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	Parc de la Villette
		Architecture only survives where it negates the form that society expects of it.Where it negates itself by transgressing the limits that history has set for it.
		Bernard Tschumi's theories on architecture, developed in the 1970's through gallery installations, texts and "advertisements" (left) focused on contemporary society's disjunction between use, form and social values, rendering any relationship between the three to be both impossible and obsolete.
		The influence of the Constructivists is apparent in the formal qualities of the Parc and Tschumi's desire to upset the traditional aspects of architecture, though he is never explicit of this influence.
	www.archidose.org /Feb99/020199.htm (615 words)

	Constructivist architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Constructivist architecture was a form of modern architecture that flourished in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and early 1930s.
		Constructivist architecture emerged from the wider constructivist art movement of 1914-1920 which had been initially inspired from 1914-1920 by the sculptures of Alexander Archipenko and Picasso's reliefs.
		The first and most famous Constructivist architectural project was the 1919 proposal for the headquarters of the Communist International in St Petersburg by the Futurist Vladimir Tatlin, often called Tatlin's Tower.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Constructivist_architecture (2156 words)

	Deconstructivism Encyclopedia Article @ PeriodsAndStyles.com (Periods and Styles) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The attempt in deconstructivism throughout is to move architecture away from what its practitioners see as the constricting 'rules' of modernism such as "form follows function", "purity of form", "truth to materials", and expression of structure.
		Both Derrida and Eisenman believe that the locus, or place of presence, is architecture, and the same dialectic of presence and absence is found in construction and deconstruction.
		Another major current in deconstructivist architecture takes inspiration from the Russian Constructivist and Futurist movements of the early twentieth century, both in their graphics and in their visionary architecture, little of which was actually constructed.
	www.periodsandstyles.com /encyclopedia/Deconstructivism (2925 words)

	Alexander Riegler
		Its aim is to promote interdisciplinary scientific foundations and applications of constructivist sciences such as radical constructivism, cybersemiotics, enactive cognitive science, epistemic structuring of experience, second order cybernetics, and the theory of autopoietic systems.
		Poster presentation “The radical constructivist dynamics of cognition” at the Post-Cognitivist Psychology conference, Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 4—6 July 2005.
		Invited talks at Lund University Cognitive Science, Sweden, Oct 1998 on "A constructivist cognitive architecture - with application to a serendipitous webagent" and "Cognitive limits of science and the nature of models".
	www.univie.ac.at /constructivism/people/riegler (1452 words)

	Art & Architecture of Russia
		The tradition of icon painting was inherited by the Russians from Byzantium, where it began as an offshoot of the mosaic and fresco tradition of early Byzantine churches.
		The centers of medieval church architecture followed the shifting dominance of old Russia's cities--from Kiev to Novgorod and Pskov, and, from the end of the 15th century, Moscow.
		The few remaining examples of traditional wooden architecture, such as those on display in the outdoor architectural museum in Kostroma, are now among Russia's most treasured architectural monuments.
	www.geographia.com /russia/rusart01.htm (1464 words)

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		Constructivist art, theatre and exhibitions were produced by a group of avant-garde artists in Moscow, Odessa and St. Petersburg.
		Constructivist art is characterized by a total abstraction and an acceptance of everything modern.
		It is characteristic of most Constructivist sculptures to be created from diverse materials of the industrial age: metal, wire and plastics, which signified the strong influence of technology on the movement.
	www.cs.mcgill.ca /~kaleigh/film/film_essay_constructivism.html (451 words)

	Neural Constructivism and Language Acquisition. Ash Asudeh
		Third, the construction algorithm in constructivist learning is either stopped by a signal extrinsic to the algorithm or is failure-driven and such an algorithm cannot be involved in domain general learning because this is (at least) an untenable procedure for language acquisition.
		The claim is that language develops through a combination of these architectural and timing constraints and the interaction of the child with his or her environment.
		The contribution of constructivist neural networks to language acquisition is not a refutation of nativism, but is rather as a new paradigm for examining claims for and against nativism.
	fccl.ksu.ru /papers/gp002.htm (7171 words)

