I find it interesting that Alan Colquhoun mentions in his essay entitled Postmodernism and Structuralism: A Retrospective Glace, states that the ainti-modernist reaction was a reaction against a movement that emphasized conservativism, professionalism, and an arrogance that had developed in the profession of architecture. Although this argument could possibly be used to agitate disapprovement of the present 'starchitect' system it is interesting that these ideas were on the minds of the structuralist generation of architects.
The structuralist became enamoured by theorist Roland Barthes and an anthropologist named Claude Levi-Strauss. They began to look at the relationship between things or their function, rather than the objects themselves.
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The post-structionalists, however, felt that the architect was no longer responsible to the audience and viewed architecture to be individualistic and an exception to any rules.
Do some architects still cling to a post-structionalist view today?
The structuralist became enamoured by theorist Roland Barthes and an anthropologist named Claude Levi-Strauss. They began to look at the relationship between things or their function, rather than the objects themselves.
http://www.designkink.co.za/
The post-structionalists, however, felt that the architect was no longer responsible to the audience and viewed architecture to be individualistic and an exception to any rules.
Do some architects still cling to a post-structionalist view today?
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