THE WINTON HOUSE
BY: FRANK GEHRY
IDEOLOGIES & PROJECTS
SIRMAI PETERSON HOUSE, California, United States 1984-86
FRANK GEHRY WAS born in Toronto,Canada, in 1929 At the age of 17, he moved with his familyto Los Angeles, California and studied architecture at the University of Southern California.Later, he studied city Planning at Harvard University.He established his own firm in 1962 in Los Angeles. Architectural Style: Much of Gehry’s work falls within the style of Deconstructivism , which is often referred to as Post- structuralist in nature for its ability to go beyond current modalities of structural definition. This can be seen in Gehry’s house in Santa Monica. Gehry’s style at times seems unfinished or even crude, but his work is consistent . Gehry has been called “the apostle of chain-link fencing and corrugated metal siding” Gehry’s signature style couples his interest in materiality with expressive form. These buildings are usually composed of discrete volumes, shaped with freely flowing curvilinear roofs. Metal panels are often used as cladding, either stainless steel or titanium In addition to architecture, Gehry has made a line of furniture, jewelry, various household items, and sculptures, His first line of furniture, produced from 1969–1973, was called “Easy Edges”, constructed out of cardboard. Another line of furniture released in the spring of 1992 is “Bentwood Furniture”. Each piece is named after a different hockey term. He was first introduced to making furniture in 1954 while serving in the U.S. Army, where he designed furniture for the enlisted soldiers. The architect Frank Gehry is known for his use of unusual materials. With his furniture series ‘Easy Edges’, he succeeded in bringing a new aesthetic dimension to such an everyday material as cardboard. Gehry is famous for his gesture uninterrupted single line sketches. Gehry reinvents the tension between graphic composition and the translation of spatial relations into built form. Gehry’s architectural thinking through his ditinctive drawings function to transmit ideas and let him experiment architectural thinking and representation in his unique way. Sketching incessantly helps Gehry free his imagination. An aspect of his drawing strategy is the alteration of the rhythm of his hand movement, which results in different qualities of ‘lineamenta’. Moving his pen in circles and spirals, Gehry transforms his thinking hand into a tool allowing him to experiment with the very conditions of architecture and spatial perception.
“EASY EDGES WIGGLE CHAIR”
GEHRY RESIDENCE, Santa Monica, Calif., United States, 1991
SMITH HOUSE, physical Model, United States
SKETCH FOR BUBBLES LOUNGE CHAIR, 1987 DISNEY CONCERT HALL, Los Angeles, Calif., United States 1991
WIGGLE SIDE CHAIR, WIGGLE STOOL, 1972
GUGGENHEIM BILBAO, Spain, 1997
WINTON HOUSE, 1983, Unique First Proposal Physical Model picture
“EASY EDGE” COLLECTION, 1969- 1973, COLLECTION OF CARDBOARD DESIGNS
056097 ARCHITECTURE OF INTERIORS DESIGN STUDIO
Politecnico di Milano School of Architecture Built Environment Interiors
Academic Year 2021 Professors: Emanuele De Giorgi | Franzino Simona Tutors: Joseph Rigo
Haya Arafa Sara Agour
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Project:
The Winton House by Frank Gehry
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