	Constructivism Art - Artists, Artworks and Biographies
		Founded in 1913 by Vladimir Tatlin, the Russian Constructivist movement developed from Cubism, Italian Futurism, and Suprematism in Russia, Neo Plasticism in Holland, and the Bauhaus School in Germany.
		The Constructivist movement was also prominent in theatrical scene design, mostly spread by the efforts of Vsevolod Meyerhold.
		Constructivists used an array of materials including wood, celluloid, nylon, plexi-glass, tin, cardboard, and wire welded or glued together.
	wwar.com /masters/movements/constructivism.html (303 words)

	Capitalist Construction
		The terms in capitalism are constructivist terms, that is, words develop their meanings through use across centuries, and new words are devised for emergent novelties like "leveraged buy-out," or "junk bonds." Technological thinking at least since Galileo has been constructivist.
		Constructivist thought is a process in which novelties emerge from practice, without imitating a model or pattern, and certainly without participating in an ideal form in the mind of God.
		Obviously the WTC as mute formal architecture does not exemplify "the political radicalism of postmodern culture," but the call of the buildings was a response to decades of social change, some of it inspired by political radicalism.
	www.electronicbookreview.com /thread/endconstruction/diatonic (3387 words)

	ArchitectureWeek - 2002.0731
		What causes the most trouble to the beholder is that this type of architectural approach, though rooted in 20th century Hungarian art, has failed to become an integral part of everyday architectural language in Hungary.
		This is principally because Hungarian constructivist architecture has never produced edifices of lasting architectural value.
		There was indeed a moment when a trend in Hungarian architecture seemed likely to become a bridge to link the greatest representatives of early 1920s Soviet/Russian architectural constructivism with the "star" constructivists of today, such as Zaha Hadid and Daniel Libeskind.
	www.architectureweek.com /2002/0731/index.html (261 words)

	TemporaryMonuments
		Often as ironic commentary on social and political "models", Avvakumov's models employ the formal sculptural means of constructivist architecture and the critical insight of metaphor and pun to expose human elements embedded in the work of art and politics: aspiration, frustration, staying-power and humor.
		He sees it as a universal archetype, one of the basic elements of architecture, one of its symbols or manifestations, such as a column supporting a beam or a vault, a door, a window, a hearth.
		In the designs by the constructivists of "Agitarch", economy of means corresponds to minimalism, ideological activeness to leftism and the "unreality" of the designs to conceptualism”.
	web.mac.com /avvakir/iWeb/AgitArch/TemporaryMonuments.html (812 words)

	Constructivism // synopsis :: Graham Potter Constructivist
		Constructivist Art (Constructivism) is a term used to define a type of totally abstract (non-representational) relief construction, sculpture, kinetics and painting.
		The principles of constructivism theory are derived from three main movements that evolved in the early part of the 20th century: Suprematism in Russia, De Stijl (Neo Plasticism) in Holland and the Bauhaus in Germany.
		Constructivist thought was absorbed by many artists and architects and is evident in movements such as Minimalism and Brutalism.
	www.grahampotter.com /constructivism.html (977 words)

	Repressed Architecture
		Its aim is to present various approaches to the preservation of architectural heritage of the Russian Avant-garde demonstrated by the constructivist monuments in Moscow and buildings of the Modern Movement from 1920s in Germany.
		It is the main aim of the exhibition as well as of the catalogue to point at the current situation of Modern Movement buildings in two countries, Germany and Russia, which seem to have a lot in common with regard to the history of their Modern Movement heritage up to 1990.
		This is the reason why quite a number of art historians and specialists of architecture and history from all over the world already came, come and will always continue travelling to Russia to investigate this fascinating period of our country's architectural and art history.
	www.muar.ru /eng/exhibitions/2006/exibit_17_04_2006_repress_en.htm (696 words)

