What if the Wright way,is the wrong way?
Eero Saarinen as the Greatest American Architect
Heather Bourgeois
Heather BourgeoisAmerican Studies 470Dr. Rossi4/23/09What if the Wright Way, is the Wrong Way?
Eero Saarinen as the Greatest Architect of All Time
Without even realizing it, people move throughout spaces, sitting, standing andexisting. They cook, clean, sleep, eat and shower in the spaces of their homes, work andother buildings. These places are filled with furniture. And while these spaces andfurniture may seem unimportant and cluttered with stuff, they have an affect on our lives.The spacewe live inand thefurniture that is in it directly affects how we feel about our lives, our moods and the way
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we live our day. One of the ways we are directly affected is through the idea of comfort.Whether we have a good night’s sleep or bump our heads on the top of a cabinet, slamour fingers in our dresser drawer or trip up our stairs, our days are dependent on our comfort and our coexistence with the things that fill our space.The people in the art world who design the objects that have this effect on our lives arefurniture designers, architects and interior designers. They decide what furniture workswith styles of the year, past and future styles, and design the actual frames of furnitureand their fabric. These designers also set up the furniture and produce full scale drawingsof all of the pieces, how they work with other elements of the room and also draw the buildings which hold these objects. Some designers take on all three roles, working in theidea of Total design, where the architect designs the home or building and all of thefurniture and even the interior decorating and design inside of it. Two of these designerswere Eero Saarinen, a Finnish-American architect, furniture designer and interior designer and American Frank Lloyd Wright.Many people in the art world see Frank Lloyd Wright as the greatest American Architect.What few people understand is how little he took into account the idea of comfort and it’simportance to the client and the piece itself. I am studying Eero Saarinen and his work incontrast to Frank Lloyd Wright to find out why there is a lack of research and recognitionon his architecture and designs and to help readers understand more about the architectwho should be known as the greatest architect of all time but is relatively unknown andseverely underestimated. This will also help readers to understand the importance of comfort in design and how the way American values and ideals of comfort are shaped bydesign.
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