Defining Minimalism and designing Museum with the Approach of Minimalism Dashti Leyla*, Zandieh Mahdi**, Panahi Siamak*** Master of Department Of Architecture, University of Science and Research Branch Islamic Azad, Saveh, Iran Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture and Dean, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Imam Khomeini International University (IKIU) Phd of Architecture Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University, Abhar Online published on 2 May, 2015. Abstract Hearing the word “museum” most of us imagine a magnificent luxurious building which embodies human civilization remnants and with its stunning beauty evokes the feelings of pride and humiliation. But if one attends physically or virtually in world's modern museums, he will confront with a scene completely different with his mental image. It can be said that simplicity in minimal art was started by Russian artists after the great revolution of Russia who were formalist and structuralist and oriented summarizing and geometric forms. Minimalism is the last major modernist movement. And everything happened after that is known post-modernism. In architecture and generally in design minimalism was influenced by Japanese architectures and artists, since this approach to design was completely in accordance with Japanese traditional view point. This article studies minimalism, museum, and museum generals and definitions and analyzes national and foreign samples. Top Keywords Minimalism, conceptual Art, Museum, Modernism, Cultural Center. Top |