The Modernist Movement And The International Style Movement

Throughout the Villa Dall’ava, 1991, Rem Koolhaas ideologies have been deconstructed, reconstructed and reproduced such as it complies with Le Corbusier’s five ideas of modernism, where it employs the use of â€Å"pilotes†, roof terrace, the open floor plan, the free faà §ade and the horizontal window to his design. These major elements are key to the modernist movement and the international style movement. Rem Koolhaas has made conflict with these key ideas such as the slanted columns as Le Corbusier’s idea was to use simple forms discussed by the early modernist. In a sense it holds these elements of deconstruction such an alien form within it design. Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye, 1929, has very similar links to the Villa Dall’ava as Rem Koolhaas and his client wanted the Villa Dall’ava to be a modern version of the Villa Savoye. These links are obvious as they are the five points of architecture which Le Corbusier had set as his architectural principles. 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