Expressionism, Dada, Prairie School, De Stijl, Bauhaus, Surrealism, Russian/Soviet Avant-Garde FRQ

Fallingwater Artist

Frank Lloyd Wright

Fallingwater Period

Prairie School

Fallingwater Dates

1936-1939

Fallingwater Culture

Pennsylvania, US

Fallingwater Material

Reinforced concrete, sandstone, steel, glass

Villa Savoye Artist

Le Corbusier

Villa Savoye Period

International Style

Villa Savoye Dates

1929

Villa Savoye Culture

Poissy-sur-Seine, France

Villa Savoye Material

Steel and reinforced concrete

Fallingwater Visual

prairie style
horizontal lines
hand crafted pieces
simple, natural woodwork
open floor plan
nature flows from inside to outside
ex - large rock as fireplace?
walls of windows

Fallingwater Contextual

form follows function
he was 67 years old when he built Fallingwater
weekend retreat for rich man named Edgar Coffman
they consult another engineer, Wright is offended but follows them with steel reinforcements
organic architecture example
part of the landscape
used giant rock as hearth
cantilevers are structures like balconies that extend horizontally
only supported at one end
uses lots of glass windows without mullions
advocates ferro-concrete
reinforced concrete
unfortunately, it cracks!!!! over the years
sagged 7 inches by 2000
used cables to support the structure
house blends with nature

Villa Savoye Visual

back ground floor wall is green to look like it’s floating in nature
ramp on side
top part has a solarium
greenhouse/sunroom

Villa Savoye Contextual

Corbusier said house should be a machine for living
international style
wrote book on architecture
pilotus are slender columns, classical element inspo
roofed terraces (to bring nature into urban settings)
free plan (open interior)
free facade (no ornamentation)
ribbon windows all around building
first windows were called clerestory
influenced ribbon windows
owner of house liked health benefits of sunshine and fresh air
integration of indoor and outdoors
leisure time
house is a machine to maximize leisure