Theories of Archi & Urbanism

1. 20 APRIL 2015
Synopsis No 3: POST MODERNISM
Name:
1. Jevon Atmabrata
2. Poh Zi Yang
3.Jannah Jailani
4.Chen Rou Ann
Text: Learning from Las Vegas
Author: Venturi Brown, Denise Scott Brown, Steven Izenour
Year Written: 1977
Purpose of the theory (Please tick X; you may tick more than one box)
Identifying an issue or problem within the contemporary context
/ Analyzing an architecture to identify a problem or solve a problem
Solving an issue in a broader context outside of architecture: presenting a theory/manifesto
Solving an issue within the context of architecture: presenting a design method
/ Solving an issue within the context of architecture: presenting a theory
Others:
Please complete the following:
What are the issues
addressed?
Using signage as a symbol instead of the architecture itself
What are the design
methods/strategy/theories
proposed?
• Architecture changes on the means of transport
• Visual signage
• Architecture as a symbol by using its form.
• It has to be fixed into its context
Relate the text to
architectural/urban forms
by illustrating one key
image.
Justify the selection.