Fallingwater House

 

Fallingwater

In the Bearan Nature Reserve in Millerand, Pennsylvania, a stream ran at 1298 feet above sea level, suddenly destroying 30 feet. Frank Lloyd Wright designed a special home called Fallingwater, rethinking the relationship between people, architecture and architecture. Defined properties. The house was built as a weekend home for owner Edgar Kaufman and his wife and his son. He deepened his friendship through his son, who was studying at Taliesin Fellowship, Wright's school.

The waterfall has been a family hideaway for 15 years, and when she asked Wright to design the house, they imagined that they could see the house across from the waterfall. Instead, Wright incorporated the design of the house into the waterfall itself and placed it directly above the waterfall, making it part of the merchant's life.

First Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

Third Floor Plan

Wright's admiration for Japanese architecture, along with most of his work, was important to the inspiration for this house. Like Japanese architecture, Wright wanted to create a harmony between humans and nature, so he succeeded in integrating the house and the waterfall.

Fallingwater - Living room fireplace and kettle

The residence changed into supposed to praise its web website online whilst nevertheless competing with the drama of the falls and their infinite sounds of crashing water. The energy of the falls is usually felt, now no longer visually however via sound, because the breaking water should continuously be heard during the complete residence.

Wright centered on the design of the house, centering on the fireplace, which is the hearth of the house, and saw it as a place for family gatherings. Here, rocks bite into the chimney and physically carry the waterfall home. He also focuses on this concept by dramatically extending the chimney upwards to the highest point outside the house.

Fallingwater consists of two parts: the main client house, built between 1936 and 1938, and the guest rooms completed in 1939. The original house has a simple room with Wright's own furniture, an open living room and a compact kitchen on the first floor, and three small bedrooms on the second floor. The third floor was the study and bedroom of Edgar Jr., Kaufman's son. All rooms are related to the natural environment of the house, and the living room also has stairs leading directly to the water.

Fallingwater-Living Room

The development of the house consists of dark and narrow corridors, arranged so that the closer you are to the outside world, the more compressed you feel than the expansion. The ceiling of the room is low, reaching only 6.4 inches in some places to focus horizontally on the outside view. The beauty of these spaces lies in the extension to nature performed on the terraces of long cantilevered beams. A series of right-angled terraces, in addition to its function, add sculptural elements to the house.

With these protrusions, the terrace forms a complex and comprehensive horizontal force, releasing space at a raised level parallel to the ground. To assist them, Wright worked with engineers Mendelgrickman and William Wesley Peters. Her solution was in the material.

Fallingwater-Keystone

Due to the location, the house took the "rugged masonry shape" and the reinforced concrete structure was chosen for the terrace. Wright was the first to work with residential concrete and was initially not very interested in the material, but it was flexible enough to be cast into any shape, and when reinforced with steel, it gained extraordinary tensile strength.

Fallingwater House

The appearance of Fallingwater forces a strong horizontal pattern with bricks and a long terrace. The windows on the façade are also in a special condition where the corners open to break the box of the house and open it outside.

Fallingwater-Interior Design

Completion of these details completed the house itself. The location of the house presents structural problems that require constant maintenance, but there is no doubt that Fallingwater, now a National Historic Landmark, is a genius's work. From bold cantilever to corner window details to the constant sound of waterfalls, Fallingwater is a physical and spiritual manifestation of human and architectural in harmony with nature. All you have to do is listen.