It expresses or embraces techniques of minimalist value by the amplifying context, human occupation, and narrative movement through space.Įvery architect attempts to instil or manifest meaning upon or within their work - though the methods and manifestation by which the intents of the architect are expressed are vastly different -it remains throughout architectural history one of the core motivators behind producing architecture of significance. Establishing a framework and verbal structure of minimalist value, this paper examines how successful minimalist architectural vernacular in the 21 st Century can be. John MacArthur expands on this notion in The Picturesque identifying experiential and narrative qualities of early champions of minimalism. Yves‐Alain Bois in his article A Picturesque Stroll around Clara Clara (1984) determines this meaning derives from the human‐interaction of the qualities of Richard Serra’s Clara Clara, which produces a value through asserting an experience of the picturesque. By this they, perhaps seemingly unknowingly, align themselves with the early 19 th Century art movement of the picturesque. Furthermore, by analysing the extent to which more recent proponents of minimalist art, such as Richard Serra, impart meaning through non-traditional structural expression, framing of the external context, and the celebration of human-interaction with architecture and art. An examination of the key progenitors of minimalism and modernism - Mies Van Der Rohe and Le Corbusier - reveals the strategies utilised by those adhering to minimalist principles.
The late Charles Correa’s Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown typifies the methods of valuable minimalist expression by incorporating the picturesque and narrative communication into his work. This papers aims to analyse the methodologies employed by minimalist architects, and their earliest influences, to manifest meaning in their work. It’s critics argue the minimalist approach promotes only the perfection of architectural technique rather than addressing the need for imparting meaning or value in architecture.
Minimalism as a generative architectural approach has been criticised by Post-Structuralist theory implying that no worth or value can adequately derive from purist, formalist and reductive architectural expressions.
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