This minimalist basic concepts have emerged from the industrial revolution and the rise of modernism in a historical understanding of architecture and developed since the 1920’s after the birth of International Style architecture of functionalism theme (functional), clarity and simplicity.


One movement rejection of imitation and repetition of old forms and the use of classical ornamentation is considered excessive, non-structural and additional just do not really give meaning nothing in the architecture. On the other hand, voiced the fact of technological progress in the process of design, construction and building structures that provide convenience, accuracy and efficiency.

Character of modern architects who loudly voiced this movement include Berlage in Holland, Peer Behrens in Germany, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright and Ludwig Mies van de Rohe’s famous in America with the statement that beauty in architecture is its simplicity Less is more, Le Corbusier of France’s famous Le modular system of his, a design concept with a looping approach building units for ease of preparation of the functional standards and modulation systems and structures that enable the development speed of construction system with prefabricated building materials and Adolf Loos in the UK who keep hatred the ornamentation and viewed only as a form of fear of the void space (horror vacui). Is the famous statement ornament is crime.

The concept of minimalism in architecture is an aesthetic approach that focuses on the things that are essential and functional in both the spatial aesthetics, and structural shapes. In spatial specific spaces arranged  a way that has a high level of flexibility and convenience in function. Geometric shapes elementary practical without ornament is the main character that dominates the surface and the mass of the building. Innovation of various materials such as steel, concrete, and glass, standardization and efficiency of a new challenge in a world of technological design. The simple principle, the quality of a design, function space, and the solution structure of the system will get better. The minimum is the goal of aesthetic values as well as themselves.


Continuity of design since the idea of determining a straight line, plane and meeting all fields perpendicular to the elbow, the construction of volumetric and mass composition, honesty of materials, processing of light and air, looping module, circulation compact, multifunctional space and sequential structure and clarity of the system is the main feature of the concept minimalist architecture.