Postmodernist House

Postmodernist House

Postmodernist Architecture

This house is located in the center of a residential area north of NC State's campus and its architecture stands out starkly against the other houses in the area which are more traditionally styled. Where Modernism was intended to be sleekly uniform, this postmodern house clearly stands out as postmodern. The house has three main sections on the exterior: the red wood paneled section, the grey stepped section, and the plain white section. The red section has a sloped roof, but the horizontal paneling lines along the front wall follows the angle of the roof. The perpendicular wall in this section is covered in plants/vines. The grey section is angled in line with the red section, with angled vertical paneling offering a contrast to the red section. The vertical walls of this section are also in line with the left-leaning angle, unlike the walls on the rest of the house. At the top of each stepped section, there is a small window. The space in between the grey and white sections has small abstract sculptures and an angled metal support beam with a spiral design that looks like it is made from a repurposed industrial drill. The white section of the house is plain, with no bold textures or colors, and has clean, straight 900-degree angles. The flat roof of this section has small black fencing to indicate that there is some form of roof access in the house where the second floor is a rooftop patio.
This building is postmodern because the angles and colors are meant to stand out against typical suburban cookie-cutter homes and against the simplicity of modernist architecture. Many of these design features have no innate functional purpose that could not be otherwise achieved with traditional architecture. This house is made to look somewhat like an out-of-place puzzle piece that hints at sustainability.

Lauren Sims

Lauren Sims

1/31/2020

Lauren Sims