deconstructivist
Deliberately chaotic designer
A deconstructivist is someone who practices or advocates deconstructivism—either the literary-philosophical movement associated with Jacques Derrida, which questions stable meanings in texts, or the architectural style characterized by fragmentation, distorted forms, and apparent instability: The deconstructivist architects rejected traditional notions of harmony and unity.
As an adjective, it describes work in either tradition.
Innovative cultural pioneers
- experimentalTesting new methods
- radicalRoot-indicating symbol
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
Seeking to undermine authority
- disruptiveTending to interrupt order
- challengingHard to accomplish
- provocativeMeant to provoke response
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
destabilizing · transgressive · contradiction · tension · conflict · instability · ambiguity · complexity
Broken into pieces
- angularSharp-edged or rawboned
- fracturedSplit or splintered
- disjointedLacking orderly sequence
- shatteredBroken into fragments
splintered · colliding · intersecting · collage · layered · overlapping · juxtaposed · discontinuous
Not equal on both sides
- skewedAsymmetrically shifted
- tiltedAngled from vertical
- warpedBent out of true
- distortedMisshapen from original form
irregular · diagonal · oblique · twisted · folded · angled · canted · leaning
Element twenty-two
- cantileverBeam supported one end
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- angularSharp-edged or rawboned
- non-EuclideanGeometry without parallel postulate
Grammatology's French author
- poststructuralismPhilosophy questioning stable meaning
- traceMinute remnant or pursue
- disseminationWide distribution of information
- supplementSomething added to complete
avant-garde
Innovative cultural pioneers
- experimentalTesting new methods
- radicalRoot-indicating symbol
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
pioneering · postmodern · theoretical · manifestos · critical
subversive
Seeking to undermine authority
- disruptiveTending to interrupt order
- challengingHard to accomplish
- provocativeMeant to provoke response
unsettling · destabilizing · transgressive · contradiction · tension · conflict · instability · ambiguity · complexity · disorder
fragmented
Broken into pieces
- angularSharp-edged or rawboned
- fracturedSplit or splintered
- disjointedLacking orderly sequence
shattered · splintered · colliding · intersecting · collage · layered · overlapping · juxtaposed · discontinuous · ruptured
asymmetrical
Not equal on both sides
distorted · irregular · diagonal · oblique · twisted · folded · angled · canted · leaning · torqued
titanium
Element twenty-two
- cantileverBeam supported one end
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- angularSharp-edged or rawboned
Derrida
Grammatology's French author
- poststructuralismPhilosophy questioning stable meaning
- traceMinute remnant or pursue
- disseminationWide distribution of information
supplement · presence · absence · closure · margin
deconstructivistclassicist
Scholar of antiquity
traditionalist · neoclassicist · Palladian · Beaux-Arts · historicist
deconstructivistessentialist
Believer in fixed natures
structuralist · traditionalist · positivist · literalist · constructivist
deconstructivisttraditionalist
Adherent to established customs
preservationist · conservative · classicist · restorationist · antiquarian
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