Expressionism, Relativity, and the Einstein Tower

1994 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 392-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen James
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Scientific Inquiry ◽  
German Economy ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Concrete Construction ◽  
German Expressionism ◽  
Interior Spaces ◽  
Functional Aspects ◽  
History Of

The Einstein Tower was the product of the complementary investigations of expressionism, reinforced concrete construction, and relativity undertaken by its architect, Erich Mendelsohn, between 1912 and 1920. The war-ravaged German economy of 1921, which impeded its construction, and the scientific agenda of its patron, Erwin Finlay Freundlich, which determined the character of its interior spaces, also helped shape its final appearance. Designed to serve scientific inquiry, it occupies a distinctive intellectual, as well as stylistic, position within the history of German expressionism. In this building Mendelsohn established the design approach that would characterize the rest of his German career, fusing attention to program with bold images of the thrilling instability of modern life. As its reception demonstrates, the functional aspects of the tower have been overshadowed by the degree to which its form has mistakenly been identified with a contemporary enthusiasm for mysticism, which in fact played no role in its design.

“The Child Is Born a Naturalist”: Nature Study, Woodcraft Indians, and the Theory of Recapitulation

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin C. Armitage
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Scientific Inquiry ◽  
Direct Contact ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Human Race ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Nature Study ◽  
Primitive People ◽  
History Of

Beginning in the 1890s, the nature study movement advocated direct contact with the natural world to develop in children an appreciation for natural history, the beginnings of scientific inquiry, aesthetic and spiritual interests as well as the motivation to conserve nature. Defense of nature study pedagogy came from the theory of recapitulation. Recapitulation held that as humans developed they repeated the evolutionary history of the human race. Children were thus thought to be like Indians: primitive people with an innate closeness to nature. The most popular proponent of these ideas was Ernest Thompson Seton, widely read author, illustrator, and founder of the nature study boys club, the Woodcraft Indians. Nature study advocates hoped that the theory of recapitulation would allow them to bridge the modern and romantic, antimodern tendencies in their movement. Despite an intense focus on premodern virtues, nature study and the Woodcraft Indians mostly served to ease the tensions and incongruities of modern life.

scholarly journals Spanish ‘Plastic’ Architecture. A critical reading and design approach.

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Camporeale
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Recent History ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Plastic Potential ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Architecture ◽  
Contemporary Architecture

The following critical text proposes a series of notes and reflections on the reinforced concrete architecture, not on the material itself. Since its invention, concrete has combined two potentialities, deriving from the two materials of which it is composed: the ‘elastic’ potential, which has been developed and has reached a consolidated form and tradition, and the ‘plastic’ one. The last one has been little experienced at the beginning and, in the course of recent history of architecture, has found space in architectural criticism in the meaning of "expressive", "brutalist", "sculptural", ending up to influence 'superficially' (related to the surface) of architecture. The 'plastic' architecture, instead, is three-dimensional and unifies the construction and spatial qualification in a single design gesture. This critical approach not only allows reconsidering the history of modern/contemporary architecture starting from the necessary collaboration between space and construction that unifies the final judgment on the works, but allows influencing the project, adhering to a formative process of those geographic-cultural areas that possess those certain characters, the masonry one. The Spanish "plastic" architecture is, in that sense, a clear example: in many buildings this "masonry" character is clearly identified, due to the architectural exploitation of the reinforced concrete plastic potential.

Damage to concrete structures due to the January 17, 1995, Hyogo-ken Nanbu (Kobe) earthquake

1996 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 757-770 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis Mitchell ◽  
Ronald H. DeVall ◽  
Katsumi Kobayashi ◽  
René Tinawi ◽  
W. K. Tso
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Concrete Structures ◽  
Transverse Reinforcement ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Structures ◽  
Concrete Construction ◽  
Kobe Earthquake ◽  
Short Columns ◽  
Insufficient Amount ◽  
Abrupt Changes ◽  
History Of

A brief history of the detailing changes following different Japanese earthquakes is presented. The design steps for reinforced concrete structures, as prescribed in the 1981 Japanese building code, are described. Observations on the damage and the collapse of reinforced concrete structures caused by the 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu earthquake are reported. Failures occurred in older structures built before the improved 1981 code. Deficiencies observed include discontinuities due to the change between composite steel and reinforced concrete construction and reinforced concrete construction in columns, poor detailing of transverse reinforcement in columns, lack of transverse reinforcement in beam–column joints, insufficient amount of vertical and horizontal reinforcement in walls, presence of significant torsional eccentricities, abrupt changes in stiffness over the height of buildings, and the use of "short" columns or "short" beams exhibiting high shear-to-moment ratios. The excellent performance of structures designed using the 1981 Japanese code is described. Key words: earthquake, Kobe, concrete structures, codes, damage, design.

