Funkcjonalizm w architekturze: od neolitu do wczesnego modernizmu

• Authors: Tarnowski Józef

Title variants

EN

Functionalism in Architecture: from the Neolithic Period to Early Modernism

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In line with modernist historiography, functionalism was construed as the foundation of modern architecture. The exact meaning of the concept in the modernist theory of architecture, however, is unclear. If functionalism is to be understood, after Adler, Mies and Sullivan’s dictum that „form follows function,” as the outward expression of function in form and/or mere functionality, functionalism no longer appears to be restricted to modernism: functionalist buildings can be shown to have been erected in all ages from as far back as the Neolithic beginnings of architecture. The actual difference between modern and traditional architecture, therefore, is to be found not in the greater functionality of the former or in its clearer manifestation of function, but rather in form itself. Modern architecture is a radical move away from the formal tradition of classical architecture. (To be continued in Volume 18)

Keywords

EN

modernist historiography; functionalism; modern architecture; expression

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii - Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Estetyka i Krytyka
• Year: 2009
• Issue: 15-16
• Pages: 190-213

Dates

published

2008–2009

Contributors

author

Tarnowski Józef

• Uniwersytet Gdański

Identifiers

ISSN

1643-1243