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EISENMAN HOUSE II
HOUSE II EXPLORES FORMAL PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE IN POINTS, LINES AND PLANES TO RECONCEIVE PERCEPTIONS OF SCALE AND THE PROCESS OF GEOMETRICAL TRANSFORMATION. MOREOVER, EISENMAN PLAYS WITH THE AMBUIGUITY OF SUPPORT ELEMENTS IN HIS SCHEME, INFORMING NEW UNDERSTANDINGS OF FORM AND POETICS.
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House Ii
House Ii
DESIGNED BY NEW YORK ARCHITECT PETER EISENMAN, WHO IS KNOWN FOR HIS ECLECTIC AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS AFFILIATED WITH DECONSTRUCTIONISM. HOUSE II WAS PART OF A SERIES OF TEN RESIDENTIAL CONCEPTS, WHERE ONLY FOUR WERE BUILT DUE TO THE UNCONVENTIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY NATURE OF THEIR SCHEMES. THE HOME ELUDES ANY SENSE OF SCALE, DESIGNED TO LOOK MORE LIKE AN ARCHITECTURAL MODEL THAN A LIFE-SIZED HOUSE.
Massing Study And Transformation
Massing Study And Transformation
THE FUNDAMENTAL VOUMES OF HOUSE II CAN BE EXAMINED AS HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL EXTRUSIONS OF MASSINGS. FURTHER TRANSFORMATION OF THESE VOLUMES GENERATES THE FINAL FORM. FINALLY, PLANES OF INCREASING LENGTH INTERSECT THE FINAL VOLUME, BREAKING UP THE INTERNAL SPACES.
Ambiguity In Structure
Ambiguity In Structure
EISENMAN EXPLORES THE CONCEPT OF POINTS, LINES AND PLANES IN HOUSE II, CREATING AMBIGUITY IN THE HIERACHY OF EACH ELEMENT IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE HOME. THE SYSTEM OF COLUMNS AND WALLS EITHER SUPPORT THE STRUCTURE TOGETHER, EACH SYSTEM ACTS INDEPENDANTLY, OR ONE SYSTEM MERELY GIVES AN ILLUSION OF SUPPORT.
1. HERE, BOTH LINES AND PLANES SEEM TO HAVE EQUAL PLAY IN SUPPORTING THE STRUCTURE.
2. WHEN SEEN FROM CERTAIN ANGLES, LINES SEEM TO BE THE SOLE SYSTEM OF SUPPORT.
3. PLANES, WHEN VIEWED FROM THIS ANGLE, GIVES AN ILLUSION OF SUPPORT DUE TO ITS DOMINANCE IN FRAMING THE VIEW.
