The redefinition on the formation process of Berlin Modernism Architecture

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25420670
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Architectural history/Design
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: SUGIMOTO Toshimasa 広島大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 名誉教授 (00127664)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ベルリン / モダニズム / カール・フリードリヒ・シンケル / ロマン主義 / 新古典主義 / ブルーノ・タウト / 近代建築史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research work has, on the assumption that the root of the Berlin Modernism Architecture is in the Neo-Classicism and Romanticism of the early 19th century architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, rediscovered, analyzed and reevaluated architectural historically some kinds of sketches and drawings, practiced the comparative analysis with the architectural works of Expressionism and Constructivism in the early 20th century Berlin Modernism, and clarified the formation process of Berlin Modernism Architecture including the mid and late 19th century through pointing out the three genealogies of the memorial hall, the frame work and the dissipative composition.

Free Research Field

建築歴史・意匠