Futurists Manifesto Relates to Todays Architecture

Architecture itself is the art and science of designing and constructing physical structures for human use. The meaning itself illustrates that function and aesthetics are inseparable. Throughout the years people continually grow and innovate architectural designs. Buildings are not just there for function but they are also there to illustrate human creativity. The standard of architecture has undergone fundamental change over the past decades. If the old architecture was often simple and well bounded with a handful of bodies, the architecture now celebrates speed, machinery and technology.

There is now an apparent cultural evolution that motivates intellectual avant-garde. Contemporary architects with the help of technology are more experimental and innovative. The novel Futurist Manifesto,  written by the Itallian poet Filippo Tommaso Marineti  introduced an art movement that apparently rejects the past as he seeks to modernize and rejuvenate Italian culture. The vision of this book illustrates the contemporary architecture since it celebrates technology, machineries, speed and aggression. Futurist Manifestos vision is to break the old tradition of style where architecture is decorative, solemn and monumental. It says that architecture must perform a new start where calculation, simplicity and durability of materials are more significant than decoration.
   
In the contemporary architecture, I observed how style meets the avant-garde of Futurist Manifesto. If classical architecture is often pretty and pleasing, I can now see buildings that are simpler. Perhaps that what makes historical buildings a tourist spot because its style are often pretty and emotional. In terms of materials, contemporary architecture are now often made of concrete steel, glass and textile fiber instead of old wood, stone and brick.  The construction nowadays are smarter in terms of aesthetics, usefulness and simplicity. From the classic perpendiculars and horizontals, the oblique and elliptic lines of contemporary architecture are a hundred times more emotional and creative. In addition, the decorative value I observed depends whether it complements the buildings function and original arrangement. Instead of using immediate elements of nature, futurist architects often based on mechanical elements. 
   
Apparently, Futurist Manifesto wants to fulfill its vision that mans creation must endure. To ensure its longer mortality, the Futurist Manifesto aims to celebrates technology. The constant renewal and innovation  will contribute to the victory of Futurism which has already been continually affirmed today. Man according to futurism must be in harmony with freedom of expression through continually experimenting.