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''You might be looking for the philopsophical idea of '''[[Deconstruction]]'''.

'''Deconstructivism''', also called '''Deconstruction''', is a recent school of thought in [[architecture]] which draws its philosophical bases from the literary movement [[Deconstruction]]. Its name also derives from the [[Russia]]n [[Constructivism]] movement of the [[1920s]] from which it drew some of its formal inspirations.

It is a contemporary style that primarily counters the ordered rationality of [[Modern Architecture]]. The underpinnings of this movement include ideas of fragmentation, [[non-linear]] processes of design, [[non-Euclidean geometry]], negating polarities such as structure and envelope, and so on. The final visual appearance of buildings in this style are characterised by a stimulating unpredictability and a controlled chaos. However, critics of Deconstruction see it as a purely formal exercise with little social significance.