'Organic Architecture' Architect :- F. L. Wright

1. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’s
MASTERPIECE
MRIGANKA BANIKYA
B.ARCH, 2ND SEM
RSA, GUWAHATI
[GAUHATI UNIVERSITY]
CASE - STUDY
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

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3. CONTENTS
 INTRODUCTION
 THE ARCHITECT
 ARCHITECT’s PHILOSOPHY
 DESIGN CONCEPT
 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
 ANALYSIS
 INTERIOR & EXTERIOR VIEWS
 INFERENCE
 REFERENCE

4. Falling Water of the Kaufmann Residence is a house designed
by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 in rural southern
Pennsylvania.
The home was built partly over a waterfall, and was
designed as a weekend home for the family of Kaufmann
INTRODUCTION

5. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
Frank Lincoln Wright
 June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959)
 American
 architect, interior designer, writer, and
educator
 designed more than 1,000 structures, 532
of which were completed
 His creative period spanned more than 70
years.
THE ARCHITECT

6. ARCHITECT’s PHILOSOPHY
The concept thought by the architect of FALLING WATER :-
Architecture is not only to work with nature, but to almost become a part of
nature…
Wright believed in designing structures that were in harmony with
humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called
ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE.

7. DESIGN CONCEPT
 Organic Architecture.
 In close relationship to the glen, the trees, the foliage and wild flowers.
 The glory of the natural surrounding is brought in as part of the daily life…
 Spaces are designed to bring nature into the four walls.
 Horizontal and Vertical lines are the distinctive features of the building.

8.  Preliminary plans were issued to Kaufmann for approval on October 15, 1935.
 The final working drawings were issued by Wright in March 1936.
 The work began on the bridge and main house in April 1936.
 The original estimated cost for building Fallingwater was US$35,000.
 The final cost for the home and guest house was $155,000.
 In October 1937, the main house was completed.
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

9. CONSTRUCTION

10. ANALYSIS

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12. MAIN FLOOR PLAN

13. GROUND FLOOR PLAN
DOWNWARDS
WATER BODY
UP
KITCHEN
DINING AREA
LIVING ROOM
PRIVATE SEMI - PRIVATE SEMI - PUBLIC
BRIDGE
ENTRANCE
OPTIONAL EXIT
TERRACE

14. FIRST FLOOR PLAN
BATH-
ROOM
UP
BRIDGE
BATH-
ROOM
PRIVATE SEMI - PRIVATE SEMI - PUBLIC
BATH-
ROOM

15. SECOND FLOOR PLAN
PRIVATE SEMI - PRIVATE SEMI - PUBLIC

16. FRONT ELEVATION

17. SOUTH ELEVATION

18. NORTH/SOUTH
SECTION

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21. INTERIORs
Living Room

22. INTERIORs
Leisure Room

23. INTERIORs
Third Floor stairs with book shelves

24. SKETCH
FALLING WATER

25. VIEWS

26. VIEWS

27. VIEWS

28. VIEWS

29. VIEWS

30.  From this activity first of all I came to know about one of the great architects of the 20th century,
F. Lloyd Wright.
 I came to know about the principle used behind this house, unity and harmony.
 Architecture is not only to work with nature, but to almost become a part of nature.
INFERENCE

31.  www.fallingwater.org
 www.wright-house.com
 www.Pbs.org/flw
 www.franklloydwright.org
 www.en.wikiarquitectura.com/building/fallingwater-house
 www.archmary.com
 www.archmary.blogspot.com
REFERENCE

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“To visit the waterfall in the woods stays with me and a domicile has
taken shape in my mind to the music of the stream.”
--- FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
(To Edgar J. Kaufmann)

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