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1. Peter Eisenman
History of Architecture
Saniya Nalband
SYBARCH-B01140
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2. WORKS :-
1. House II
2. House VI
3. University of Phoenix Stadium, Arizona
4. Memorial for the Murdered Jews
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3. Houses
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4. House VI
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5. 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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6. • 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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8. • 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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10. • 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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11. Section
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12. Section
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13. • 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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14. • 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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16. • 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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17. • 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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18. House II
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20. plan
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21. plan
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23. 1st floor axonometric
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24. 2nd floor axonometric
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25. South facade
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26. West facade
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27. University of Phoenix Stadium, Arizona
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28. • 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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31. Section
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32. Section
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33. Longitudnal View
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34. View
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35. 4. Memorial for the Murdered Jews, Berlin
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40. Inside the information centre
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42. • 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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43. Thank You
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