Richard Meier

RICHARD MEIER THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE II DR. MOHAMMAD ARIF KAMAL BY: MUSAB BADAHDAH

TABLE OF CONTENT

richard meier biography. richard meier’s philosophy. element and signature.

projects and examples. barcelona Museum case study.

jubilee church case study.

BIOGRAPHY

Richard Meier was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1934. graduated from Cornell University in 1957 then worked with a series of architects, including Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill and Marcel Breuer.

Richard Meier established his own practice in 1963.

BIOGRAPHY

His practice has included private residences, museums, high-tech and medical facilities, commercial buildings and such major civic commissions as courthouses and city halls in the United States and Europe.

In 1984, Mr. Richard Meier was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize, considered the field’s highest honor and often equated with the Nobel Prize.

BIOGRAPHY

In the same year, Mr. Richard Meier was selected architect for the prestigious commission to design the new $1 billion Getty Center in Los Angeles, California.

PHILOSOPHY

Richard Meier has maintained a specific and unalterable attitude toward the design of buildings from the moment he first entered architecture.

Although his later projects show a definite refinement from his earlier projects, Richard Meier clearly authored both based on the same design concepts.

PHILOSOPHY

With admirable consistency and dedication, Richard Meier has ignored the fashion trends of modern architecture and maintained his own design philosophy. he has created a series of striking, but related designs.

PHILOSOPHY

he usually designs white Neo-Corbusian forms with enameled panels and glass.

These structure usually play with the linear relationships of ramps and handrails.

Although all have a similar look, Richard Meier manages to generate endless variations on his singular theme.

ELEMENTS AND SIGNATURE According to Richard Meier there are some factors that connect a building to its environment: one or more of which must be present for a space to be a place. factors those which emphasize the presence of the building as an independent object. factors which emphasize the presence of the building in its given environment. factors which preserve a sense of mystery and adventure.

ELEMENTS AND SIGNATURE The three of the most significant concepts of Richard Meier ‘s work are: light. color. place.

His architecture shows how: plain geometry. layered definition of space. effects of light and shade.

allow Richard Meier to create clear and comprehensible spaces.

PROJECTS TIMELINE

DOUGLAS HOUSE 1971

NEUGEBAUER HOUSE 1995

FRANKFURT MUSEUM 1979

BARCELONA MUSEUM 1987

JUBILEE CHURCH 1996

HEADQUARTERS 1988

THE GETTY CENTER1984 - 1997

UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE, 1993

SAINT-DENIS OFFICE BUILDING, 2009

BARCELONA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, 1987

The museum opened to the public on November 28, 1995.

Its current director is Bartomeu MarĂ­ (since 2008).

SITE PLAN

SOUTH ELEVATION

NORTH ELEVATION

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

SECTION THROUGH THE CIRCLE TO LEFT

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

SECTION THROUGH GALLERY TO LEFT

JUBILEE CHURCH, 2003

The Jubilee Church, formally known as “Dio Padre Misericordioso”, is a church and community center in Tor Tre Teste in Rome, italy. (1996 - 2003)

SITE PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECTION THROUGH CURVES TO LEFT

SECTION PARALLEL WITH CURVES TO LEFT

COMPOSITION, APPROACH AND ENTRANCE

SPATIAL RELATIONS AND CIRCULATIONS

QUALITIES OF LIGHT, PLACE AND FORMATION

SOME QUOTES

“I believe that architecture has the power to inspire, to elevate the spirit, to feed both the mind and the body. It is for me the most public of the arts.�

SOME QUOTES

“White is the most wonderful color because within it you can see all the colors of the rainbow. The whiteness of white is never just white; it is almost always transformed by light and that which is changing; the sky, the clouds, the sun and the moon.�

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