Impact of Postmodernism on Australian Architecture

The assignment discusses the concept of postmodernism and its application in Australian architecture. It highlights the work of architects who have incorporated postmodern design elements into their projects, resulting in a unique blend of modern and historical styles. The impact of postmodernism on Australian infrastructure is also explored, including the use of research in the design process to create effective and efficient buildings. Overall, the assignment provides an in-depth look at the influence of postmodernism on Australian architecture and its contributions to the country's built environment.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Post modernism...........................................................................................................................1
Key Theoreticians.......................................................................................................................1
Key practitioners ........................................................................................................................2
Key Projects ...............................................................................................................................2
Resulting influence of landscape architecture.............................................................................3
Relevance to contemporary practice...........................................................................................4
Relevance to Australia practice...................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Postmodernism can be described as a concept related to art, architecture and criticism in
20th century style to represent the future world. The report will demonstrate about landscape
architecture related to postmodernism, Key Theoreticians, Key Projects, Resulting influence of
landscape architecture, Relevance to contemporary practice and Relevance to Australia practice.
This will described in this report in the context of development and improvement of
infrastructure in Australia according to many architects and authors.
MAIN BODY
Post modernism
Post modernism is a 20th century style or a concept related to architecture, arts and
criticism which helps to represent a departure from modernism and also characterised by self-
conscious of earlier style and convention, a mixture of various artistic media and style and a
general distrust of theory effectively. It is also a broad development and movement which
develop in the mid-to late- 20th century across architecture, art, philosophy and criticism which
marked a departure from modernism effectively.
Postmodern theory, philosophy influence the language of the postmodern landscape
architectures and got materialised in the use of narrative, eclecticisms, the Rhizome-principle.
Postmodern landscape composition can be associated with anti-hierarchy, unusual structure,
land-form, and playful mood (Ruccio and Amariglio, 2016). Postmodern architecture can be
described as a movement which is emerged in 1960s as a reaction against the austerity, lack of
variety and formality of modern architecture, specifically in international style effectively.
Key Theoreticians
According to Dr. Mary Klages (Associate professor), postmodernism is a complicated term or a
set of ideas emerged in as an area of academic study since the mid-1980 effectively. It is very
hard to define that the concepts are appears in a wide range of variety related to discipline and
area of study including art, music, film, sociology, communication, architecture, technology and
many more. It is not clear exactly when the postmodernism begins efficiently. The movement is
modernism from which the postmodernism can be understood well. The main characteristics of
modernism includes:
An emphasis on fragmented forms, discontinuous narratives impressionism and subjectivity in
writing and how it takes place rather than what is perceived (Lash, 2014).
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Key practitioners
According to David Chisholm possibly the most used and understood term in a art disclosure
happened in the last few decades effectively. The first encounter of DC with the term
postmodernism was in 1988 and during the first week he graduate from University of
Wollongong. The school of creative arts such as history of arts was a lecture and tutorial subject
which was run by professor Sue Rowley. He does not think that there is a problem between
relationship of a composer and audience. Composition in Australia operates largely under a
historic dominant paradigm that is black, white male or female etc. Robert Venturi was born in
1925 and a prominent theorist of postmodernism and an architect as well who illustrate ideas to
make buildings effectively (Shildrick, 2015). He studied in American Academy in Rome and
worked in offices of modernists until 1958. he became a architecture professor at Yale
University and he build his own building Guild House in Philadelphia between 1960 and 1963.
the two houses become the symbol of postmodern movement. He went to design building which
are took into account for both historic and real life purposes.
Michael Graves (1934-2015) designed two buildings known as Portland and Denver
Public Library which are also prominent buildings in the postmodern style. Later he designed
large and low cost retail sector for chins such as JC Penney and Target.
Key Projects
There are some key projects has been made by architectures in Postmodernism such as
Sydney/Nida. The National Institute for Dramatic Art at Kensington, Sydney was redeveloped by
Hassell with Peter Armstrong in order to deliver stronger street address and the main focus on
campus.
WHARF 8 OVERSEAS PASSENGER TERMINAL
The work is to do savage and the budget cuts by the authority of Sydney ports and
refurbishment was done by Teece Chesterman Willis a cargo shed, Darling Harbour and to
relocate the city for temporary oversea passenger terminal form effectively. The berth of ships is
less than 50 in a year that it should serve a function centre (Charlton, 2016). The main
intervention is a large blade which helps to mark south entrance and screens western sun. AA's
designers established the graphics and Holliday Martin.
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KUALA LUMPUR: WATER GARDEN
A Kerry Hill was designed by a Marting Palleros landscape including 25 meter
swimming pool and also surrounded with black water garden in Kuala Lumpur. He is working
with Hill on Amanresorts at Margaret River, WA, and Curtis Island, Queensland, and significant
urban design and residential projects in Perth, Singapore and Thailand.
The Australian purpose of modern Danish architecture was dominated by three persons
such as Jorn Utzon, Arne Jacobsen and Henning Larsen. The architecture begin to revere
integrity of Danish architecture and designed before Jørn Utzon ignited Sydney’s sensibilities in
the late 1950 effectively and efficiently (Lubysheva and Mochenov, 2015).
In addition to this, Cultural Centre at Nuuk, Greenland, by Schmidt Hammer & Lassen,
Henning Larsen’s BT newspaper house in Copenhagen, Paustian furniture showroom in
Copenhagen, by Utzon Associates (1989), Taastrup pharmacy by Kim Utzon of Heisingor and
New waves are some key projects made during the postmodernism by practitioners effectively.
