Sunday, January 30, 2011

Past Future-ism | The Metropolis


The idea of producing human by using robot replacement was some kind of modern typical thought that it would help the eternity of human life, working instead of real human, medication, and sometimes to eliminate racism. Refer to post world war, the happening of industrialize idea where people could live life easier by the rules teen that been fix since before the day one man born. How could human have a standard perfect life as much as having mass production in every house hold. During Industrial age, people in America believed if you have a family stay in a house in suburb area with nice car and television, a man working at the office in town, woman work at home to do house work and take care of children. Does this type of though really fit the basic need of our life. Indeed, people can live in it but did they satisfied with the choices they have?

FORM FOLLOW FUNCTION | BAUHAUS

The Flat roof, White plain facade, typology in building was so called the characteristic of Modern architecture and industrial design. Bauhaus which founded by Walter Gropius held a group of avant-garde in Architecture in the industrial age, the period After World War I . They simply came up with an new idea of ‘Starting from zero’ and open as a school to teach this idea publicizing. This majority of famous Bauhaus had become many famous architects and artists which impact today age of Post-modernity.
Once the Bauhaus created new theory, the definition of “Form follow function” born too.It is a principle that the shape of a building or object should primarily based upon its function or purpose. The way design professions approach this, was to appreciate the geometric forms and to limit one design into unity, sameness, and an absence of ornamental (Ornament was criminal : Adolf Loos) only focus on functional use. However ornamental can be functional, if it is for the scale objects, landmark of the building or to attract people. Therefore, the artist said this clearly was Louis Sullivan, he actually said ‘form ever follows function’ but the simpler one usually remembered. For him, this was distill wisdom, the single rule that shall permit of no exception. Thus: