Avant-garde modernism in architecture : a re-analysis "neue sachlichkeit" architecture within the framework of posthumanism

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This thesis aims to re-analyze the early twentieth century أmodern architecture,ؤ with in the frame work of أposthumanism.ؤ Referring to the أmaterialistؤ and أsocioconstructiveؤ architecture of Hannes Meyer, the study proposes a أshiftؤ from أhumanistؤ ways of production and reception to posthumanism, where the centrality of human in the productive processes of both art and life is questioned. With this respect, the thesis proposes a historical continuity with the post 1960̕s أposthumanistؤ involvement of the postmodern architecture with the early twentieth century أmodern architecture.ؤ Moreover, it is argued that the ideal of أmodern architecture̕sؤ break with tradition could be realized through a move towards أposthumanismؤ referring أposthumanistؤ shift occurred in the avant-garde modernism. Within this framework the thesis, via proposing the book by Michael Hays: Modernism and the Posthumanist Subject: The Architecture of Hannes Meyer and Ludwig Hilberseimer as a pretext, argues that the أmodern architecture̕sؤ ideal of أbreakؤ with tradition is realized through the Neue Sachlichkeit architecture of Hannes Meyer within which the architectural production is integrated with the social and productive determinants of life.

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C. Baran, “Avant-garde modernism in architecture : a re-analysis “neue sachlichkeit” architecture within the framework of posthumanism,” M.Arch. - Master of Architecture, Middle East Technical University, 2004.