Architecture

 In humanities we have been studying about architects and their achievements, interior designs and as well sustainability. My architect was Frank Llyod Wright, I read a few articles about him, his life and way of architecture. Reading about him I learned about new styles of architecture, such as Organic and Prairie.

He once wrote “The prairie has a beauty of its own and we should recognize and accentuate this natural beauty, its quiet level. Hence, gently sloping roofs, low proportions, quiet sky lines, suppressed heavy-set chimneys and sheltering overhangs, low terraces and out-reaching walls sequestering private gardens,”.  The uniqueness of this style was: low-pitched roofs, low bands of windows, wide wood bands and an open floor plan, where everything expands from the central fireplace. A great example of one of his buildings built with this style is the Robie House, Oak Park studio designed in 1908.

  Due to this project I had to look back into one of the books I already wrote a post on, it is the "Smart Apartments", in this book different apartments are displayed, explained in a few words and every apartment has a floor plan to it.  I really like architecture and designing houses because I think it is a way of being creative and designing whatever you like. There were a few houses I liked such as the 'Apartment on Central Park' in New York or the Monolocal, however the one I liked the most was probably the Timber House.

Timber House by Makiko Tsukada located in Tokyo, Japan is an apartment nearly 100% out of wood. The interior furniture, shelves and stairs are all made of different shadings of wood. Instead of having all white this designer decided to use colors from

 white --> yellow --> brown and all in-between those. The windows in this apartment are thin but tall, and the living room is on the upper floor to make the most of the light and increase possibilities of breezes. This house contains a lot of free space and creativity with the furniture. In an aesthetic point of view, the apartment looks very appealing, it has a lot of light, free space, different colors making the apartment ‘happy’, and it is well thought out. Building this apartment however must have taken a lot of wood -killing trees, hurting the environment- otherwise however the house is surrounded by many trees and green, but then again the book mentions no 'functionalities' or 'unfunctionalities' however it does include doors and is accessible.

After all, I really enjoy designing and anything connected with architecture. I do not wish to grow up being an architect, however I have always enjoyed drawing houses, furniture and so on.