Surface examines the architectural underpinnings of modernism and modernist architecture. The origins of modernist architecture are rooted in architect Le Corbusier’s 1920 manifesto l'Esprit Nouveau- which outlined a new set of highly rationalized architectural principles and priorities, eschewing many previously held notions of architectural design. Surface documents these specific instances of spatial organization that strictly conform to the tenets of modernist architecture. The contradiction between orthodox modernist principles and common sense are conflated, leaving us to contemplate the functionality of each environment with which we are presented.
