibilities in every field of culture and art. It's wonderful.

[petermarinelli]

Deconsrtuctivism is a continuing adventure into the unpredictable. It is endlessly novel and stimulating!❤

[majournalist]

These non-standard shapes really look very beautiful

[HaSiHappy]

I work at one of these buildings you showed, thank you for the video!

[kryspinkiedrowski]

Thank you for always patching the holes in my education :D

[joanalosm]

The Emperor is not only naked, actually he is wearing flip-flops

[georgelush]

We live in Las Vegas and frequently drive by Frank Gehry’s deconstructivist Lou Rovo Center for Brain Health. A fascinating building, especially at night when the windows glow red.

[thcarneiro]

About NEW TOPICS...

Few days ago, I have engaged a discussion about the evolution of architecture. Some architeture styles/ schools/ movements have appear in time, sometimes learning from the previous one, sometimes rejecting the previous ideas.

I suggest you people make a video putting the evolution of architecture in a timeline, especially regarding the 19th and 20th centuries's styles, telling which ones learned or reject the previous ideas.

Just a suggestion. You people make great videos.

[Gopi_sart_gallary]

Please do a whole bunch of video on Modernism and post Modernism, art, culture, literature

[pianounitedfcofficial]

This is honestly the most beautiful style of architecture & no one can tell me other wise, I don’t understand how people can dislike these, do people really prefer boring sky rises?? They’re all the same prism shape. These ones are unique, there’s actual art & creativity & complexity in deconstructivism

[howimetyourholiday]

PERFECTIONISM of your videos is mind-blowing!

[spiralpython]

My dream is a deconstructivist house. It encompasses a great flight aviary, spacious reptile enclosures within light filled voids and small, curiously shaped, womb like sleeping places… there will be secret rooms, internal courtyard waterfalls, and an overload of textures…. An avoidance of right angles but not quite fully “organic” shapes, a juxtaposition of visual confusion that brings with it an overall sensory equilibrium…. Ahhh to dream!

[rodgerpiercearchitect]

…the thing about decon is that it needs something to deconstruct. On its own it’s not even a “style” …it’s nothing

[mahadihasan-gvgp]

Make a video comparing about modern, post modern and contemporary architecture.

[jaydenhartlillard]

Thanks for the video! I can appreciate the value of architects pushing back on formal structures and expectations, but I always wonder about where the line is drawn (sorry for the pun) in terms of the architect's freedom of expression and the utility needed for a structure to remain useful. Are there certain sets of requirements for the structures to work well for the people who need to use the spaces, and how do those requirements play a role in the architect's process if their goal is a deconstructivist esthetic?

[SP]

Well documented 👏 Especially for a seven minutes long summary. I learned many things so thank you 🤗
As for the deconstructivist movement itself this is what happens when some depleted drug addicts teenagers take over papa's architectural office.

[cosmanvalentin]

Nice presentation, it should be noted that recently Eisenmann distinguished between deconstructivism (Derrida's theory) and deconstructionism (what architects do).
Architecture cannot be deconstructed in the Derridean sense, it is more de-constructionism (especially in the case of early Zaha) and appears as a reaction to the ambiguity of meaning in architecture, double coding, etc.
It is somewhat false to assume that it promotes formal aspects such as unity-fragment (this promotes PoMo - see Venturi)

[luluandmeow]

Zaha Hadid built a terrible extension to the Serpentine Gallery that clashes with the elegant slim-line period building, she should've been stopped. And she was a hypocrite, because for herself and her team she bought the former Design Museum in London which does not have a curve in sight but is a straight line, minimalist white rectangle. A lot of these wacky architects (mostly male, with a big ego) do not live in what they build, but in period homes, e.g. Georgian. There's a reason why the classical shapes and styles have survived through centuries and are still loved today. Deconstructive architecture is 99% of the times a blot on the landscape and its architects should be made to live in it.