Editing Modernism and the International Style (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Understanding</span> ==
Modernism is understood through '''Honesty''' and '''Machine Logic'''.

'''1. The "Truth" of Materials (Honesty)''':
Don't "Hide" the "Guts."
* (See Article 621). "Classical" buildings used "Stone" to "Look Like" something else.
* **Modernists** "Argued" that if a building is "Made of Steel," it should **"Look Like Steel."**
* **"Ornaments"** were "Seen" as **"Lies."**
* This "Honesty" "Created" the **"Clean," "Industrial" Look** of the 20th century.
* "Aesthetics" is **"Exposed Physics."**

'''2. The "Universal" Box (International Style)''':
"Context" is "Secondary."
* The **International Style** "Aimed" for a "Design" that could "Work" **"Anywhere"** in the world (New York, Tokyo, Berlin).
* It "Ignored" **"Local Culture"** and **"Climate"** in favor of **"Universal Geometry."**
* This led to the **"Glass Box"** Skyscrapers that "Defined" "Global Finance."
* "The World" was "Built" as a **"Single Grid."**

'''3. The "Social" Utopia (Housing)''':
"Fixing" the "City."
* (See Article 132). The "Industrial Revolution" created "Slums."
* **Modernists** "Aimed" to "Use" "Mass Production" to build **"High-Quality, Cheap Housing"** for "Everyone."
* **Le Corbusier’s 'Radiant City'**: "Massive Towers" in "Green Parks."
* While "Beautiful" in "Theory," many of these "Projects" (like 'Pruitt-Igoe') "Failed" because they "Ignored" "Human Psychology" (see Article 635).

'''The 'Villa Savoye' (1929)'''': Le Corbusier's "Manifesto in Concrete." It "Incorporated" his **"Five Points of Architecture"**: (1) Pilotis, (2) Roof Garden, (3) Free Plan, (4) Ribbon Windows, and (5) Free Facade. It proved that "Architecture" could be "Deconstructed" and "Rebuilt" using "Pure Logic."
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