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PETER EISENMAN
1932-…
http://eisenmansminions.tumblr.com/
Peter Eisenman is an architect
from United States of America.
He is also a significant
theoritician and he is one of
the
pioneers
of
deconstructivism movement in
architecture.
Peter Eisenman and other four
architects became members of
New York Five (also known as
Whites) and later each of them
developed their own style.
Therefore, he became affiliated
with Deconstructivism.
Eisenman studied at Columbia
High School which is located in
New Jersey. He moved into
studying architecture school as
an undergraduate at Cornell
University. After he graduated
from Cornell University, he
studied for masters degree at
Columbia University in the
program
of
Architecture,
Planning and Preservation.
Eisenman took his Ph.D. from
University of Cambridge. In
addition, he was given an
honorary degree from Syracuse
University
School
of
Architecture in 2007.
Although Eisenman never used
the term «deconstructivism» in
any of his articles, books or
works, his works are referred
to as formalist, deconstructive,
late avant-garde, late or high
modernist.
Moreover, he is influenced by
the post-structuralist thinker
Jacques Derrida.
In terms of his writings, he
makes comparative formal
analyses through emancipation
and autonomization of the
discipline. His focus is on
liberating architectural form
from any possible meaning.
BEYOND ARCHITECTURE | SUMMER 2015 | ISSUE 1