Architecture of Life: Soviet Modernism and the Human Sciences Vronskaya Alla
Explores how Soviet architects reimagined the built environment through the principles of the human sciencesDuring the 1920s and 1930s, proponents of Soviet architecture looked to various principles…
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Explores how Soviet architects reimagined the built environment through the principles of the human sciencesDuring the 1920s and 1930s, proponents of Soviet architecture looked to various principles within the human sciences in their efforts to formulate a methodological and theoretical basis for their modernist project. Architecture of Life delves into the foundations of this transdisciplinary and transnational endeavor, analyzing many facets of their radical approach and situating it within the context of other modernist movements that were developing concurrently across the globe.Examining the theories advanced by El Lissitzky, Moisei Ginzburg, and Nikolay Ladovsky, as well as those of their lesser-known colleagues, this illuminating study demonstrates how Soviet architects of the interwar period sought to mitigate Fordist production methods with
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