EAMES CASE STUDY#8
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CONTENTS The Designers: Ray and Charles Case Study House / Social Context Location / Site Materials Exterior Arquitecture/ Logistic Floor Plan Elevations: West/East Elevations: North/South Renderings Design Aesthetics Interior Architecture Furniture Conclusion Bibliography
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THE DESIGNERS Charles and Ray Eames • Most important American designers of the 20th century. • Developed Architecture, furniture, and industrial design.
• Charles Eames born in 1907, St Louis,Missouri. • Studied architecture at Washington University. • 1930, began architectural practice in St. Louis. • 1941, he married with Ray Kaiser. • Ray Kaiser was an American artist. • Designer and filmmaker. • 1912 born in California. • 1941 married with Charles Eames. • 1942 designed Case Study House #8.
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CASE STUDY HOUSE The idea of a Case Study House was to hypothesize a modern household, elaborate its functional requirements, have an estemed architect develop a design that met those requirements using modern materials and construction processes, and then to actually build the home. The Eames property contains two adjacent buildings: the two-story house and the matching studio, separated by a small patio. Both buildings are simple boxes that reflect the Eames love of industrial design and materials, as well as Ray Eames bold graphic and monochromatic sensibility. They are built of steel frames clad in fixed panels made of plaster, wood, and glass, some opaque, some translucent, and some transparent. Pops of white and bright primary colors among the beige, black, and gray panels lend a Mondrian-style touch to the facades. The design is modular, highlighting its industrial nature, and the structure of the buildings is abundantly evident. The Eames House is a beautiful continuation of space. The rooms are liberating, flowing into one another even between floors through the double-height spaces.
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LOCATION SITE The house is situated on a three acre site on top of an 150 foot clifff that over looks the Pacific Ocean between Santa Monica and Malibu. The site is a steep land, the response to this condition was a concrete retaining wall that ties together the two boxes separated by a courtyard.
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MATERIALS The structure of the house is made in steel, wood and asbestos. The green and brown contrast is so far apart in terms of colors, but also very much tied together since they are both natural elements opposed to the glass and metal that sorrounds the space. Contrast to the cold steel framing that forms the structure, the interior of the house is warm and comforting with its wood floor and the sun ligth penetrating into each room through each day. The main steel frame itself is purposefully thin in order to give the impression of uninterrupted space going from the exterior into the interior. The translucent glass used create the exterior walls allowing the filtration of natural light.
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EXTERIOR ARCHITURE / LOGISTICS
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FLOOR PLAN
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ELEVATIONS
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RENDERINGS
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RENDERINGS
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DESIGN AESTHETICS The design was based on the continuity of Piet Mondrian painting, where windows and walls were placed follow a grid pattern. Primary colors were used creating panels and lending a Mondrian style to the facades. These panels were placed in order to alow light to flow in the house and a row of eucalyptus trees was also planted at the front providing shade and blend parts of the house with outdoors. In addition, the use of natural materials on the interior closer to nature, giving the appearance of the house resting softly on the earth.
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INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
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FURNITURE Charles and Ray Eames aimed to develop furniture that could be mass-produced and affordable, with the exception of the Eames Lounge Chair that become iconic with Modern style design. Charle's vision was for a chair with the warm and receptive look and other creative uses of materials includes the seat cushions, which eschew standard stapled or nailed upholstery. The Eames Furniture were made of molded plywood and leather and all products were manufactured on Washington Boulevard until 1950.
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CONCLUSION In conclusion The Eames House has become an Architecture icone visited by people from around the world. "The charm and appeal of the House is perhaps represeted an attempt to state an idea rather than a fixed architectural pattern."
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BIBLIOGRAPHY http://www.eameshousefoundation.org http://www.eamesoffice.com http://www.archdaily.com http://www.greatbuildings.com http://www.eameshouse250.com http://www.conservators-converse.org http://www.vitra.com http://www.artjournal.collegeart.org http://www.eamesfoundation.org http://www.en.wikipidia.org
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