Low Relief Organic Architecture 3-D Art and Design

What is Organic Architecture? As a table write down what you think organic architecture is.

Organic Architecture Toyo Ito, Museum of Architecture, Ehime, Japan (2011)

Laurie Baker, SEWA (Self-Employed Women's Association) Building

Eero Saarinen, JFK International Airport

Antoni Gaudi, Casa Batllo, Barcelona, Spain (1906)

What is organic architecture? Organic architecture is a philosophy of architecture which promotes harmony between human habitation and the natural world through design approaches so well integrated with its site, that buildings, furnishings, and surroundings become part of a unified, interrelated composition. Robert Harvey Oshatz

Frank Lloyd Wright American architect Frank Lloyd Wright changed the way modern buildings were designed. He created many concepts we take for granted today – the ranch house, the picture window, the split-level living room, and the carport. Some of his best-known projects involved suspending a house over a waterfall (Falling Water), and putting a circular museum on Fifth Ave in New York City (Guggenheim). Guggenheim

A well-known example of organic architecture is Fallingwater, the residence Frank Lloyd Wright designed for the Kaufmann family in rural Pennsylvania. Wright had many choices to locate a home on this large site, but chose to place the home directly over the waterfall and creek creating a close, yet noisy dialog with the rushing water and the steep site. The horizontal striations of stone masonry with daring cantilevers of colored beige concrete blend with native rock outcroppings and the wooded environment.

Meyer May House Frank Lloyd Wright introduced the word ‘organic’ into his philosophy of architecture as early as 1908. It was an extension of the teachings of his mentor Louis Sullivan whose slogan “form follows function” became the mantra of modern architecture. Wright changed this phrase to “form and function are one,” using nature as the best example of this integration.

Before her son Frank was born in 1867, Ana Lloyd Wright had already decided he would “grow up to build beautiful things.” When he was nine, Wright’s mother noticed his keen observation of nature. He noticed that after a storm, trees with spreading roots fell but trees with one long taproot extending deep into the ground remained upright. Wright later applied this “taproot” principle to his designs for tall office buildings. He used shapes taken from nature as the basis for the stained glass windows he installed in many of his houses. Wisconsin Price Tower

William Winslow House After attending the University of Wisconsin, Wright moved to Chicago to become an architect. Wright had developed a style of residential architecture known as the “prairie house.” These houses were extended along horizontal lines echoing the flat, Midwestern landscape. They featured wide, low roofs projecting out over continuous bands of large picture windows. Rooms flowed together and the building became part of the surrounding space. Wright’s “prairie” designs eventually became the basis of split-levels and ranch houses that line most suburban American streets.

In 1906, Wright built a house for Chicago manufacturer Frederick Robie on a long, narrow piece of property. The horizontal sweep of space and the projection of the roof over the outdoor terrace give the house a dramatic, streamlined appearance. Robie House had a worldwide impact on residential architecture, and is one of Wright’s most famous houses. Robie House

Organic architecture is the literal design of every element of a building: From the windows, to the floors, to the individual chairs intended to fill the space. Everything relates to one another, reflecting the symbiotic ordering systems of nature. Church of the Holy Spirit Hungary - 1992 - Imre Makovecz

“A building should appear to grow easily from its site and be shaped to harmonize with its surroundings if Nature is manifest there.” – Frank Lloyd Wright It should be noticed that the buildings the architect built in the Middle Western part of the United States are vastly different in nature, style and material than the buildings he designed in Arizona, Los Angeles and Pennsylvania. Each style is as unique as the make-up of the land is different. Thorncrown Chapel “No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other.” – Frank Lloyd Wright Jacques Gillet, Sculpture House

“The good building is not one that hurts the landscape, but one which makes the landscape more beautiful than it was before the building was built.” – Frank Lloyd Wright Wright stood for clean lines and simplicity. He believed that a well built building complemented it’s environment and surrounding. He disliked the intricate detail and fussiness of the architectural styles that preceded him. Changsha Meixihu International Culture and Art Centre Zaha Hadid Architects Ma Yansong, Mississauga

Organic Japanese Shell Residence Wraps Around a Centenarian Fir Tree

LAVA- Laboratory for Visionary Architecture designed Jeju Hills Hotel Resort for Korea The Edge: Ryan Thewes

House in Brazil

What is low relief? Relief refers to sculptural elements that are on top of a flat surface, like the friezes on the Parthenon or carvings on the side of old buildings. Low relief means they barely stand out from the background, almost like it's carved just around the edges. Egyptian Ernie Gerzabek

Margaret Mellis Arjuna's Penance, Mahabalipuram, India

High relief is where in general more than half the mass of the sculpted object(s) project from the background.

Mount Rushmore, South Dakota

In the Round: sculptures that are standing free with all sides shown Oldenburg

What is Two-Point Perspective? A graphical technique in which a three-dimensional object is represented in two dimensions, and in which parallel lines in two of its dimensions are shown to converge towards two vanishing points

Project Requirements Incorporate idea of organic architecture by creating a “house/building” that fits its environment Use cardboard, chipboard, paper bags and glue (Newspaper is optional.) Show a foreground & background Apply good craftsmanship Demonstrate creative ideas

Cardboard/Paper Bag Manipulation Cut Folded/Bent Molded Layered Added Subtracted

Think about Texture Repetition Pattern Negative & Positive Space

Cardboard/Paper Bag Manipulation

Planning 1. Pick a continent: NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA, AFRICA, EUROPE, ASIA, or AUSTRALIA. 2. Decide on an environmental location within your continent: COASTAL, MOUNTAINS, JUNGLE, DESERT, LAKE, RIVER, or FORREST. 3. Determine which natural resources are available in your area and/or makes sense for the environment. 4. Describe the organic, environmental elements and materials you will incorporate into your home design.