	Buildings Orphaned By Changes In Moscow
		But the hardest sell, both to city officials and residents, are the constructivist buildings -- the Narkomfin building, workers clubs and houses of culture -- that still dot the city, orphans of both the Soviet Union and the country's new capitalism.
		The Narkomfin was designed by architect Moisei Ginzburg as a model for communal living and had a major influence on the direction of modernist and constructivist architecture.
		Marina Khrustaleva of the Moscow Architecture Preservation Society said that people who want to restore the building are not closed to the idea of a hotel, but are wary of anything that would simply preserve the exterior and gut the inside, a practice that commonly passes for preservation in Moscow.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/27/AR2006042702044_pf.html (950 words)

	Russia : In Depth : Art & Architecture \| Frommers.com
		Early Soviet architecture was as creative and energized as the period's art, with architects such as Konstantin Melnikov forging functional, elegant buildings that made the Soviet idea (of a progressive, egalitarian state) seem the pinnacle of modernity.
		Architecture after Stalin descended into the bleak, boxy towers that mar the skyline of any Russian city.
		Today's architectural trends are set by the nouveau riche Russians building multimillion-dollar "cottages" on the outskirts of Moscow and St. Petersburg.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/russia/0404023217.html (1259 words)

	Peter Wood \| School of Architecture
		Dr Peter Wood holds a Bachelor of Architecture with Honours and a PhD in Architecture from the University of Auckland.
		Architecture in Aotearoa/New Zealand : I have an ongoing project which explores architectural issues relevant to the formation of national identity, regional difference, and indigenous architectural expression in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
		Visual Literacy and architecture: Following on from my doctoral work, this research examines the visual culture of architecture with a particular attention on how architectural knowledge is contained in drawing and photography.
	www.vuw.ac.nz /architecture/staff/Academics/peter-wood.aspx (572 words)

	Heritage at Risk: Preservation of 20th Century Architecture and World Heritage International conference
		It is well known that Russian Avant-garde and Constructivist architecture of the 1920s - early 1930s made one of the most important contributions to the International Modern Movement.
		Judging the importance of the Russian architectural Avant-garde in the international context, and bearing in mind the well-established creative interrelations between Russia and other countries, it is evident that this is not only Russia`s heritage, but at least part of it belongs to the world community.
		Such important buildings as Le Corbusier`s 'Centrosojus' or the 'Narkomfin' house in Moscow, the ensemble of Stachki street in St. Petersburg or Alvar Aalto`s Library in Vyborg are considered to be in the group of the most important witnesses of the 20th Century Modern Movement located in Russia.
	www.muar.ru /eng/exhibitions/2006/exibit_17_04_2006_heritage_en.htm (408 words)

	ArtandCulture Discipline: Architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Architecture mirrors society's aspirations and beliefs, and represents its attempts to master the land -- to tame the elements and shape geography to suit itself.
		The most public of all art forms, architecture also affects the most intimate parts of our lives.
		In modern society, we are born in buildings and die in buildings.
	www.artandculture.com /cgi-bin/WebObjects/ACLive.woa/wa/movement?id=101&sel=mov (99 words)

	CSCL 2002 Publications Format
		The content of a constructivist learning epistemology is discussed with references to John Dewey and David A. Kolb, and some central concepts from these theories are outlined.
		That there is no meaning in talking about knowledge as existing separate and independent of the knower, but that the knower interprets and constructs a reality based on his experiences and interactions with the world (Dewey, 1915).
		Several of the constructivist approaches to Net-based learning may fall under the heading of “portfolio”, and we have used portfolio as a conceptual ground for the digital workbook.
	www.hum.aau.dk /~hakont/papers/workbook.htm (5418 words)

	Architect-artist Iakov Chernikhov (1889 - 1951) , Biography
		He was the creator of a new system of visual teaching aids, in which considerable meaning was given to graphic assignments that revealed the essence of a structure through the play of variations.
		Simultaneously with explorations in the area of constructivist architecture, Iakov Chernikhov became fascinated with architectural fantasies on the theme of architecture of past epochs.
		An example is his “Cycle of Picturesque Architecture,” which included “Architectural Tales”, “Architectural Landscapes”, “The Architecture of Wooden Buildings”, “Tales of Industry”, “Architectural Romanticism” (1931-44), and others.
	www.icif.ru /Engl/about.htm (1180 words)

