MASTER ARCHITECTS

BISHNU SAHA
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CONTEXT
• LE CORBUISER
• ANTONY GAUDI
• MIES VAN DER ROHE
• WALTER GROPIUS
 LE CORBUISER

Pilotis: Elevating the building

on pilotis (columns) to create
space underneath.
Free Plan: Eliminating load-
bearing walls for flexible
interior layouts.
Free Facade: Facades that
are not tied to the building's
structural framework.
Corbusier believed that
maintaining human scale in Horizontal Windows: Long
architectural design is a
necessary practice. He
horizontal windows for
developed a new system from
the Golden Section and the
natural light and ventilation.
Fibonacci Sequence known Roof Garden: Utilizing the
as Le Modular for this purpose.
rooftop as a functional space.
 Villa Savoye

an open floor plan,

a concrete pillar construction frame,
a rooftop garden,
a lack of ornamented facade,
and horizontal windows on all sides.
 ANTONY GAUDI
• Use of natural forms and
Innovative materials
• Integration of decoration and
functionality
• Structural analysis and
experimentation
• Unique and unconventional
shapes
• Attention to detail
• Incorporating faith and
spirituality
"Anything created by human beings is already in the great book of nature."
.
 Incorporating faith and
spirituality

Attention to
detail
Sagrada
Palau
Familia
Guell

Unique and unconventional

shapes

Casa
MIES VAN DER
ROHE

Minimalism
"Less is More“
Functionalism
Use of Modern Materials
Open Plan and
Transparency
Universal Design
Principles
Farnsworth House
(1951)

fullest expression of his modernist

ideals.
Walter Gropius

Functionality
Modernist Aesthetic
Integration of Art and Technology
Rational Planning
Light and Transparency
Collaboration and Interdisciplinarity
 Functionality

Modernist
Aesthetic Fagus Factory (1911),
Germany
Bauhaus Dessau
(1926)

Emphasis on Light and

Transparency

Gropius House (1938),

SUMMURY
• Functionality
• Minimalism
• INSPIRATION FROM NATURE
MASTER ARCHITECTS
MASTERY
CONTEXT

• Richard Meier
• Charles Gwthmey
• Peter Eisenman
• Michale Graves
• John Hejduk
RICHARD MEIER
Richard Meier is one of the foremost contemporary
American architects.
Meier is known for resisting trend-based designs,
instead developing his own design philosophy rooted
in rationalism and noted for its use of the color
white. His designs can be seen as Neo-Corbusian,
referencing the famous French architect's early
phase in particular.

“I think white is the most wonderful color of all, because within it

one can find every color of the rainbow.”
Jubilee Church
 rational use of geometry

the clarity of their spaces

the use of white as a symbol of purity

superb handling of light
CHARLES
GWTHMEY
GWATHMEY RESIDENCE
 carving out primitive forms
solar orientation

the perfect geometry

Expansive spaces
PETER EISENMAN
Wexner Center for the Arts
 Grid-Based Structure

Materiality

Transparency and Opacity

Multifunctional Spaces
MICHAEL GRAVES
 The Portland Building

Rejection of Minimalism
Historical References
Ornamentation and
Public Engagement
Decorativeness
JOHN HEJDUK
 Abstraction and Sculptural Quality
Design and Geometry

The Diamond House

psychological dimensions
striking, sculptural form

The Wall House

SUMMURY
• Abstraction
• Modernism
• Pure forms
• Transperency
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