Final

1. GEHRY RESIDENCE
FRANK GEHRY

2. FRANK GEHRY
Name
Frank Owen Gehry
Born on
February 28, 1929 ( 87 years old )
Born in
Toronto, Canada
Education Background
Harvard University,
University of South California

3. STYLE - DECONSTRUCTIVISM
- Fragmentation
- Manipulating surfaces, skins, shapes
- Distortion and dislocation
- Unpredictability and controlled chaos.
- Abstracted form

4. PHILOSOPHY & STYLE
“ A structure in progress is always more poetic
than a finished work ”
“ Life is chaotic, buildings should reflect it ”

5. Location
Los Angeles, United States
Built on
1999 - 2003
Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Built on
1994 - 1996
Location
Bilbao, Spain
Built on
1993 - 1997
Gurggenheim MuseumWalt Disney Concert Hall Dancing House
FRANK GEHRY’S MASTERPIECES

6. WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL
- Composition of undulating
and angled form
- Abstract
- Free-flowing
- Non-rectilinear
- Fragmented

7. DANCING HOUSE
- Contrast
- Dramatic
- Distorted
- Controlled chaos
- Different shapes and
dimensions of materials

8. GURGGENHEIM MUSEUM
- Extraordinary silhouette
- Blend of regularity and
irregularity
- Random curves react to
sunlight and weather
- Experimentation with
surfaces and shapes

9. GEHRY RESIDENCE
FRANK GEHRY

10. INTRODUCTION
- Deconstructivist work on a dutch
colonial house
- Old house remained in
unconventional manner
- New architecture style
- Modification of existing building
Location
Santa Monica, United States
Built on
1977 - 1979
Remodelled on
1991

11. INITIAL IDEAS
New and old
Raw and refined
Balance of fragment
and whole

12. PROCESS
Existing dutch
colonial style
house
New
residents built
around old
Gehry residence
Old parts
completely intact
Made holes, torn
down and put up
walls and added
new material

13. DESIGN
Front-back axonometric view

14. DESIGN - NEW & OLD FUSION
Extension towards street
Exterior virtually intact
Barely discernable entrance

15. DESIGN
Breaking out and tilting away
Geometrical
Expressive

16. DESIGN
Geometrical ceiling opening
- Remain original interior structure
- Allow sunlight penetration
- Deliberate design

17. Geometrical ceiling opening
-Visual distortion
- Spacing between old and new
- Raw finishing

18. MATERIALITY
Wooden
structure
Glass
Steel

19. MATERIALITY
Chain link
fence
Concrete
Aluminium

20. MATERIALITY
Wooden
structure
Glass
Plywood

21. STYLE - ARTISTICALLY INTUITIVE
Before
Dutch colonial style house
After
Gehry residence

22. STYLE - CLUTTERED
Exterior
Materials
Interior
Scale

23. STYLE - CONTROVERSIAL
Neighbourhood Gehry residence

25. REFERENCES
https://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/Gehry_House
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http://www.archdaily.com/67321/gehry-residence-frank-gehry
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http://www.archdaily.com/441358/ad-classics-walt-disney-concert-hall-frank-gehry
http://www.architectmagazine.com/design/frank-gehrys-house_o
https://www.behance.net/gallery/29576963/GEHRYS-HOUSE
http://www.biography.com/people/frank-gehry-9308278
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