Open air rooms. The architecture of the Mediterranean from Malaparte to the contemporary world

Caccuri, 5 febbraio 2004--This is a section of the site dedicated to the Mediterranean Architecture and that, going from the Mezquita de Cordoba to the Tiberius s Villa Iovis in Capri, from the Adalberto Libera s Villa Malaparte always in Capri until the Francesco Venezia s Museum of Gibellina, from the Le Corbusier s Chapel of Ronchamp to the Abbazia Florens of ... Modern architecture, or modernist architecture, was based upon new and innovative technologies of construction, particularly the use of glass, steel and reinforced concrete; the idea that form should follow function (functionalism); an embrace of minimalism; and a rejection of ornament. It emerged in the first half of the 20th century and became dominant after World War II until the 1980s ... The Mediterranean Sea was the central superhighway of transport, trade and cultural exchange between diverse peoples encompassing three continents: Western Asia, North Africa, and Southern Europe.The history of the cultures and people of the Mediterranean Basin is important for understanding the origin and development of the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Canaanite, Phoenician, Hebrew, Carthaginian ... Palaces like the Aljafería and the Alhambra rank among the highest achievements of the Islamic world.

... This phase is characterized by subjects occurring in the contemporary architecture such as computational design, digital fabrication and data ...