University Group 9b The Glass House by Philip Johnson Linköping University The Glass House 1949 New Canaan USA by Philip Johnson as his own residence Glass House one of the worlds most beautiful yet least functional houses it was never envisioned as a home house ID: 295907
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Group 9b
The Glass House
by Philip JohnsonSlide2
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The Glass House
1949, New
Canaan,
USA
by
Philip Johnson as his own residence,
“
Glass House, one of the world's most beautiful yet least functional houses; it was never envisioned as a 'home' (house) to live in but a life-style stage to live with
”
Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Arthur Drexler Slide3
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“Less is more”
-
Ludwig
Mies
Van der
Rohe
.
“…unity, order, purity…”
“Why not take out the landscaping, the retaining walls, the colonnades? The building would be just as useful and much cheaper”.
- Philip Johnson
“The building is an essay in minimal structure, geometry, proportion, and the effects of transparency and reflection”.
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Changing
world, post-war American society
Refuse
smooth
change
Efficiency, functionality
L
ean life-style & economic cautiousness”
U
nity
with conquered nature
T
ransparency
and
uniqueness
Simplicity
"Glass house is symmetrical and sits solidly on the ground."
“Glass house affirms
the power of human beings to create, improve, and reshape their environment, with the aid of practical experimentation, scientific knowledge or technology
”Slide6
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“
The house was hated, when it was built”
- Philip Johnson
F
resh
air and look into the future. Slide7
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The Glass house creates an
illusion
,
prototype
,
a pure
idea.
“Concept cars never go into production directly; in modern times all would have to undergo many changes before the design is finalized for the sake of
practicality, safety
and
cost
”. Slide8
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Important
contribution
to
world
architecture
“...masterwork, key
monument in post-war construction. It is significant because it epitomizes the
International Style
and has long been regarded as one of the
premier representatives of
modernism
”
-
National Historic Landmark programSlide9
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Transparency
Open/Integration between internal, external space
.
Light - connecting to transparency, the house has the most light
.Slide10
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Art
of homemaking
Domesticity
Interior
decoration
Environmental aesthetics Slide11
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Rejection
of tradition.
Human is a powerful creator.
Expression of power over nature- nature is a
wallpapers
Н
uman
can break all limits- through new materialsSlide12
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Beautiful !!!
Worth
to be considered as an art piece
!!!
Innovative
idea Unity
of man & nature
Uniqueness“...Comfort is not a function of beauty... purpose is not necessary to make a building beautiful...sooner or later we will fit our buildings so that they can be used...where form comes from I don't know, but it has nothing at all to do with the
functional or sociological aspects of our architecture.“ - Philip Johnson Slide13
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