BUILDING THE MODEL OF INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION EFFICIENCY IN CONSERVATION AND PROMOTION OF THE IDENTITY VALUE OF ETHNIC MINORITIES CULTURE IN ETHNIC MINORITY BOARDING GENERAL SCHOOLS, ETHNIC MINORITY SEMI-BOARDING GENERAL SCHOOLS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH LANGUAGE OF ETHNIC MINORITIES

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ngo Quang Son ◽  
Nguyen Thi Phuong
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Cultural Preservation ◽  
Spiritual Values ◽  
Linguistic Identity ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Urgent Task ◽  
Communication Efficiency ◽  
History Of

Traditional culture of ethnic minorities is the material and spiritual values that are accumulated and preservedin the whole history of ethnic minority development. In thatcommon cultural flow, every ethnic minorities group in ourcountry has its own characteristics in traditional culture.That identity is expressed firstly in language. Language is animportant element of the ethnic minorities character, therefore,the loss of language is the loss of a great asset, thereby leadingto the erasure of art literature, religious beliefs and the custom,customary law.Therefore, in the context of modern life, preserving andpromoting the cultural and linguistic identity of ethnicminorities is an urgent task. In particular, pay specialattention to the method of cultural preservation through thedevelopment of Information, Education and CommunicationModel in ethnic minorities languages in schools and localcommunities.

From Economic Miracle to Standort Deutschland: Exchanging Economic Metaphors in the Federal Republic of Germany

2000 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-65
Author(s):  
Ben Lieberman
Keyword(s):  
Federal Republic ◽  
German Economy ◽  
Economic Recovery ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Economic Miracle ◽  
Economic Achievement ◽  
The World ◽  
German Model ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 1950S

The history of the Federal Republic of Germany is closely connected with economic achievement. Enjoying a striking economic recovery in the 1950s, the FRG became the home of the “economic miracle.” Maturing into one of the most powerful economies in the world, it became known as the “German model” by the 1970s. Now, however, the chief metaphor for the German economy is “Standort Deutschland,” and therein lies the tale of the new German problem.

scholarly journals «ГОСПОДСТВЕННАЯ ВЛАСТЬ» VS ДУШЕПОПЕЧЕНИЕ: ПРАКТИКА ИСПОВЕДИ В РУССКОЙ ДУХОВНОЙ ТРАДИЦИИ СИНОДАЛЬНОГО ПЕРИОДА

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-84
Author(s):  
Алексей Черный
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Mutual Trust ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Pastoral Identity ◽  
Personal Interaction ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Church

The article attempts to reconstruct various pastoral models that appeared in the history of the Russian Orthodox Church over several centuries. The author identifies several "images" of confession, which are very different, among them: the realization of "despotical" power in a "confessional" family of the sixteenth century, the fulfillment of conscription, deeply personal interaction based on mutual trust and the value of a hierarchical aspect, counseling under the guidance of a "parish elder". The state, depending on the circumstances, either embeds the pastor in itself as a necessary part of its own mechanism, or considers the priesthood as a foreign element, or completely distances itself from religious affairs. The author suggests that the “types” of confession presented in the article can be compared with the forms of pastoral self-consciousness to be found in the modern life of the church. This in turn suggests that in the Russian Church today is characterized by the search for pastoral identity, in which the priesthood plays a key role.

The Pace of Fiction

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Gingrich
Keyword(s):  
James Joyce ◽  
Henry James ◽  
George Eliot ◽  
Narrative Fiction ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Way

We talk about pace, often: the pace of history, modern life, everyday movement. And, really, we have talked about pace for centuries. But we hardly know what it means or how one might analyze it. The Pace of Fiction starts from the notion that all pace is, essentially, a product of narrative, and narrative fiction is what produces pace most elaborately. It moves forward as a history of transformations in narrative movement, from Fielding and Goethe and Austen to George Eliot, Flaubert, Henry James, James Joyce, Hemingway, Woolf, and Mann. Pace reveals narrative in its most elaborate effects. And the way pace changes in fiction expresses much of what we refer to as the pace of modernity.

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