`Phillip

Johnson`
American
hotspot
architect of
1950s

Life and history

He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. On 8 th July,

1906.
He graduated in philology from Harvard University
in 1930.
He studied architecture at Harvard from 1940 till
1943, with
Walter Gropius. He practiced architecture in
Cambridge till 1946.
He worked with Richard Foster from 1964 till 1967.
He also worked with John Burgee from 1967 until
his retirement.
He collaborated with Mies Vander Rohe for the
most superb skyscraper in North-America-the
Seagram building in New York, in 1958.

philosophy
He designed according to his belief-

To go against the grain

Deconstructivist architecture

He presented design issues

in strictly stylistic terms.

GLASS HOUSE OR
JOHNSON HOUSE
The architect of this building is Philip

Johnson
It is located in New Cannan, Connecticut.
It is an architects house.
Material used in it is steel frame with glass.

+ About

the house

He built the house for himself.

It is placed in the centre of complex
designed by
himself.
Complex consists of two structures:
- Virtual glass house
- Brick guest house
It is a rectangle of 560 X 320
House is plated on ground.
It is framed with massive steel columns
and beams.
There is a cylindrical brick built tower i.e.
bathroom

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equipments.
The red brick floor and cylindrical tower are waxed to
bring out a cold purple overtone.
The steel is painted grey,steps and railing are of white
granite.
It is one of the worlds most beautiful yet least
functional houses.
It was never envisioned as a home to live-in but a lifestyle stage to live with.
In the interior, the carpet in the living room gives a
strong edge definition of the horizontal plane making its
field very distinct.
Space with-in the space- the cylindrical bathroom
portion
differ
in form
thethe
enveloping
space i.e.
Approach
was oblique
tofrom
enhance
effect of perspective
onathe
cuboid.
front facade and form of a building.
This is done to strengthen its image as a free standing
volume and to create contrast to indicate a functional
difference.

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LONGITUDINAL SECTION

American telephone and

telegraph headquarters
(at&t),new york

The architect is philip johnson.

It is located in maddison avenue
new york.
It was built in 1985.
It is a commercial office tower.

About the building.

It was one of the major works of philip johnsons life.

It is highly ornamented building.
It is now called sony building.
It is a 37 storied tower covering a space of 36,800 square
Feet.
13,000 tonnes of granite is used in this building.
In this building bottom is inspired by renaissance and top is
inspired by chippendale architecture.

 It

has black and white marble patterns.

It consist of main archway at the
entrance.
Exterior walls and arcade at the base are
lined
In pink granite.
It consists of many multistoried openings
to allow light.
Super scale archway points visitors into a
public lobby on the ground floor.
The recessed archway entrance is in
monumental scale.

MAIN
ARCHWAY

VIEW FROM
THE ROAD

MODEL

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
KOREA

THE ARCHITECT IS PHILIP JOHNSON.

IT IS LOCATED IN KOREA.
IT IS A MUSEUM BUILDING.
THE MATERIAL USED IN THIS BUILDING ARE CONCRETE,BRICK
WORK,R.C.C WORK.

ABOUT THE MUSEUM

IT IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTH END OF A PROPOSED PARK SYSTEM AND

CULTURAL COMPLEX .
IT HAS PROGRAMME FOR 1,08,000 meter square OF FACILITIES.

PHILOSOPHY

HE USED STYLISTICALLY VARIED WORK.

HE USED GEOMETRICAL SHAPES LIKE vivid void STRUCTURES.
HIS STYLE WAS
-FLAT ROOF
-ASYMMETRY

DECONSTRUCTIVIST ARCHITECTURE

THERE is CLARITY IN FORM,GOOD ACCESIBILITY,AND

MONUMENTALITY.
EASE OF ORIENTATION WAS PRIME CONCERN.
There is EFFORTLESS TRANSITION FROM STORAGE TO EXHIBIT
ROOM.
There is EASE OF ACCESS TO TOILETS RESTAURANT, SHOPS ,
THEATRE etc.
ACCESS FROM NORTH AND SOUTH are OUTSIDE CONTROL POINTS.
CEREMONICAL SOUTH ENTRANCE IS ON UPPER LEVEL.
MAIN ENTRANCE is the HIGHEST Element and is on MONUMENTAL
SCALE.
EXHIBITION AREAS were DIVIDED INTO 12 SEPARATE PODS
EACH POD WAS SUBDIVIDED INTO SMALL GROUPINGS AROUND
THE OUTSIDE AND GREAT CENTRED GALLERY.

