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concept:modernism-architectureModernism (Architecture)
Architectural movement that Alexander positions his work against, seeking alternatives grounded in deeper understanding of past knowledge systems.
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- Christopher Alexandercontradicts
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- Claim about the nature of a genuine alternative to Modernism.
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- Modernismrelated_toA 20th-century architectural movement whose form languages are considered too crude to create living structure.
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- The 20th-century architectural movement that prioritized originality and broke with tradition, often structure-destroying.
- Late 20th-century architectural style that continued image-driven, structure-destroying approaches.
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- Alexander's approach of discovering concretely what pre-modern artisans knew, rather than merely returning to past styles.
- Alexander's projected future architecture using ultramodern materials and process-based techniques to achieve living structure unlike 20th-century mechanical repetition.
- Alexander's characterization of architecture as the fundamental art form that must embody person-stuff