robert venturi architect
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ppt on famous american architect Robert VenturiTRANSCRIPT
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nit, calicutdept. of architecture
architecture
1. post modern architect of united states2. one of the major figures in the architecture of the 20th
century
3. He is also known for coining the maxim "Less is a bore" as antidote to Mies van der Rohe's famous modernist dictum "Less is more“
4. architecture of robert venturi helped redirect american architecture away from a widely practiced, often banal, modernism in the 1960's to a more exploratory, and ultimately eclectic, design approach that openly drew lessons from historic architecture and responded to the everyday context of the American city.
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1925 JUNE25
birth in philadelphia , pennsylvania
graduated high honor from princeton
university
m.fa from princeton
worked under eero saarinen in bloomfield hills, michigan, and
later for louis kahn in philadelphia
rome prize fellowship at the american academy in
rome
completd vanna venturi house
published his "gentle manifesto," complexity
and contradiction in architecture”
married denise scott brown on july 23, 1967 in santa
monica, california
establised venturi, scott brown and associates
awarded the pritzker prize in architecture
national medal of arts& united states presidential award with denise scott
brown
vincent scully prize, national building museum; 2002 with
denise scott brown
architecture
Venturi's buildings typically juxtapose architectural systems, elements and aims, to acknowledge the conflicts often inherent in a project or site
Robert Venturi is known for incorporating stylized cultural icons into his buildings.
However, Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates is recognized for much more than Postmodernist designs. The firm has completed more than 400 projects, each uniquely suited to the special needs of the clients.
major buildings
vanna venturi house National Gallery London Sainsbury Wing
Freedom PlazaTrabant Student Center
Chapel at the Episcopal
Seattle Art Museum
vannaventurihouse
vanna venturi house
1. one of the first prominent works of the postmodern architecture movement,
2. located in the suburban neighborhood of chestnut hill in philadelphia, pennsylvania
3. constructed between 1962 -1964.4. the five room house stands only about 30 feet tall at the
top of the chimney,5. monumental front facade6. an effect achieved by intentionally manipulating the
architectural elements that indicate a building's scale7. the central chimney and staircase dominate the interior
of the house
vanna venturi house
View from south
View from south east
vanna venturi house
1. Robert Venturi designed the house initially for his mother. 2. The House is designed around a chimney that is
centralised and goes all the way to the top of the house. 3. Externally, they house is built symmetrical.4. Venturi has distorted this idea of symmetry - for example,
there are 5 windows on the facade of the building, however he placed them differently.
5. There is also a basement underneath the house that is often not uncovered by people.
6. The chimney creates a clear vertically in the building, the is vi sable internally and externally
vanna venturi house
plans
vanna venturi house
section
vanna venturi house
vanna venturi house
interior
episcopal academy
chapel
episcopal academy chapel
Location Newtown Square, Philadelphia
Cost $8500000
Area 15000ft2
time 2008 .
episcopal academy chapel
1. iconic campus landmark2. The impressive and gently monumental scale of the
building is softened by striped patterns at pedestrian-level.
3. The interior is lit by means of two levels of clerestory windows
4. and from the interstices between over-lapping layers of walls, which allow indirect light to create aura.
episcopal academy chapel
ROBERT VENTURI, A CHAPEL FOR THE EPISCOPAL ACADEMY, 1950, THESIS DRAWING (UNBUILT) (COURTESY OF VENTURI, SCOTT BROWN AND ASSOCIATES, INC.)
episcopal academy chapel
Interior
episcopal academy chapel
planSouth elevatn
Inside, the 15,000 square foot chapel’s fan-shaped plan allows worshipers to face each other as well as the altar,altar
episcopal academy chapel
majorentrance x 3
aisles
chancel
episcopal academy chapel
its distinctive form many layers of masonry walls
the spaces between
these layers allow
circulation and light
episcopal academy chapel
night view
freedom plaza ,wdc
freedom plaza
The John A. Wilson Building, the seat of the District of Columbia government, faces the plaza, as does the historic National Theatre, which has been visited by every U.S. President since it opened in 1835.[2][3] Three large hotels are to the north and west.
freedom plaza
originally known as western plazaFreedom Plaza is a popular place for political protests, civic events, and (despite its official prohibition) skateboarding.
freedom plaza
quotes by famous people about washington, dc, are carved into the paving stones. designed by robert venturi in collaboration with landscape architect george e. patton
freedom plaza
constructed in 1980
the plaza is mostly composed of stone
inlaid with a depiction of parts of petercharles l'enfant's plan for the city of washington
most of the plaza is raised above street level
freedom plaza
night view