Phenomenon of the Russian Avant-garde. Moscow Architectural School of the 1920s

Abstract
he phenomenon of the Russian Avant–garde architecture formed under the influence of the Moscow Higher School of Architecture and Art is today widely known by the name of VKHUTEMAS. This school is mentioned in the context of professional activity of the artists and architects who also worked in other institutes, but who had creative links. In the limelight is Nikolai Ladovsky, creator of the introductory course on architectural composition, lecturing along with many authoritative Moscow utilitarian architects, such as Alexander Kuznetsov, Vesnin brothers and others.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Architectural education, Education of modern architecture, Russian avant–garde architecture, Moscow Higher School of Architecture and Art, VKHUTEMAS, Nikolai Ladovsky.

Issue 49
Year 2013
Pages 22-27
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/49.A.HM02EMC3

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“Training the Architect”: Modern Architectural Education Experiences

Abstract
In 1937, Walter Gropius wrote “Training the Architect” for his presentation as Chairman of the Department of Architecture of Harvard University. It reinvented his experience in the Bauhaus, between 1919 and 1928, and became the pedagogical program for the new Modern paradigm of an architectural education. At that moment, the Beaux–Arts system was being revaluated and the American schools of architecture intended to approach the university through a scientific and technological curriculum.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Architectural education, Education of modern architecture, Walter Gropius, Bauhaus, “Training the Architect” manifesto, CIAM.

Issue 49
Year 2013
Pages 10-15
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/49.A.DZZ54XNF

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Newness, Tradition and Identity — Existential Meaning in Architecture

Abstract
The following keynote lecture was presented at the 12th International docomomo Conference that took place in Espoo, Finland, in August 2012. The document here presented is based on an essay written for the “Human Experience and Place: Sustaining Identity III” Conference at the Victoria & Albert Museum that took place in London on 29th November, 2012.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Architectural education, Education of modern architecture , Cultural identity , Tradition and newness in architecture, Responsible architecture .

Issue 49
Year 2013
Pages 4-9
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/

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For an Architect’s Training towards Responsibility

Abstract
The variety of discussions on architects’ mission, on architectural discipline and the recall on some key figures explain the argument of this Journal entitled For an Architect’s Training. The title quotes Walter Gropius’ “Blueprint for an architect’s training” spread through the French magazine L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui in February 1950 (number 28), dedicated to “Walter Gropius, the spread of an idea” and realized by Paul Rudolph under the direction of Gropius himself who developed his ideas on design education between art and technique, creation, research and applied science.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Architectural education, Education of modern architecture.

Issue 49
Year 2013
Pages 2-3
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/49.A.A360TYW7

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Towns are made from houses – Jean-Pierre Watel (1933-2016)

Abstract
Jean-Pierre Watel (1933-2016) has not been forgotten in the history of contemporary architecture. Gérard Monnier recounts the architect’s success in the 1960’s, his single-family houses and a domestic modernity largely linked to his design of North European-style houses: a central living room, an assumed horizontality and large sections of glass. His main constructions were mentioned or have featured in the professional magazines as well as in the more mainstream press - ensuring recognition from his peers and the aspirations of potential clients. The houses grouped together into new towns were also lavishly commented on for their stylistic affiliations

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Jean-Pierre Watel, Modern housing.

Issue 63
Year 2020
Pages 89-91
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/63.A.UG2EFZB8

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Encounters with Southeast Asian Modernism

Abstract
Against the backdrop of the Bauhaus centenary in 2019, Encounters with Southeast Asian Modernism examined the history, significance, and future of postcolonial modernism in this region, with partners in four cities – Jakarta, Phnom Penh, Singapore, and Yangon. The project provided a historical perspective on the societal and political upheaval that accompanied the transition to independence after the colonial period in these countries. It also showcased current initiatives in the fields of art, architecture, and science that are committed to the preservation and use of Modernist buildings. In 2020, the project will continue with an exhibition and accompanying program in Berlin.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Tropical architecture, Modern diaspora, Design with climate, Bauhaus, Southeast Asia modern architecture.

Issue 63
Year 2020
Pages 85-88
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/63.A.SV57ESUX

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Makkasan Train Factory: an attempt to preserve Bangkok’s urban heritage

Abstract
The Makkasan Train Factory, opened 110 years ago, is the first industrial estate in Thailand and used to be the biggest hub for train production in Southeast Asia. Nowadays, this huge land of 80 hectares, with direct access from the Savarnabhumi airport rail link, is considered a golden land right in the business center of Bangkok, that attracts real estate investors. A third of the land set aside at the end of last year for the development of a mixed use commercial project as a part of the High Speed Train project. As this land is the last big area of public land in the capital, civic groups for urban heritage conservation and the environment tried to point out its tangible and intangible heritage value hoping that there would be a proper master plan to preserve these values for future generations.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Tropical architecture, Modern diaspora, Design with climate, Makkasan Train Factory, Thailand modern architecture.

Issue 63
Year 2020
Pages 80-84
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/63.A.D5DS2INS

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Religious Tropical Architecture: the churches of Leandro V. Locsin in the Philippines

Abstract
The focus of this contribution is on the importance of tropical architecture in the work of Leandro V. Locsin, in the context of post-WWII in Asia. Based in the Philippines, Locsin is immersed in the Christian tradition – the main religion of a country that was dominated by the Spanish crown from the mid 16th-century to 1898, and where the Catholic Church remains powerful across much of the archipelago today. Attention is focused on Locsin’s religious buildings and projects, where he succeeded in giving a new treatment to the tropical architecture of faith-based structures, through the integration of climate considerations and the reinterpretation of vernacular architecture of the Philippines.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Tropical architecture, Modern diaspora, Design with climate, Leandro V. Locsin, Modern churches, Philippines modern architecture.

Issue 63
Year 2020
Pages 76-79
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/63.A.61SVZA7Z

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The Nature of Tropical Architecture in Indonesian Modernism

Abstract
The idea of environmental design – or loosely referred to as “tropical architecture” – is an ever-present but underlying discourse in modern Indonesian architectural history. Despite being tentative and, at times, overshadowed by other dominant issues, the quest for climate-related environmental tropical design is apparent in almost every generation of Indonesian architects.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Tropical architecture, Modern diaspora, Design with climate, Indonesian modern architecture.

Issue 63
Year 2020
Pages 70-75
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/63.A.GBS0QKW3

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