Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture Robert VENTURI American

Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture Robert VENTURI

• • • American Practitioner Architect Scholar Author Teacher

• Venturi's buildings typically juxtapose architectural systems, elements and aims, to acknowledge the conflicts often inherent in a project or site • Robert Venturi is known for incorporating stylized cultural icons into his buildings • However, Venturi is recognized for much more than postmodernist designs • The firm has completed more than 400 projects, each uniquely suited to the special needs of the clients

• Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture by Robert Venturi 1966 • Published by the Museum of Modern Art

• relationship between the interior and exterior design of a building • contrast between these two dimensions • contrast between the interior and exterior designs of a building

• Ten points of complexity and contradiction 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Non straightforward Architecture : A Gentle Manifesto Complexity and Contradiction vs. Simplification or Picturesqueness Ambiguity Contradictory Levels: The Phenomenon of "Both-And" in Architecture Contradictory Levels Continued: The Double-Functioning Element Accommodation and the Limitations of Order: The Conventional Element 7. Contradiction Adapted 8. Contradiction Juxtaposed 9. The Inside and the Outside 10. The obligation Toward the Difficult Whole

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