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 POSTMODERNISM

Definition :
A late 20th century style and concepts in the arts, architecture and
criticism that represents a departure from modernism and has its heart a
general distrust of grand theories and ideologies as well as a
problematical relationship with any notion of “art”,
Meaning of postmodernism:
Postmodernism means a number of trends or movements in the arts
and literature developing in the 1970s in reaction to or rejection of the
dogma principles or practices of established modernism, especially a
movement in architecture and influence of the International Style and
encouraging the use of elements from historical informal styles and often
playful illusion, decoration and complexity.

Postmodernism characteristics :
Irony, playfulness and black humor ,Pastiche, Intertextuality ,Metaficion
,Historiographic metafiction, Temporal distortion,Technoculture and hipperreality
,Paranoia ,Maximalism Minimalism ,Faction, Magical realism, Participation.
 HISTORY OF
POSTMODERNISM

● The term was first used around the 1870s in various areas. For example,
John Watkins Chapman avowed “ a Postmodern style of painting” to get
beyond French Impressionism. Then J. M. Thompson, in his 1914s article in The
Hibbert Journal used the term Postmodernism to describe changes in attitudes
and beliefs in the critique of religion.

● The term was then applied to a whole host of movements, many is art, music
and literature, that reacted against a range of tendencies in the imperialist
phase of capitalism called “modernism”, and are typically marked by revival
of historical elements and techniques

● Postmodern literature is literature characterized by heavy reliance on

techniques like fragmentation, paradox and questionable narrators, and is
often defined as a style or trend which emerged in the post World War II era.

● Postmodern works are seen as a reaction against Enlightenment thinking

and Modernist approaches to literature.
 AR. HAFEEZ
CONTRACTOR
● Born on 19 June 1950, in Mumbai

● Born in a parsi family. Family included his

mother Roshan (a teacher) and his father
Sorab Contractor (A businessman)

● Graduate Diploma in architecture from

Academy of Architecture, Mumbai in
1975.Graduation from Columbia University New
York (USA) on a Tata Scholarship

● Hafeez Contractor commenced his

career in 1968 with T. Khareghat as an
Architect and in 1977 he became the
associate partner in the same firm. Between
1977 and 1980 Hafeez has been a visiting
faculty at the Academy of Architecture,
Mumbai.

● His practice had modest beginnings in 1982

with a staff of two. Today the firm has over 350
employees including senior associates,
architects, interior designers, draftsmen, civil
engineering team and architectural support
staff .
AWARDS
:
• PADMA BHUSHAN in 2016
• RECOGNITION FOR ARCHITECTURE IN 2012
• BEST HOSPITALITY PROJECT OF THE YEAR, NEW
DELHI
• BEST INTERIORS HOSPITALITY OF THE YEAR, ACES
SPACES, MUMBAI
• TOP ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR, CONSTRUCTION
WORLD
• AWARD, MUMBAI 2011
• SOCIETY INTERIORS DESIGN BUILDING AWARD,
RECOGNITION
FOR CONTRIBUTION IN ARCHITECTURE
• EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN WITH COPPER, IIID
COPPER
AWARD
• TOP ARCHITECT AWARD OF THE YEAR,
CONSTRUCTIO
N WORLD
AWARD
• BEST
RESIDENTIAL
SCHEME,
 Some on the key features which are usually found in his works
are:
● Extensive use of glass and metallic panels on the facades confirms to the high
tech expressions business seek to achieve.

● Never fixed plan

● Have axis but not always.

● Give stress on landscaped terrace.

● He picks elements from various typologies and use them as adornments for the
exterior skin of the building.

● He always treats the corner of the building.

● He believes that your building should really reflect your socio- economic and
climatic
relations.

“Architecture can give form to beliefs, and can make

building into a real and arresting symbol of brand
intent.”
-Hafeez contractor
 IMPORTANT
PROJECTS
1. 23 MARINA ,
● 23 Marina in Dubai Marina is an 88-storey,
DUBAI 1,289 ft. tall luxury residential building.
Located on Sheikh Zayed Road, it offers
extraordinary views of the Marina and
Dubai’s skyline. The high-rise has a total of
289 residential apartments and four below-
ground levels.

● The construction of the building started in 2006 and was

completed in 2012 by Hircon International LLC. The
project built on a podium features a 6-storey entry hall
with geometric flooring designs and tinted glass walls.
The glass lobby area on the ground floor is
complemented by the stunning outdoor swimming pool.
● There is a waterfall sculpture behind the concierge
desk. With a structure resembling a ball-point pen, 23
Marina, Dubai boasts tastefully styled 2 and 3-bedroom
apartments along with 4-bedroom duplex units. The latter
have private elevators and triangular balconies with
plunge pools. Other tower amenities include a children’s
play pool, health club, a spa and a running track.
 2. THE IMPERIAL (S D
TOWERS),
MUMBAI

● The Imperial is located in Tardeo,

Mumbai. Imperial Towers designed by
Mumbai Architect Hafeez Contracter as
his most recognizable projects to date,
were
designed as Mumbai’s tallest towers

● The Imperial Twin Towers are built on former

slum land where the current re-
development model of builders providing
free land and rehabilitionto slum dwellers
in excange for rights for proferty
development, was first put into practice on
a big scale.

● Imeperial offers sea-view by virtue of it’s

height and a resort like gardens and
fountains on top of the parking structure
podium , with hanging gardens that mask
the structure itself. 256 m Tallest skyscraper
in India from 2010 to 2019
 ● The Global Education Centre
located in the 337-acre Infosys campus
(GEC),
3. GLOBAL in Mysore, is one of the most iconic
EDUCATION projects designed by Hafeez Contractor.
CENTRE(GEC),MYSORE Being the largest corporate training
centre in the world, it can train over
14,000 people at a time.

● The moment you set your eyes on the

building, it throws into stark relief the
massiveness of scale, with six gigantic
Doric columns supporting a Greek-
inspired pediment, featuring a
monumental dome.

● The GEC building distinguishes itself on

the campus and exudes colonial vibes.
As a trainee, one is bound to feel part
of something larger than life, which was
probably the intention in designing it this
way, because getting trained here is
considered to be a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity for corporate aspirants.
SPATIAL
PLANNING
● The GEC sits on a contoured site and it is
essentially a three-storied stone structure made
using fine granite. Beneath the dome, on the third
floor, there is a large meeting hall with a separate
waiting lobby. The elliptical skylight brightly lights
up the 40,000 square feet library that surrounds it
with terraces overlooking the ground floor lobby.

● The lower ground floor accommodates the concept

centre with online classrooms and examination
halls, surrounded by administration rooms. The
semi-circular open space encased by the building
in front of its entrance exhibits pruned greenery and
garden spaces.