Modernizing Ancient Architecture

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Modernizing Ancient Architecture
Courtesy of Archivision.com
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Elements of Ancient Architecture

• Pediment The triangular space formed by the
  gable on either end of a Greek temple of
  treasury.
• Doric Column standing directly on the stylobate
  with vertical shafts fluted by concave grooves
  and topped with a smooth capital.
• Ionic Column standing on a base with a capital
  paired by scrolling volutes.
• Corinthian A slender fluted column and ornate
  capital decorated with acanthus leaves and
  scrolls.

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• Entablature The horizontal architectural members
  forming the superstructure of a building above
  the columns.
• Stylobate The course of masonry in which columns
  stand.
• Stereobate Remaining steps of the platform
  beneath the stylobate and just above the leveling
  course.
• Relief A sculptured artwork where a modeled form
  is raised or in sunken relief lowered, from a
  flattish background plane without being
  disconnected from it.

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What is Modern Architecture?

• A building style That Primarily Focuses on the
  Simplification of form and the elimination of
  ornament.

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Examples of Modern Architecture

• MoMA
• The Sage Music and Art Gallery
• Works of Vladimir Tatlin

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• Architectural History of MOMA
• The first Director at MoMA submitted a plan for
  the conception and organization of the Museum
  that would result in the Museum's
  multi-departmental.
• Expansions took place during the 1950s and
  1960s planned by the architect Philip Johnson,
  who also designed The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
  Garden and in 1984, a major renovation designed
  by Cesar Pelli doubled the Museum's gallery space
  and enhanced visitor facilities.
• In 2004, Yoshio Taniguchi designed
  architecturally distinctive galleries (spacious
  and smaller, more intimately scaled for the
  Museums commitment to the art of our time)
  specifically for the type and scale of works
  displayed in order to provide an ideal showcase
  for MoMA's unparalleled collection of modern and
  contemporary art.

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• Inside MOMA 2004
• The interior promenade in the lobby offers
  expansive views of both The Abby Aldrich
  Rockefeller Sculpture Garden and the light-filled
  Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium, which
  soars 110 feet above street level.
• Expansive, skylit galleries for temporary
  exhibitions are located on the top floor.

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The Sage Music and Art Gallery

• Designed by Foster and Partners, the entire
  complex is sheltered beneath a broad, enveloping
  roof that is shrink-wrapped around the
  buildings beneath in order to allow for maximum
  attention to detail in their acoustic properties.

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Vladimir Tatlin

• Achieved fame as the architect who designed the
  huge Monument to the Third International.
  Planned in 1920, the monument, was to be a tall
  tower in iron, glass and steel which would have
  dwarfed the Eiffel Tower.
• Influential in Constructivist art with his
  pre-Revolutionary counter-reliefs, structures
  made of wood and iron for hanging in wall
  corners. He conceived these sculptures in order
  to question the traditional idea of painting.

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Resources/Contributions

• Kaya, Serdar. Vladimir Tatlin. 2004. Arts and
  Sciences Network 2006. http//www.artprofessor.c
  om/artists/vladimir-tatlin.php
• Anderson, Bridget, and Sale, Michelle. Modern
  MakeoversRedesigning and Modernizing Old
  Buildings. 19 Nov. 2004 The New York Times. 2005
  The New York Times Company.