Deconstructivism





Deconstructivism, also called Deconstruction, is a new school of thought in
architecture which draws its philosophical bases from the literary movement
Deconstruction. It name also derives from the Russian Constructivism
movement of the 1920's from which it drew some of its formal inspirations.

It is a contemporary style that primarily counters the ordered rationality
of Modern Architecture. The underpinnings of this movement include ideas of
fragmentation, non-linear processes of design, non-Euclidean geometry,
negating polarities such as structure and envelope, and so on. The final
visual appearance of buildings in this style are characterised by a
stimulating unpredictability and a controlled chaos. However, critics of
Deconstruction see it as a purely formal exercise with little social significance.