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‘Two
Phases of Modern Urbanism’ presented at lecture
The
history of modern architecture and urbanism is typically understood
as largely the work of certain personalities, notably Le Corbusier,
Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius.
What
is less well known is the extent to which these figures and others
regularly communicated with each other through International Congress
of Modern Architecture, established in 1928 as a coalition of national
and regional architectural avant-garde groups.
WSU’s
Art and Architecture Lecture Series looks at CIAM’s history
during a free slide lecture, "Two Phases of Modern Urbanism"
by Eric Mumford, associate professor of architecture at Washington
University in St. Louis. The presentation will be at 3 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 12, in 210 McKnight.
The
International Congress of Modern Architecture thought until World
War II that modern industrial cities should be reconfigured into
functionally zones areas. In the 1950s a group of CIAM youth members
known as Team 10 rejected this approach and presented alternatives.
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