World War II and the American Dream

Articles by Peter S. Reed, Robert Friedel, Margaret Crawford, Greg Hise, Joel Davidson, Michael Sorkin

Among the heritage of World War II, there was a large-scale construction project that the United States had never seen before and since that has never been seen. The war worked hard to create thousands of factories, families and even the entire city throughout the country. Many of these structures are still present, and this is unprecedented evidence of the ability to utilize people's power and resources. Each contributor discusses the complex legacy of this most remarkable period in our country's history from a different perspective.

Peter S. Reed, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art, details the appearance of modern architecture in residential design that contributes to prefabricated building law, lightweight materials, innovative technology, and enterprise and organization aesthetics I explain. Promote modernism as an appropriate image of American industrial power and corporate success. Robert Friedel, professor of history at the University of Maryland, discussed techniques for documenting the development of new materials, especially plastics, and using traditional materials in new ways.

Margaret Crawford, architectural history and theoretical program president at Southern California Architecture University, is exploring women's and blacks' fighting in public housing. Greg Hise, an associate professor at the University of Southern California Department of Urban Regional Planning, examined ways to build a large residential community near the suburban defense factory after the war. In the "World War II and American Dream" exhibition, historian Joel Davidson is analyzing the impact of the war construction plan on the post-war military industrial complex.

Finally, Michael Sokin, an architect and writer, explores the transition of specific values ​​and aesthetics from the necessity of war to peaceful choice. Includes images of speed, camouflage, destruction, accumulation, flying

The area that experienced tremendous change during the Second World War was how the country saw the living space. World War II and America's Dream: The wartime architecture changed the country edited by Donald Albrecht. And we recorded some of the changes that occurred in buildings, community planning and public housing. This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name held by the National Architecture Museum. Several things became clear when the country entered a full - scale war. First, during the war, housing is needed around the factory. Secondly, I need a new housing design. Efficiency is the most important. Because many traditional materials such as steel can only be used for war, architects need to come up with a new way to build a house. Through the application of many technological progress made during the wartime, architects came up with a cheap and durable house that can be gathered in a day.

After the Second World War, the US retreated and had to see his own country. The American dream has recovered with the atrocities of war. In the 1930's, American Dream worked hard, served a family with a man, and was about to get out of recession. In the 1940's, things changed after the Second World War, and consumerism and feminism began to play an important role in many other factors. There are many ways to explain American dreams and their influences, such as World War II, modernism, new technology, entertainment.