LOWER LEVEL PLAN

MAIN GALLERY LEVEL PLAN

UPPER GALLERY LEVEL PLAN

EXTERIOR IS A GROUPING OF LARGE AND MEDIUM SIZED

ELLIPTICAL OVOID STRUCTURES CONNECTED AT LOWER
LEVEL BY MEANDERING WALL.
SHOPS,RESTAURANTS,AND TOILETS WERE NEAR EXHIBIT
ROOMS.
PATHWAY FROM FRONT DOOR WAS NEARLY STRAIGHT TO
FACILITATE ORIENTATION OF EACH POD.
WALL SURFACES WERE CLADED IN KOREAN GRANITE.
ITS LOBBY HAS A HEIGHT OF 37METRE WHICH IS EQUALANT
TO PANTHEON.
EACH GALLERY IS A TWO-STORIED ELLIPTICAL VOLUME.

SECTIONS

SITE SECTION

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR

PERFORMING ARTS
(NCPA),MUMBAI

IT IS DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT PHILIP JOHNSON.

IT IS LOCATED IN MUMBAI,INDIA.
IT IS A THEATRE COMPLEX.

ABOUT THE BUILDING

IT IS SITUATED ON 3.2 HECTARE SITE OF RECLAIMED LAND

AT THE EDGE OF THE BAY ON MARINE DRIVE
IT CONSISTED PRIMARILY OF A 1,040 SEATS THEATRE.
LATER ADDITION2,000 SEAT CONCERT HALL
200 SEAT EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE
SCHOOL
STUDENTS RESIDENCE HALL
LIBRARY
OFFICE TOWER
MUSEUM

 THEATRE

IS DESIGNED FAN SHAPED SO AS TO

KEEP THE LAST ROW OF SEATS CLOSE TO THE
STAGE.

THIS

ENABLES ONE TO APPRECIATE THE SUBTLE

MOVEMENTS OF THE EYES AND THE FACIAL
EXPRESSIONS IN ESPECIALLY,CLASSICAL INDIAN
DANCING AND TO PARTICIPATE VISUALLY IN THE
PERFORMANCE.
A REVOLVING STAGE HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR
CHANGE OF SETS IN A DRAMA PERFORMANCE.
TWO ACCESS OF THE THEATRE:
FROM THE MARINE DRIVE

FROM AN INTEGRAL ROAD.

FOYER IS OVER 91M LONG,RUNNING
DIAGONALLY ACROSS ONE CORNER OF THE PLOT.
INTERIORS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED SPECIALLY TO
MEET THE SPECIFIC ACOUSTIC REQUIREMENTS
OF INDIAN CLASSICAL AND FOLK DANCES.

 IT

COMPRISES OF:JAMSHED BHABHA THEATRE

TATA THEATRE
EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE
GODREJ DANCE ACADEMY
LITTLE THEATRE
GARDEN SPACE
ART GALLERIES
ART & CRAFTS CENTRE
RESEARCH AND ARCHIVE
RECORDING STUDIO
LIBRARY

JAMSHED BHABHA THEATRE

SEATING CAPACITY-1109
INAUGRATING ON 24 NOV.,1999.

IT IS EQUIPPED WITH STATE OF THE ART STAGECRAFT AND

ENGINEERING WHICH INCLUDES 33 FLY BARS.
IT IS THE ONLY AUDITORIUM IN INDIA TO HAVE SUCH A
FACILITY.
IT CONSISTS OF 3 CONFERENCE ROOMS, LARGE FOYER
SPACE AND A MUSEUM.

STAGE:

FLOOR--HARDWOOD TIMBER ON MS FRAMING

SIZE23.77M X 14.1M

ORCHESTRA PIT:

BELOW STAGE PITFIXED DORTION-15.4m X 4.2m X 3.1m

CAPACITY60 MUSICIANS
GRAND PIANO1

DRESSING ROOM

SOLO ROOMS - 8
GROUP ROOMS - 3
REHEARSAL ROOMS - 3

 MISCELLANIOUS

SPACES

FOYER AT TWO LEVELS

GROUND650sq.m

--FIRST465sq.m
MUSEUM165sq.m,5.5m
HIGH.
OPEN AIR PLAZA
2700sq.mSUITABLE FOR
PARTY.
CAR PARKINGBASEMENT
AND OPEN SPACE.

