MINIMALISM/SIMPLISITY

THE WAY ARCHITECTURE GOES THROUGH LIFE

In simplicity we trust
 WHAT IS MINIMALISM?
INTRO.
STARTED IN 1060’S IN US
AS THE REACTION TO ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
INFLUENCED BY JAPANESE TRADITIONAL DESIGN AND
ARCHITECTURE
• The concept of minimalist architecture is to
strip everything down to its essential quality
and achieve simplicity
• The quality or condition of being
- easy to understand or do.
- uncomplicated in form or design.
- Freedom from adulteration or
contamination
CLEAN AND MACHINE MADE

Uncomplicated cladding & wall finishes

 WHAT MAKES MINIMALISIM SPECIAL

THE FORMS
ARE SIMPLE AND ABSTRUCT
ATRRACTIVE AND
MONOTONIC SURFACE FINISHS
PEACE FULL AND CALM AS THE
SEA
 Eliminate the unnecessarily
• architecture where in the subject is reduced to its necessary element
 Less is more

By emphasizing open space and

revealing the industrial materials used
in construction,. His mature
buildings made use of modern
materials such as industrial steel and
plate glass to define interior spaces
• . In minimalism, the
architectural designers pay
special attention to the
connection between perfect
planes, elegant lighting, and
careful consideration of the
void spaces left by the removal
of three-dimensional shapes
from an architectural design.
• MINIMALISIM IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE EMPHASIS ON ESSEB
ELEMENTS LIKE LIGHT AND THE WAY IT FALL ON VOLUMES
AND MASSES THAT MAKE UP BUILDING AND SHAPE ASPACE
 MARTIN HEIDEGGER
• ‘LIFE IS TO BE PEACE IN THE AREA,STAY IN PEACE, TO
PRESERVE PEACE ,TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE THINGS THAT
REVEAL A SENSE OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EARTH AND
HEAVEN ,NETWEEN DIVINITY AND HUMANITY
•Clean, open, light-filled spaces
 “Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure
the true value of any work of art”.
• For whom are we do the design
• Who are
•Simple detailing devoid of decoration
• Furniture—are supposed to be simple as the building an
like the complex one become the simplicity when it come
to
 sun light

Simple furniture
• Eating less food is called a
diet. When you're on diet, you
restrict yourself to small
amounts of food for medical
reasons or to lose or maintain
weight. When architecture is
on diet, it's called minimalism
architecture where in the subject is reduced to its
necessary element
For whom are you guys designing
 In addition to simplicity theory with respect to subject ,
some of views of scholars
• Simplicity , Leonardo da vinci described it as “the ultimate sophistication”
• “simplicity is nature’s first step , and the last of art” Philip james Bailey
• “the art of art , the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity." -
Walt Whitman (1819-1892) "To simplify complications is the first essential of success." -
George Earle Buckle (1854- 1935) "Order and simplification are the first steps towards the
mastery of a subject." - Thomas Mann (1875- 1955) 9 Albert Einstein said “everything should
be made as simple as possible, but no simpler” "God always takes the simplest way." - Albert
Einstein (1879- 1955) "The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the
necessary may speak." - Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) "Simplicity is the seal of truth." –
Proverb "Simplicity is the peak of civilization." - Jessie Sampter (1883- 1938)