	MIT OpenCourseWare \| Architecture \| 4.645 Selected Topics in Architecture: Architecture from 1750 to the Present, Fall ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		"You are Blind to the Meaning of the Dome of the Rock." Chapter 3 in An Aesthetic Occupation: The Immediacy of Architecture and the Palestine Conflict.
		"Architectural Publications, Competitions and Exhibitions." In Architecture and its Image: Four Centuries of Architectural Representation.
		Architectural Theory from the Renaissance to the Present: 89 Essays on 117 Treatises.
	ocw.mit.edu /OcwWeb/Architecture/4-645Fall-2004/Readings (2289 words)

	Convergent Practices: New Approaches to Art and Visual Culture (CHArt 2003)
		Aarno Ruusuvuori's constructivist architecture is highly esteemed by professionals, and there is a scale model of this building in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
		In researching architecture, for example, the question of how to introduce the subject of study is always present.
		He studies the history of this concept and traces it back to rituals, architectural fantasies and settings - to matters impinging on existing, but not tactile and concrete functions, and the nature of objects.
	www.chart.ac.uk /chart2003/papers/ikkala.html (2508 words)

	Bibliothéque \| books about architectural history and design.
		Architecture Today provides a clear, comprehensive guide to these pluralistic styles and movements, offering incisive critiques of the world's most prominent architectural trends of the last 25 years.
		For about three decades at the turn of the century, Arts and Crafts architecture and the theories behind it caught the attention of the Western world as the Gothic revival was set upon a new and vigourous course by the ideas of Pugin, Ruskin and Morris.
		The book's final section is a set of "cookbook" feng shui problems and cures, such as mirrors to counter the negative energy of a blank wall, flowers to counter unfriendly feelings in the office, and birdbaths to welcome wildlife and give a sense of tranquility.
	www.loggia.com /bibliotheque/debook.html (1266 words)

	Russia, Moscow, Historical Architecture - JRL 4-29-05
		The ‘Hostels of the Red Professor Institute’ (1929-1932) by D.P.Osipov and A.M.Rukhlyadev, a complex of experimental Constructivist housing, is under threat of demolition.
		Hope that the authorities are waking up to the necessity of conserving Moscow’s Constructivist legacy has been encouraged by a new restoration project for Nikolaev’s ›Hostel for students of the Textile Institute’ (1929-30).
		It is being organised by The Russian Academy of Architecture and Building Sciences, the Moscow Committee for Architecture (Moskomarchitektura), the Shusev State Museum of Architecture and many other Russian national organisations with support of the ICOMOS International and DOCOMOMO International.
	www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/9134-25.cfm (2276 words)

	ABC : International Constructivist Architecture, 1922-1939 by Sima Ingberman - 0262090317
		It became the foremost constructivist network outside the Soviet Union, producing designs for buildings in, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Mexico, and the United States.
		She provides a serious treatment of the Socialist and Communist interests of architects like Stam and Meyer, and charts the shift from the ambitious public projects in the earlier years of the movement (frequently ideological in motivation) to the more domestic scale of the middle and late 1930s.
		Also covered are Meyer and Wittwer's groundbreaking constructivist designs, Stam, Schmidt, and Roth's development of serialized constructional forms, ABC's conceptualization of town planning, the graphic and ideological relationships between ABC, the journal and other avant-garde magazines such as Veshch and G; and the individual projects of the architects associated with the ABC group.
	www.allbookstores.com /book/0262090317 (282 words)

	English Books > Architecture > Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings
		Architecture And Ideology In Eastern Europe During The Stalin Era: An Aspect Of Cold War History
		Architecture Of Leisure: The Florida Resort Hotels Of Henry Flagler And Henry Plant
		Architecture, Ritual Practice and Co-determination in the Swedish Office
	book.netstoreusa.com /index/bkbap100.shtml (572 words)

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