From the second half of the twentieth century began to develop technologies experienced in World War II, many of them related to the media and communication systems, and software designed for astronomy. Moreover, a series of events, seemingly isolated and unrelated, began to proclaim the great transformations of a world that until then had more or less defined. This arose and took hold a critique of the values \u200b\u200bset to spread Postmodernism the generic term which meant the abandonment of universal models tried immovable. Became blurred and disappeared canonized values \u200b\u200bof the forbidden boundaries, hence also for the open architecture spectrum as possible.
Along with this phenomenon, and from the rapid expansion of communications, the emergence of what has been called "globalization." Architectural works shared the phenomena of communication and computing technology in a show that was broadcast worldwide. Another feature of this period is the increase in capital distributional differences, which focused on a few. Inversely what happened during the rationalist modernism at this time there is no "teacher" who everyone follows.
Thus arose an architecture whose high definition and materials characterization is the dazzling and spectacular technological achievement of high complexity, which must be added the use of digital technology in the design and structural calculations, which allowed a new sensitivity and externalize actually convert old utopias, which otherwise would have been impossible to achieve.
"Sustainability is a word that has become fashionable in recent decades. However, Sustainability is not so much a problem of "fashion" and survival "Norman Foster.
energy crises and environmental disasters of recent years have encouraged the emergence of a new architectural paradigm: the "sustainable" development. The principle of sustainability was officially recognized in 1993 during the Congress of the International Union of Architects (UIA), in Chicago and was defined as a pattern of progress and as a professional responsibility. The phrase "sustainable development" summarizes a problem which, hopefully, all studies should address architecture: the architectural responses that, without discarding our acquired patterns of habitability and comfort, look at the energy savings and the environment.
While today many architects who share these concerns research on the use of alternative energy sources (wind, sun ..) and mixed-conditioning systems, ways to address the architectural responses are varied.
While some architects propose, with a more "romantic" a return to vernacular architecture, others, like Foster himself, seek to correct those past mistakes, and do not despise the demands of contemporary cities postindustrial and redirect the use of technologies for more efficient solutions in these areas.
The European Economic Community, environmental awareness is widespread and legislated. Europe must reduce energy consumption by 9% by the year 2017. Enormous challenge that involves planning, planning, architecture and individual consumption patterns. It is a great debt of serious debate in our emerging countries where the urgent always takes precedence over important.
Orient Station, Lisbon. Portugal
Santiago Calatrava
years 1994-1998
Nangyang Technological University, Singapore
School of Art and Media.
CPG Corporation
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