Resulting influence of landscape architecture
It can be said that dedication to architecture and the community has resulted towards
many buildings and developments are designed for the advancement in cities such as Australia in
order to manage proper infrastructure of buildings effectively. The main influence of John
positioning a South Australia architecture practice s a main national practice with an
international presence during the fertile period. This has provided a grew out of his experience
with Walter Gropius at the Architects collaboratively in Boston and Rome in the late time of
1950 efficiently. This will have wide influence over South Australian architecture fraternity. He
also make a contribution between 1973 towards public architecture and art. The study tours of
USA, Russia and Canada helps to advance in SA understanding of Urban design for the
improvement and international development in construction technology and architecture design
(Ozuem, Howell and Lancaster, 2016).
In addition to this, achievements of Gabriel Poole are also taken to represent aspiration of
the sole practitioners who are the backbone of such professions effectively. An exploratory and
innovative stance is manage by him in the sector of architecture and art. The dedication towards
invention and to achieve quality in architecture has resulted in an extraordinary impact on
clients, students and colleagues effectively. There are nine educators in landscape architecture
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were approached during May in 19988 in order to participate in study interview of architecture
relative to the incorporation of research in the design process effectively and efficiently.
Relevance to contemporary practice
Identity: In postmodern approaches it can be said that the individual identity is not clearly
defines as well as shift over time. This will also considered as unstable and primarily local
circumstance and individual experience are important to shape such identities rather than larger
structure position, location and conditions effectively (Gilleard and Higgs, 2014). The
contemporary practices relevance to landscape in architecture and art ways in the postmodernism
world is quite often as well as different from the perspective of an individual growing in 21st
century effectively.
Politics: It can be said that it may be difficult to from political implications to imagine collective
action regarding landscape architectures that social movements are changing the specific goals
towards growth and development effectively. There are no certain goals for extreme
postmodernism argues which helps to identify situations concerned with political actions and
improving society and infrastructure. Some of them may not take view on important social
questions that identifies statements and texts based on judgements on the validity of these.
Differences: There is a common feature among postmodernism which is to reject grand
theoretical approaches entirely and effectively. The aspects of societies postmodernism is more
concerned with variety of experience of individual or groups which emphasise differences over
similarities and some of the common experiences as well. According to many postmodernist the
modern world is unstable, fragmented, disordered and interrupted and may not understandable on
a large scale effectively and efficiently.
Postmodern Era: The era of postmodernism is going down as the modern world is now become
more flexible and attractive towards infrastructure and practitioners in order to develop and
improve postmodern phase effectively. For an example, the television and contemporary musical
forms introduces new part of third world within modernity. For an example, Nietzsche, Adorno,
Simmel and Weber.
Relevance to Australia practice
It can be said that postmodernism has one of the major impact on Australia infrastructure
which has decided future modernism in terms of practitioners, approaches, influences, projects
and contemporary practice effectively. It is very hard to define that the concepts are appears in a
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wide range of variety related to discipline and area of study including art, music, film, sociology,
communication, architecture, technology and many more. The local authorities are also trying
hard to improve and develop old infrastructure developed by many architects in order to develop
country which helps to improve life of local people. This will also help to develop infrastructure
in order to modernise world in an effective manner (Philo and Miller, 2016). The work is to do
savage and the budget cuts by the authority of Sydney ports and refurbishment. This will have
wide influence over South Australian architecture fraternity. There are nine educators in
landscape architecture were approached during May in 19988 in order to participate in study
interview of architecture relative to the incorporation of research in the design process
effectively and efficiently.
Thus, it can be said that the postmodernism has a great impact on Australia infrastructure
and building managed and innovated by many architects for the effective purpose of future
development and growth. This will also help to improve such structures by modern architects
using latest technology and equipments effectively.
CONCLUSION
It can be concluded from the above analysis that Post modernism is a 20th century style or
a concept related to architecture, arts and criticism which helps to represent a departure from
modernism and also characterised by self-conscious of earlier style and convention. According to
Dr. Mary Klages (Associate professor), postmodernism is a complicated term or a set of ideas
emerged in as an area of academic study since the mid-1980 effectively. There are some key
projects has been made by architectures in Postmodernism. The dedication towards invention
and to achieve quality in architecture has resulted in an extraordinary impact. The aspects of
societies postmodernism is more concerned with variety of experience of individual.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Ruccio, D.F. and Amariglio, J., 2016. Postmodern moments in modern economics. Princeton
University Press.
Lash, S., 2014. Sociology of postmodernism. Routledge.
Shildrick, M., 2015. Leaky bodies and boundaries: Feminism, postmodernism and (bio) ethics.
Routledge.
Charlton, W., 2016. Postmodern Brecht: a re-presentation. Routledge.
Lubysheva, L.I. and Mochenov, V.P., 2015. New conceptual approach to modern understanding
of social nature of sport. Theory and Practice of Physical Culture (4) pp.26-26.
Ozuem, W., Howell, K.E. and Lancaster, G., 2016. Understanding technologically-induced
customer services in the Nigerian banking sector: the internet as a post-modern
phenomenon. International Journal of Information Technology and Management 15(3)
pp.272-290.
Gilleard, C. and Higgs, P., 2014. Cultures of ageing: Self, citizen and the body. Routledge.
Philo, G. and Miller, D., 2016. Market killing: What the free market does and what social
scientists can do about it. Routledge.
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