Latin American Modernism

ラテンアメリカ近代建築 / 1940s–1980s / Style / Modern Architecture

Latin America's modern architecture rewrote the International Style with local color, light and emotion — Barragán's colored walls and water, Niemeyer's curves proving that modernism too could carry a region's feeling.

Walls of vivid color / Staged light and water / Thick walls and stillness / Modernism rooted in place

Latin American Modernism — バラガン自邸（CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO）Latin American Modernism — ヒラルディ邸（CC BY-SA 4.0）Latin American Modernism — サテライト・タワー（CC BY-SA 4.0）
バラガン自邸（CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO） ／ ヒラルディ邸（CC BY-SA 4.0） ／ サテライト・タワー（CC BY-SA 4.0）

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material
Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution
Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study
Luis Barragán / Oscar Niemeyer / the 'architecture of emotion'

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