Explication of postmodern philosophy ideas in architecture

Abstract

The postulation of the new principles of being (decentration, plurality, chaoticness, rhizomaticity) by the philosophers-postmodernists reflected the nonlinear nature of the development of the social system, one of the projections of which was the formation of a new direction of architecture. Analysis of the works of the theorists of postmodernism revealed the influence of the new worldview paradigm on the transformation of architecture as a response to social challenges of our time. The explication of the principles of postmodernism in architecture expressed itself in the transformation of its iconic-symbolic space, which is discussed in the article through semiotic analysis of a number of architectural objects.

Keywords

• postmodern philosophy
• nonlinear development
• iconic-symbolic space of architecture
• architectural postmodernism
• Neo-avant-garde architecture
• metaphor in architecture