Frank lloyd wright

Fallingwater House
The building, constructed in three levels, is built on a rock on a natural waterfall.
Its composition is horizontal, although somewhat complex. The vertical axis is defined by the chimney that stands out above the deck. The building grows from within outwards and is spreading according to the needs of its residents. Therefore, it can be amended, as in the organic architecturebuilding is conceived as a living thing and that can change.
Each floor is marked by wide overhangs that are projected asymmetrically in several directions. In fact terraces are bounded by smooth slabs of concrete. To adopt this solution, Wright was inspired by Japanese architecture. The exterior of the house has an intimate relationship with nature that surrounds it. The architect tried to usenatural materials-wood, brick, rock, which achieved a greater integration between the building and the forest that surrounds it.
What really worries the architect is the habitability of the interior. The interior space should be comprehensive and free, and therefore tries to avoid at all possible limits. The large living area has a wall of glass that lets you enjoy the view of the waterfall, inaddition to receiving its relaxing rumor. The use of large windows eliminated the separation between the rooms and outside. They have, among other functions, to reflect natural light and project it in an indirect way into the interior. The upper terrace provides a more intimate to the house. With this work Wright gets the maximum freedom of expression while maintaining harmony with the environment.With the integration of water, trees, rocks, sky and nature throughout the shelter closes a certain romantic view of the house, but opens a new dimension to the space-time refuge of men.
Concept
The land on which the house is located has plenty of rocks at ground level, which served as the foundation of the building. The area has a slightly bumpy relief, a forest of deciduous trees that remainsvirtually untouched since only a footpath leading to the house, and Bear Creek, which is the cascade of the house. Terrain of the site were removed rocks that make up the bottom of masonry facades of the building, placed there to create a natural progression from rock to the concrete floor of the parties to highlands. The rest of the facades is cream colored, contrasting with the color green orbrown (depending on the season). Another contrasting element of the house are orthogonal forms that have overhangs and walls, imposing well as the house "architecture".
The building bears a relationship with the environment that becomes of respect or adaptation to the environment. Thus, the foundation of the house are the rocks of the place, and some of them forged over the width of the firstfloor looming next to the fireplace. Much of the house is in overhang at the top of the creek. The engineers at Wright did not trust that this structure would stand and advised Wright to rectify. The pride of this architect allowed him to give up being only a few metal pieces that hold the cantilever, which is still standing after suffering the effects of a tornado. The house has two floors, extendinghorizontally with prominent overhangs and terraces, however there is a core that grows vertically, which is the chimney. Has some windows that extend vertically and passing from one plant to another, thus demonstrating the forging. This vertical focus is the "heart" of the House of Cascade.
On the north side of the house, the opposite of that "flies" over the stream, there are a number ofpergolas as an awning that elapse from the outer wall of stone up a slope that rises on the road to entry. This site is known as the "Forest of the house." Two pergolas describes an arc dodging the trunk of two trees. This resource Wright used it to make it clear respect for nature with which the house is designed. The shadows that change the pergolas resemble those of the logs, an effect that causes...