POST MODERNISM

GUIDED BY : PROF. KULDEEP BHATIA

SUBMITTED BY : NEHA ROKADE
 Antonie predock
I try to understand place on a deeper level
than just the physical or environmental
aspects. It includes cultural and intellectual
forces, too. It’s an inclusive approach that
brings in many disciplines and sees place as
a dynamic thing.

– Antoine Predockt
 ANTONIE PREDOCX

 Predock studied architecture first at the University of New

Mexico and obtained his Bachelor of Architecture from
Columbia University in 1962
 He developed his unique, instantly recognizable language,
characterized by poetic bold forms, evoking ancient ruins and
seemingly emerging right out of the local geology, effectively
blurring distinctions between manmade and natural, turning his
fractured buildings into seamless environments that he refers to
as rides.

AWARD

 In 1985, the architect was awarded the Rome Prize with

residency and study at the American Academy in Rome.

 Predock won the 2006 AIA Gold Medal, and in 2007, he was
awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cooper-
Hewitt National Design Museum.
American Heritage Center and Art Museum
University of Wyoming, Laramie

Year : 1986/1993

 Predock’s design is an abstract representation of

Western history and culture and ties the building to
campus and the surrounding Wyoming landscape.

 The five-story copper cone, which houses the American

Heritage Center, is reminiscent of a mountain peak,
while the brick extension that houses the Art Museum
galleries represent the rendezvous sites of the pre-
settled West, the gathering place for trade, socializing
and the exchange of ideas.

CHARACTERISTICS

 Abstract
 Paradox and Irony
Nelson Fine Arts Centre
Architects: Antoine Predock.

Location: 51 E 10th St, Tempe, AZ 85281, Tempe,

Arizona, United States

Client: Arizona State University, Tempe

Project Year: 1985 – 1990

 The building defines a journey, a

procession, it defines options and
potentials rather than particular paths.

 It is an open matrix of possibilities for

engagement both vertically and
horizontally.

 Art galleries extend the procession.

Exterior terraces anchor them for
sculpture installations.

 Steel-plate trellises partly shade these

terraces.
 The gallery sequence is
open-ended ,visitors can use
the sculpture terraces to
explore inside and out.

 They can proceed indoors to

the large upper gallery, which
has the highest ceilings and
straddles the main entry.

CHARACTERISTICS

 ABSTRACT FORM
 USES OF ELEMENTS
LIKE : ARCHES
 USES OF COLOUR
Center for Integrated Systems Stanford
University.
Place : Palo Alto , California
Year : 1996
The CIS building is a huge masonry mass, with
striking profiles and deep over-hangs. It is as if a
gigantic block of clay has been chiseled out,
creating deeply recessed windows. The
connected volumes create individual spaces for
an internal community. A vault of copper
intersects and shelters the stone colonnade, and a
severe copper roof appears to hover above all.
Predock’s design is likely a response to the pre-
existing Romanesque revival style

CHARACTERISTICS

 ORNAMENTATION
Use of arches ,vaults and shapes.
Arizona Science Center
Phoenix, Arizona

 The Arizona Science Center is a science museum

located in Heritage and Science Park in the heart
of downtown Phoenix.

 This museum in Phoenix, completed in 1997,

houses exhibition space, a demonstration theater, a
special format film theater and a planetarium,
along with educational and support facilities.

 The building blends, in an abstract manner,

influences drawn from geological events with
site-specific concerns and urban opportunities.

CHARACTERISTICS

 Contextualism
 Abstract form
CANADIAN MUSEUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Year : 2014

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is a

Canadian Crown Corporation and national
museum located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, adjacent
to The Forks. The purpose of the museum is to
"explore the subject of human rights

Antoine Predock's inspiration for the CMHR came

from the natural scenery and open spaces in
Canada, including trees, ice, northern lights, First
Nations peoples in Canada, and the rootedness of
human rights action.

The walls, roof of a building are shaped in a distorted

manner, wherein it looks like the entire building has
been crumpled or warped. To intentionally create
confusion and chaos.
DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS

Tyndall limestone cladding

Ten core galleries
Back-lit alabaster walkways
Glazed “Tower of Hope”
Curving glass envelope
Native tall grass prairie ramps
Exterior public seating

Awards

Manitoba Premier's Awards for Design Excellence (PADE)

Award of Excellence.

2015 Leadership Award for the Advancement of Accessible

Environmental Design

2015 Award of Excellence in Accessible Environmental

Design
THANK YOU
 CHARACTERISTICS
HIGHLANDS POND HOUSE
Colorado  CONTEXTUALISM
The main purpose of the
buildings, for which they are to be