frank lloyd wright guggenheim museum

Question 1

year

Answer 1

1943-59

Question 2

materials

Answer 2

7000 cubic feet of concrete

700 tonnes of steel

steel rods support

Question 3

techniques

Answer 3

gunite concrete method

Question 4

context of 1960s

Answer 4

time of development of modern architecture

Question 5

why did wrights rhetoric on organic nature begin

Answer 5

because of his hatred for cities and new york was the worst

Question 6

patron

Answer 6

Solomon R. Guggenheim

commissioned for his growing avante garde art collection

part of a wealthy mining family

Question 7

how long did it take to make and how many sketched

Answer 7

15 years, 700 sketches

Question 8

what were the 3 distinct formations of the exterior

Answer 8

-on the right there is a large rotunda

-on the left there is a small rotundra that echos

-rectangular building (the annex) an addittion opened in 1992)

Question 9

when was the annexe opened

Answer 9

1992

Question 10

significance of spiral organisation

Answer 10

organised around an expanding spiral ramp

spiral is a metaphor for growth and change in nature

Question 11

what colour was it origiannaly meant to be

Answer 11

red because wright believed red was the ‘colour of creation’

Question 12

how did it contrast to NY

Answer 12

horizontal emphasis in vertical surrounding

was to counter regularity

Question 13

how was it inspired by a nautilis shell

Answer 13

thought a nautilis shell inspired spiral ramp

biomorphich form symbolising nature intertwined

Question 14

inspired by nature

Answer 14

natutalis shell

spider web rotundra skylight

ramps: 1/4 of a mile long and a coiled shape (logarthmic spiral) recalls nature and nautilus shell

Question 15

rotundra skylight

Answer 15

thought to be inspired by a spider web

Question 16

shapes meaning (geometry)

Answer 16

circle=infinity,
triangle=structural unity,
spiral= organic process
spire=aspiration

use of geometry connects man to nature showing harmony

Question 17

interior

Answer 17

-spiral meant visitors went in one path and didnt retrace steps (natural process of organic form)

skylight of rotundra inspired by spider web and draws eye up

works of art are hidden

ramps: 1/4 of a mile long and a coiled shape (logarthmic spiral) recalls nature and nautilus shell