ORGANIC

ARCHITECTURE
PRESENTATION BY:-
ABHIJEET SHARMA
S.Y.B.ARCH
 ABOUT
• Philosophy of architecture which
promotes harmony between
human habitation and the
natural world.
• Aim is to make interrelated and TALIESIN- F.L.WRIGHT’s House- (1937)
unified composition of structure
elements with surroundings
• Use of locally available
materials.
 ABOUT
• Strives to unify spaces, to blend
interiors and exteriors to create a
built environment
• Also it relates biomorphic, metaphoric
and zoomorphic architecture
• Free ,flexible and adaptable are the
main principles of organic
WAINWRIGHT TOMB- By Louis Sullivan
architecture.
(1890)
 CONCEPT
• Louis sullivan , who believed that "form
follows function." Wright argued that "form
and function are one.“
• He believed that every building should
grow naturally from its environment.
• Not only f.L.Wright ,but also many
architects have supported this
architecture. Name:Learning Hub At Nanyang Technological
University
Singapore(2015)
Architect: Heatherwick Studio
ABOUT
• Materials, motifs, and basic
ordering principles continue to repeat
themselves throughout the building as
a whole.
• Interpretation of nature’s principles
manifested in buildings that were in
harmony with the world around them
• Organic architecture came to describe
Wright's total design ideology. SHELL
by ARTechnic architects
Location: Karuizawa, Japan
 PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE

• The belief that a building should appear to grow easily from its site.
• Choosing one dominant form for a building and integrating that form throughout.
• Using natural colors: “go into the woods and field for color schemes”.
• Revealing the nature of materials.
• Opening up spaces.
• Providing a place for natural foliage.
PROJECTS

• FALLINGWATER
• LOCATION: PENNSYLVANIA, USA
• ARCHITECT: FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT
• CONSTRUCTION: 1936-1937
 FALLING WATER
• House designed by architect frank lloyd wright in
1935 in rural southwestern pennsylvania.
• Built partly over a waterfall
• Was designed as a weekend home for the family of
liliane kaufmann and her husband.
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• ‘Construction april-1936 to October 1937
Side Elevation
• Revolutionary design with featured columns
• Cantilever structure over waterfall
• Upside down t-shaped beams for cantilever
floors
• Use of stone masonry
• Reinforcement was doubled later.
• Estimated cost us$35000, final cost
us$1,35,000
Front Elevation
First Floor Plan Second Floor Plan
Third Floor Plan View
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• Wright's passion for japanese
architecture was strongly reflected
• Fallingwater was used as a family
weekend house from 1937-1963,
after that he donated it to the
western pennsylvania conservancy.
• From 1964, it was opened as a
museum for public.
• Fallingwater hosts more than
1,20,000 public every year for
visit.
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• KUNSTHAUS GRAZ
• LOCATION: GRAZ, AUSTRIA
• ARCHITECT: SIR PETER COOK AND
COLIN FOURNIER
• COMPLETED: 2003
 ABOUT
• Developed as an institution to stage
international exhibitions of
multidisciplinary, modern and
contemporary art from the 1960s to the
present day.
• It doesn't collect, maintains no
permanent exhibitions, has no
permanent depot at its disposal and no
research establishments.
  Purpose is to present and
ABOUT procure contemporary art
productions.

 Implements an innovative
concept, which offers
various possibilities in its
galleries to fulfill the high
curatorial requirements of
contemporary exhibitions.
 • Its unusual form differs radically
ARCHITECTURE from conventional exhibition
contexts.

•Stands out consciously against

the surrounding baroque roof
landscape with its red clay
roofing tiles
• organic shape with a skin made
of iridescent blue acrylic panels.
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• AL WAKRAH
STADIUM
• LOCATION: QATAR
• ARCHITECT: ZAHA HADID
• STATUS: ON GOING…
ABOUT
• CAPACITY-45 000
• COUNTRY-QATAR
• CITY - AL-WAKRAH
• CATEGORY- DESIGN BEING IMPLEMENTED
• TOURNAMENT WORLD CUP-2022
• CONSTRUCTION- 2014-2018
• DESIGN- AECOM, ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS
• DESIGN TIME- 2013
• CONTRACTOR- MIDMAC, PORR QATAR
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 London Aquatics Centre

• LOCATION: LONDON,UK
• ARCHITECT: ZAHA HADID
• COMPLETED: 2011
• TYPE: SWIMMING POOL FOR
OLYMPICS
 ABOUT
• 50m by 25m swimming pool.
• Use for swimming and diving
events.
• After significant modification the
centre opened to the public in
march 2014.
• Site Area- 160m by 80m
• Height – 45m
• Wave-like roof is stated to be of
11,200 sq.ft area.
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• Designed by pritzker prize-winning Ar. Zaha Hadid in 2004.
• The 50m pool is 3 meters deep.
• Moveable booms that allow its size to be changed.
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• Its floor can be moved to reduce
the depth.
• For the television coverage of the
Olympics, the pools were also
equipped with innovative cameras
in order to present the action from
multiple angles.
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Ground
Floor
Plan
 The Gherkin

• LOCATION: LONDON UK
• ARCHITECT: FOSTER AND
PARTNERS
• COMPLETED: 2003
ABOUT
• Also called as 30 ST MARY AXE
• A Commercial Skyscraper in
London's primary financial district,
the city of London.
• Completed in December 2003
and opened in April 2004.
• Architectural Styles: Sustainable
Architecture, Post-modern
Architecture, High-tech
Architecture, Neo-futurism
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• With 41 storey, it is 180

meters (591 ft) tall.
• The street from which the
tower takes its name.
•Designed by Norman
foster and Arup group.
•Most widely recognized
examples of
Contemporary
Architecture in London.
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• Uses energy-saving methods, which
allow it to use half the power that a
similar tower would typically consume.
• Gaps in each floor create six shafts that
serve as a Natural Ventilation System
for the entire building The shafts create a
giant double glazing effect;
air is sandwiched between
two layers of glazing and
insulates the office space
inside