Modernism and Expressionism

Expressionism to me is like a next level for the modernism. It has something similar to the modernism but kind of add more sense of feeling and reason behind the design. Modernism is something nice and clean and also be as minimal as possible. Different from Expressionism which somehow the design can express the feeling of the building itself through the movement or the look. For me expressionism it is like an abstract art that make people wonder about the meaning behind, but the building function and design are related, so it express what it actually inspired from. For example the  TWA terminal in New york city, inspired from a bird. The building look like a bird wings that open wide and about to fly. This related to the concept of the airport which also the take off place for the airplane. The curve of the roof of the airport create source of a movement and show a moment of the bird that about to fly in the sky as well. Compare to the modernism which have only straight line or a box. This straight line cannot express something like expressionism did.

Personally I like expressionism more than the modernism because expressionism has more reason of design compare to the modernism which kind of boring and always a glass box. I like the expressionism because it kind of let me guess what it inspired from or what it transform from. And that it kind of a challenge to guess