Lecture 24

Question 1

Answer 1

Frank Lloyd Wright, Falling Water, 1935-7

extenuated forms- tray like projections out into landscape

boundary bw nature and house to be as little as possible

main spaces over the water- ambient music filling home

whole house is centered around vertical stone- each plan is both floor and roof- floating levels

interlaced house w/ nature

low ceilings- intimacy, not oppressed- windows

Question 2

Answer 2

Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, 1928-31

-country house- secluded space

5 points of architecture

-building should be raised off ground by pilotis- seems to be floating

horizontal windows- extends plain of interest

facade is “Free” manipulable

creates promenade through spaces- functional entrance - not grand

to go upstairs- presente dw/ choice- ramp or stairs

buildings should have roof gardens- way to keep moisture on roof

free and open plan- minimum of dividing elemtns

permeable membrane b/w inside and outside

Question 3

Answer 3

Grete Schutte-Lihotzky, Frankfurt Kitchen, 1926-27

public housing

utilizing division of labor for cost effectiveness

kitchen- source of heat

cooking area didnt have to be heating area- technology

reduce space of kitchen

move kitchen from living space (smells, dirty)

way to reduce amount of labor for women

Question 4

Answer 4

Oscar Niemeyer&Lucio Costa, Brasilia, 1956-60

urban planning gone wrong

superquadra- community away rom cars/traffic- all different types of social classes

seen from above

city planner

Question 5

Answer 5

Turner, Slavers throwing overboard the Dead and Dying (Slave Ship), 1840

• event of genuine horror when captain of slave ship was caught in path of a tyoon
• reimbursed for slaves lost at sea
• writhing bodies of slaves thrown aboard

fiery swirl of the sun, storm, and waves, overwhelms those doomed souls