Modernism Movement

The movement of modernism is a movement that has been associated with the transformation of the western societies through development of industrial societies that then resulted to the development of cities. It is a movement that was conceived through the need to develop after the catastrophic events of the world wars. One of the main factors that the modernism has influenced is the aspect of architecture. The movement was developed as a way to reject and relinquish the traditional procedures of planning and adopting better and new methods that are capable of improving the social condition of people .

The movement first began in Europe and later spread to the United States of America. It was as a result of the availability of democracy in these

The movement resulted to the rise of modern architects that were already inpatient with the traditional systems that had greatly influenced designs and limited architecture to traditional methods. An example is the development of Bauhaus in the year 1919 by an architecture called Walter Gropius. This was a school of architecture that was established was began to teach concepts of architecture and design that was different from that which was common at the time and tried to adopt new ideas revolutionized the architectural way of thinking

This form of architecture was sustainable as it unified architects, engineers, as well as technician, and all took considerations of various important factors such as the natural characteristics of the surroundings of construction making them environmental conscious. The modernism movement grew and spread to the United States where it took root after the world wars and the great recession. These periods were associated with much destruction, and afterwards there was a great need to rebuild and restructure. It was during this time that modernism was greatly adopted and with the rise of the affluent middle class who were moving from rural to urban settlements, the sprouting of cities and suburbs began with designs from the new international styles of architecture. However, the movement needed more formalization and, as a result, it gave rise to postmodern architecture attributed to architects such as Aldo Rossi and Robert Venturi who provided great architectural designs in a more formalized