Opening Agenda Things to Get: Notebook paper Annotated Arch Book (White) Things to Do: Opener: Frank Lloyd Wright Class work: Lecture- Modern architecture and Wright Closure: Application of Wright
Dec 30, 2015
Opening Agenda
Things to Get: Notebook paper Annotated Arch Book (White)
Things to Do: Opener: Frank Lloyd Wright Class work: Lecture- Modern
architecture and Wright Closure: Application of Wright
Opener - The Annotated Arch, pg. 126-129. Answer the following question.
10 minutes!
1) The most famous architect of the twentieth century is Frank Lloyd Wright. What did he invent?
2) Why did Wright’s mother give her son maple blocks? 3) Describe the Robie house. Include a description of the interior
and exterior of this building. 4) Complete this sentence: ___________ became a sculptural
element that could be ______________ ____________________________________.
5) How did Prairie houses reflect the prairie? 6) How did Wright create rooms in homes that were room-less? 7) What was Wright’s masterpiece? 8) Why is Fallingwater an example of organic architecture? 9) The Johnson Wax Administration Building is an ideal workspace
where _______________________________. The interior of the Johnson Wax Building is all _____________________.
10) What did Wright call the skyscraper?
Answers
1) the open plan2) “So he could learn the basic geometric shapes
underlying natural and man-made structures”3) long /low roof lines, central stone fire place4) “Space became a sculptural element that could be
shaped”5) low slung roofs, deep eaves, and horizontal massing6) partitions of furnishings / level changes7) Fallingwater8) 1) It’s over the waterfall 9) “space…egalitarian principles; all curves10) “the tree that escaped the forest”
NOTES TITLE
Modern Architecture
Modern Architecture Characteristics
a rejection of historical stylesmaterials and functional requirements
determine the result Utilitarian designrejection of ornamentation/decorationsimplification of form/elimination of
"unnecessary detail" form follows function
Frank Lloyd Wright
1867–1959American architect, interior designer, writer, educator, and
philosopherOak Park, IllinoisDesigned +1,000 projects
500 were completed worksFamous works:
Robie House Rosenbaum House Falling Water House
•Objective: • To create a distinctive form of
American Architecture•Innovations: • Open floor plan in homes• organic architecture• Designed homes to patrons
needs
Guggenheim Museum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icErgB_ZmFM
“Modern architecture is the idea of eliminating the containment which is the box, reaching out and amplifying space, dragging things in from the outside”
Styles
Usonian
Organic
Prairie
Styles
Usonian Homes small, single story dwellings offered as a low-cost home
for middle income families no garage nor storage; no attics nor basements L-shaped to fit on odd/cheap lots environmentally conscious native materials flat roofs cantilevered overhangs for solar heating and natural
cooling natural lighting radiant floor heating Example: Rosenbaum House
Rosenbaum House
1938Florence, Alabamabuilt for newlyweds Stanley and Mildred Rosenbaum Usonian stylesingle-family housebased on the 1936 Usonian prototype built on a two acre plot in an L-shapemade from natural materials, cypress wood, brick, and glassmultilevel low-rising steel-cantilevered roofsrooms have their own door to the outsidecenter of the house is the "service core“ Question: What economic occurrence influenced this type of
design?
Styles
Organic architecture promotes harmony between human habitation and the
natural world Structure is well integrated with its site and natural
surroundings furnishings, interior and exterior reflect each other to
create a unified and interrelated composition
Example: Falling Water House
Falling Water1935 rural southwestern Pennsylvania, 50 miles southeast of Pittsburghorganic style built partly over a waterfall integration with natural surroundingsfireplace hearth is composed of boulders found on the site and upon
which the house was builtone set of boulders which was left in place protrudes slightly
through the living room floorstone floors are waxed, while the hearth is left plain, giving the
impression of dry rocks protruding from a streamwhere glass meets stone walls, there is no metal frame; rather, the
glass is caulked directly to the stoneBedrooms are small, low ceilings, encourage people outward
toward the open social areas, decks, and outdoorsactive stream can be heard constantly throughout the houseQuestion: Does Bryan Station High School follow this type of
design?
This is a video; watch it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSbjVgpXDoA
Styles
Prairie Style horizontal lines flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves windows grouped in horizontal bands integration with the landscape solid construction Ornamentation through repetition horizontal lines related to the native prairie landscape Example: Robie House
Robie House
1908-1909 built for Frederick C. Robie This home began the modernist era in building design Chicago, Illinois Prairie Style the buildings and their various components (e.g. doors, windows,
furniture, tapestries, etc.) owed their design influence to the landscape and plant life of the prairie of the United States.
low-proportioned, horizontal profile which gives it the appearance of spreading out on the flat prairie land
A chimney mass containing the house's four fireplaces rises through the center of the house acting as the anchor to which the house is designed around on all three levels
structural steel framing creates interior spaces that are absent of posts, walls, and obstructions
open flowing interiors symbolizes the openness of the American prairie
Question: Why do horizontal lines best reflect the prairie?
Application Activity
In the following slides determine which style of house would be suitable for the given location.
Application Activity
Objective: Create a billboard advertisement for Frank Lloyd Wright to encourage people to hire him to be their architect!
Requirements: A hook to let the audience know what the billboard is about Images that illustrate/show the different styles of
architecture that the patron can request An image of each of the styles must be present!
Answer the following question: How did each of these structures influence modern and post-modern architecture?
A summarizing statement at the bottom of the billboard that really convinces the patron to hire Wright!
20 minutes
2 impt. facts/visual example/why created/impact on modern arch
Exit Slip
1) Who was Frank Lloyd Wright? 2) Which of the following BEST describes a usonian home?
a. small, single story dwellings, L-shaped to fit on odd/cheap lots. b. promotes harmony between human habitation and the natural world c. ornamentation through repetition, windows grouped in horizontal bands d. highly ornamented, symmetrically balanced, expensive
3) Which of the following BEST describes a prairie home? a. small, single story dwellings, L-shaped to fit on odd/cheap lots b. promotes harmony between human habitation and the natural world c. horizontal lines, ornamentation through repetition d. highly ornamented, symmetrically balanced
4) Which of the following BEST describes an organic home? a. small, single story dwellings, L-shaped to fit on odd/cheap lots, b. promotes harmony between human habitation and the natural world c. horizontal lines, ornamentation through repetition d. highly ornamented, symmetrically balanced
5) Give an example of an usonian home. 6) Give an example of a home designed in the prairie style. 7) Give an example of an organic home.
FLW influence in Lexington!