Open AccessTHE CONCEPT OF SIMPLICITY IN CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
Author(s) -
Petr Slastenin
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
gradostroitelʹstvo i arhitektura
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2782-2109
pISSN - 2542-0151
DOI - 10.17673/vestnik.2011.03.1
Subject(s) - simplicity , architecture , aesthetics , philosophy , computer science , epistemology , art , visual arts
This article is an attempt to crystallize some thoughts about the place of simplicity in contemporary architecture. The article briefly describes the viewpoint of the avant-garde artist K. Malevich and modern architects J. Pawson, K. Sejima and R. Nishizawa with regard to concept of simplicity and its origin. Some possible ways to achieve simplicity in art and architecture, such as economy and minimum, are considered in this article.