Essay about heydar aliyev

The architect that I have chose is: Zaha Hadid. Please be sure to add images :) and clearly follow the instructions I have provided.

1. Choose an architectural example and analyze it. Your example can be from any period and location.

2. Identify and examine the year, the architect, and the building.

3. Determine the kind of standard or style established for the relevant year.

a. You need to present scholarly sources to support your claim.

4. Analyze whether your example attempted to follow or move away from the standard of that period.

5. Do you think the standard from that period reinforced your example? Or do you think your example set that standard?

6. Extending from these questions, do you think we need a kind of standard for today’s architectural discourse?

Introduction Standardization has played a critical role in architecture. Architects attempt to develop their own standards in order to define a good architectural design. Architectural historians categorize buildings and monuments into certain periods based on their standards. Modernism in architecture was the product of the search for new standards and of moving away from the past. Postmodernism, in particular, was the result of criticizing the modern standard. Le Corbusier argued that Parthenon underwent gradual refinement over time, with many of its temples having been changed time and again to achieve its current beauty and maintain its architectural rhythm. He called this a slow process of standardization. Standardization aims to facilitate a common measurement of all things; in this sense, standardization has become a measuring and evaluating tool. When there is a standard, you know how you are doing compared with others. At the same time, standardization has become a common tool used by some architects to establish their own standards in order to dominate the profession. As can be observed, the idea of standardization is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, standardization promotes and reinforces what good architecture should be. On the other hand, standardization has become an ideal tool to justify and legitimize architectural design methods and techniques, including practices of colonial authority. Furthermore, standardization established by the architectural discourse often has reinforced racial and social injustice and inequality. I have included some examples below. - The notion of color “White” representing purity, innocence, divine beauty, modern, and the descendent of ancient Greek The idea of “Polychromy” criticizing the “Whiteness” by pointing out that the Parthenon was constructed with various colors The concept of “Orientalism” reinforcing the European dominance over colonial nations The 1851 Great Exhibition (The Crystal Palace, London, England) showcasing the cultural dominance over the world The 1889 World’s Fair (Eiffel Tower, Paris, France) showcasing the technological dominance over the world Le Corbusier attempting to have a new standard with the Modulor Man Le Corbusier publishing “Towards An Architecture” pointing to the machine aesthetics as the modern standard and asking architects and designers to update their “Eyes” Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock curating “Modern Architecture: International Exhibition” to promote the “International Style” as the modern standard The 1934 “Redlining” policy by the Federal Housing Administration promoting a “statesponsored system of segregation” Patrik Schumacher proposing “Parametricism” as a new “global” standard and style, defining postmodernism and deconstructivism as “transitional episodes” Thus, acknowledging the influence of standardization in architecture—whether it is a positive and productive approach or a constraint that limits architects’ ability to participate in the profession—is critical. Directions For this paper assignment, we will discuss the role of standardization in architecture and critically observe how this mode of thinking has been influencing the architectural discourse and profession. Please be guided by the following instructions: 1. Choose an architectural example and analyze it. Your example can be from any period and location. 2. Identify and examine the year, the architect, and the building. 3. Determine the kind of standard or style established for the relevant year.