The main inspiration for the Deconstructivist movement was the philosophy of deconstruction, developed by the French philosopher Jacques Derrida. Deconstructionism involves challenging traditional ideas about language, meaning, and interpretation, and emphasizing the ambiguity, multiplicity, and instability of any text or cultural artifact. The Deconstructivist architects applied these ideas to the design of buildings, creating structures that subverted conventional notions of symmetry, coherence, and function, and emphasized disjunction, fragmentation, and uncertainty. They also drew inspiration from other avant-garde movements like Futurism, Constructivism, and Surrealism, as well as from the work of modernist architects like Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Overall, the Deconstructivist movement sought to challenge established norms and push the boundaries of architecture through radical experimentation and deconstruction of conventional design principles.
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