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Peter Eisenman

History of Architecture

Saniya NalbandSYBARCH-B01140

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WORKS :-

1. House II2. House VI3. University of Phoenix Stadium, Arizona4. Memorial for the Murdered Jews

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Houses

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House VI

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A critique’s note on House VI

“Most of these columns have no role in supporting the building planes, but are there, like the planes and the slits in the walls and ceilings that represent planes, to mark the geometry and rhythm of Eisenman’s notational system.”

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• Situated on a flat site in Cornwall, Connecticut • The design emerged from a conceptual

process that began with a grid.• Eisenman manipulated the grid in a way so

that the house was divided into four sections and when completed the building itself could be a “record of the design process.”

• Therefore structural elements, were revealed so that the construction process was evident, but not always understood.

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• the house became a study between the actual structure and architectural theory.

• simple post and beam system used.• However some columns or beams play no

structural role, are incorporated to enhance the conceptual design.

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• one column in the kitchen hovers over the kitchen table, not even touching the ground!

• In other spaces, beams meet but do not intersect, creating a cluster of supports.

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Section

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Section

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• Purposely ignoring the idea of form following function, Eisenman created spaces that were quirky and well-lit, but rather unconventional to live with.

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• an upside down staircase is an element which portrays the axis of the house and is painted red to draw attention.

• Many unconventional aspects: column hanging over the dinner table that separates diners ,and the single bathroom that is only accessible through a bedroom.

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• In the bedroom there is a glass slot in the centre of the wall continuing through the floor that divides the room in half, forcing there to be separate beds on either side of the room so that the couple was forced to sleep apart from each other.

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• Eisenman was able to constantly remind the users of the architecture around them and how it affects their lives. He succeeded in building a structure that functioned both as a house and a work of art, but changing the priority of both so that function followed the art. He built a home where man was forced to live in a work of art, a sculpture, and according to the clients who enjoyed inhabiting Eisenman’s artwork and poetry, the house was very successful.

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House II

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plan

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plan

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1st floor axonometric

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2nd floor axonometric

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South facade

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West facade

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University of Phoenix Stadium, Arizona

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• Football Stadium(American Football)• Home Stadium for Arizona Cardinals, NFL

team• Symbol of the team is a bird• Therefore the stadium is also called The Nest

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Section

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Longitudnal View

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View

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4. Memorial for the Murdered Jews, Berlin

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Inside the information centre

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• Breaks the notion of comfort• his scheme for architectural design drawn

from philosophy and linguistics• he suggests a psychological void which

provokes individual and cultural anxiety and dislocation

• induces destabilization and rupture in the very structures so long associated with comfort and shelter

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Thank You