Wednesday, 1 April 2015

Frank Lloyd Wright: Falling on Water

Reading aligned with lecture:  Modern (critical) Regionalism: Aalto, Barragan, Siza, Kahn 07/01/2015
Personal summary of Interview:http://bobnational.net/record/215697/media_id/217018


Frank Lloyd Wright is claimed to have created the worlds most famous house of the twentieth century, Falling Water, Pennsylvania. Vertical and horizontal platforms unite as one with its context over a waterfall and an idyllic rural setting. Wright is well known for his philosophical values and creating architecture that knows where it is sited, ‘‘if a house is built in a desert, let the house know it’s in the desert.’’


Falling Water in my opinion fits seamlessly and effortlessly with the nature in its context, as Wright has created an organic form combining landscape architecture, architecture and interior design as one. The interview suggests that when one is experiencing this architecture they are ‘conscious’ of external views and light in every room  and that one balcony ‘overlooks the waterfall.’ Wright also ‘’designed some of the internal fittings’’ such as built in sofas and desks. This architecture allows nature to flow internally, for example through corner windows that allow the seams of the buildings to vanish. Further more rock is penetrated into the interiors and trees are built into the building.



Frank Lloyd Wright is clamed to have created the worlds most famous house of the twentieth century, Falling Water, Pennsylvania. Vertical and horizontal platforms unite as one with its context over a waterfall and an idyllic rural setting; Falling Water emerges from the l. Wright is well known for his philosophical values and creating architecture that knows where it is sited, ‘‘if a house is built in a desert, let the house know it’s in the desert.’’

Falling Water in my opinion fits seamlessly and effortlessly with the nature in its context, as Wright has created an organic form combining landscape architecture, architecture and interior design as one. The interview suggests that when one is experiencing this architecture they are ‘conscious’ of external views and light in every room  and that one balcony ‘overlooks the waterfall.’ Wright also ‘’designed some of the internal fittings’’ such as built in sofas and desks. This architecture allows nature to flow internally, for example through corner windows that allow the seams of the buildings to vanish. Further more rock is penetrated into the interiors and surrounding trees are built into the building connecting with nature and its context.


Frank Lloyd Wright didn’t just capture the attention of those in the Architecture Industry; he created an Idyllic for some of the American society in the 1930’s for living and what a house could be. His ideas were not restricted to those architecturally cultured, but were widely accepted to the broader audience of the public.



  

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