PLAN
(JAMSHED
BHABHA
THEATRE)

TATA THEATRE

SEATING CAPACITY1010.
INDIAS AS WELL AS WORLDS FIRST NATIONAL THEATRE.
AUDIENCE SITS AROUND THE MUSICIAN ON THREE SIDES.
STAGE IS ALMOST SEMI-CIRCULAR IN SHAPE.
AUDITORIUM IS IN THE SHAPE OF A FAN,SO IY HAS 5 EQUAL
SEGMENTS EACH OF 208 SEATS.
ROTATABLE STAGE
THEATRE IS ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED
ROTATION180*
ROTATION TIME80 SEC.
THE THREE SIDED FORMS,OVERHEAD AND ON THE WALLS,PLACED
ALTERNATIVELY CONVEX & CONCAVE ENSURES EVEN DISTRIBUTION
OF SOUND OVER THE WHOLE AUDITORIUM.
ENTIRE STRUCTURE ACTUALLY CONSISTS OF 3 BUILDINGS WITH
SEPARATE PILE FOUNDATION,DOWN TO THE ROCK
BASE,EEFECTIVELY BLOCKING OUT STRUTURE BORNE SOUNDS
SUCH AS THE NOISE FROM A ROAD DRILL.

STAGEHARDWOOD TIMBER FLOORING ON CONCRETE

SIZE 9m DIAMETER
17.5m WIDE AT MAXIMUM WIDTH
DRESSING ROOM
ON GROUND FLOOR THERE ARE 4 SOLO ROOMS HAVING
11.6sq.m AREA EACH.
THERE IS A MEZZANINE FLOOR HAVING 2 GROUP ROOMS
OF 23sq.m. EACH.
IT IS PROVIDED WITH TOILETS & DRINKING WATER
FACILITIES.
REHERSAL ROOMS- THERE IS ONE REHEARSAL ROOM HAVING
AN AREA OF 82sq.m.
FOYER
IT WAS AT TWO LEVELS HAVING DIMENSIONS
77m x 7.5M x 6m AT UPPER LEVEL
77m x 7.5m x 9.6m AT LOWER LEVEL
CAR PARKING IS IN BASEMENT
AND OPEN SPACE.

EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE

IT HAS A SEATING CAPACITY FOR

300 PERSONS.
HE DESIGNED TO GIVE FULL SCOPE
FOR EXPERIMENTATION IN ARTS.

INTERIOR VIEW

PLAN

GODREJ DANCE ACADEMY

IT HAS A SEATING CAPACITY FOR 200 PERSONS.

PRIMARILY MEANT FOR THE CENTRES MASTER CLASSES
CONDUCTED BY EMINENT DANCE GURUS.
ALSO USED FOR SMALLER DANCE AND MUSIC RECITALS.
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS CAN ALSO BE CONDUCTED
HERE.

INTERIOR
VIEW

PLAN

LITTLE THEATRE

IT HAS A SEATING CAPACITY

FOR 114 PERSONS.
IT IS DESIGNED TO OFFER A
PLATFORM FOR YOUNG AND
UPCOMING ARTISTS TO
DISPLAY THEIR TALENT.
IT WAS ACOUSTICALLY
DESIGNED AS A
RECORDING STUDIO.
IT IS A MULTI-PURPOSE SPACE
SUITABLE
FOR HOSTING FILM
SCREENINGS, MUSIC
RECITALS,SEMINARS,LECTURE
S AND
DISCUSSIONS,PRESS
CONFERENCE.ETC.

INTERIOR VIEW

PLAN

GARDEN SPACES
OPEN AIR PLAZA
IT HAS AN AREA OF 28,000sq.ft.
IT CAN BE USED FOR A VARIETY OF CULTURAL
FUNCTIONS AS WELL
AS RECEPTIONS WITH FULL
CATERING FACILITIES.
IT HAS AN ACCOMODATION FOR 500-1250 GUESTS.
SUNKEN GARDENS
IT HAS AN ACCOMODATION FOR 75-100
GUESTS.
IT HAS BEEN HOST TO MANY EPISODES OF
NDTVs POPULAR SHOW- THE BIG FIGHT

TATA THEATRE GARDEN

IT HAS AN ACCOMODATION FOR 75-100 GUESTS.

EXPERIMENTAL GARDEN

IT HAS AN ACCOMODATION FOR 50-75 GUESTS.

ART GALLERIES
THESE ART GALLERIES WERE MENT FOR
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS ON PAINTINGS,
SCULPTURES AND OTHER VISUAL ARTS.

ART AND CRAFTS CENTRE

THE MOHILE PARIKH CENTRE FOR
VISUAL ARTS.
THE JINDAL ARTS CREATIVE ANTERACTION
CENTRE.
THE MORARKA CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND
REVIVAL OF CRAFTS.

ART GALLERY

REHEARSAL
ROOM
RECORDING
STUDIO

CATERING FACILITY

LIBRARY

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