BEYOND A NEW ARCHITECTURE TOWARD A STILL NEWER ARCHITECTURE

Authors

  • J. BONTA

Abstract

In disagreement with others, the Author sees no temporal crisis between modernism and postmodernism. On the contrary, there is a normal development, in course of which modern gets tired, aged, its inherent contradictions sharpen, bias get disclosed. Wobbling of modern dogmas clears the way for - sometimes extreme - experiments likely to introduce a new stage in the development of architecture. Economical, social, ideological changes will be outlined, from which postmodern approach has germinated. Recognition of the limits of increase, of hazards of a technicized environment, disbelief in the computability and controllability of the world, - in general, in the omnipotence of technics, - all these urge to develop a traditionalist, environment-conscious architectural language, that fits the organic development process, informally addresses man and society. These, rather than certain extreme experiments, are the endeavours representing the spirit of postmodernism.

How to Cite

BONTA, J. (1988) “BEYOND A NEW ARCHITECTURE TOWARD A STILL NEWER ARCHITECTURE”, Periodica Polytechnica Architecture, 32(1-2), pp. 3–17.

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