analysis richard meier

Architect

Richard MeierBIOGRAPHY

Richard Meier has maintained a specific and unalterable attitude toward the design of buildings from the moment Richard Meier 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. With admirable consistency and dedication, Richard Meier has ignored the fashion trends of modern architecture and maintained his own design philosophy. Richard Meier has created a series of striking, but related designs. Richard Meier 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.Chris Schilder Albert Mark Werner Huizing Marcel Mataheru Theo Weijs 4076273 4076257 4064658 4064496 4064666 Source: http://architect.architecture.sk/richard-meier-architect/richard-meier-architect.php

Richard Meier was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1934. Richard Meier 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. His practice has included housing and 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: Among his most wellknown projects are the High Museum in Atlanta; the Frankfurt Museum for Decorative Arts In Germany; Canal+ Television Headquarters in Paris; the Hartford Seminary In Connecticut; the Atheneun in New Harmony, Indiana, and the Bronx Developmental Center in New York. All of these have received National Honor Awards from the American Institute of Architects (AIA). In 1984, Mr. Richard Meier was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize, considered the fields highest honor and often equated with the Nobel Prize. 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.

THEMATICS

The three of the most significant concepts of Richard Meier s work are Light, Color and Place. His architecture shows how plain geometry, layered definition of spaces and effects of light and shade, allow Richard Meier to create clear and comprehensible spaces. The main issue Richard Meier is focusing on as an architect, is what Richard Meier termed placeness: What is it that makes a space a place. According to Richard Meier there are ten factors that connect a building to its environment, one or more of which must be present for a space to be a place: factors which cause the Mode of Being; those which emphasize the presence of the building as an independent object; factors which emphasize the presence of the building in its given environment; those which encourage fantasy and play; factors which encourage ecstatic exuberance; factors which preserve a sense of mystery and adventure; ingredients which connect us to reality; those which link the building to its past; facilitate spontaneous exchanges; and affirm peoples identity.Source: http://architect.architecture.sk/richard-meier-architect/richard-meier-architect.php

Building analysis Realized works

Frankfurt Museum for the Decor. Arts, 1979

Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, 1987

Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art

A

173 - 176 Perry Street Condoleum, 1999A

United States Courthouse, Islip, 1993

Canal + Headquarters, 1988

Neugebauer House, 1995

South elevation

B

B

A

B

North elevation

A

B

Jubilee Church, 1996

Douglas House, 1971

Jubilee Church

Ground floor plan

A

B

First floor plan

A

Ground floor plan

A

B

Second floor plan

A

B

Section through rotunda A-A

Section through typical gallaries B-B

East section A-A

North section B-B

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B D F E E A A C A B C D E F Adjecent D F

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B B

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D G G A

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B C D E FGH Adjecent Interlocking

Spatial relations Circulation elements Approach, frontal

Circulation elements

Approach, frontal

Spatial relations

Ching

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Spatial organizations, linear

Circulation elements

Approach, frontal

Form compositions

Spatial organizations, linear

Circulation elements

Approach, frontal

Form compositions

Structure

Plan to section

Repetitive to unique

Symmetry and balance

Clark & Pause

Structure

Plan to section

Circulation to use-space

Repetitive to unique

Symmetry and ballance

Additive and subtractive

Natural light

Circulation to use

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Additive and subtractive

B BMassing Unit to whole

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Geometry

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Ground floor plan

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First floor plan

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C D E

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A. Corridor B. Employee rooms C. Exposition space D. Exposition space E. Staircase F. Staircase G. Corridor H Employee rooms I. Exposition space J. Exposition space K. Exposition space L. Corridor M Employee rooms N.Exposition space O. Exposition space P. Exposition space

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A. Corridor B. Employee rooms C. Exposition space D. Exposition space E. Staircase F. Staircase G. Corridor H Employee rooms I. Exposition space J. Exposition space K. Exposition space L. Corridor M Employee rooms N.Exposition space O. Exposition space P. Exposition space

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O A. Corridor B. Employee rooms C. Exposition space D. Exposition L space E. Staircase F E F. Staircase G. Corridor Second floor planH Employee rooms I. Exposition space J. Exposition space K. Exposition space L. Corridor M Employee rooms N.Exposition space O. Exposition space P. Exposition space

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Conclusion Ground floor plan

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GAE BF A

AA. Staircase B. Church hall C. Staircase D. Hall/Corridor E. Office F. Hall G. Kitchen/toilets H Hall I. Office J. Hall K. Auditorium L. Office

First floor plan

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A. Corridor B. Employee rooms C. Exposition space D. Exposition space E. Staircase F. Staircase G. Corridor H Employee rooms I. Exposition space J. Exposition space K. Exposition space L. Corridor M Employee rooms N.Exposition space O. Exposition space P. Exposition space

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A. Corridor B. Employee rooms C. Exposition space D. Exposition space E. Staircase F. Staircase G. Corridor H Employee rooms I. Exposition space J. Exposition space K. Exposition space L. Corridor M Employee rooms N.Exposition space O. Exposition space P. Exposition space

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A. Corridor B. Employee rooms C. Exposition space B D. Exposition space C E. Staircase F. Staircase G. Exposition spaceConclusion

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A. Corridor B. Employee rooms C. Exposition space D. Exposition space E. Staircase F. Staircase G. Exposition space

A. Corridor B. Employee rooms C. Exposition space D. Exposition space E. Staircase F. Staircase G. Corridor H Employee rooms I. Exposition space J. Exposition space K. Exposition space L. Corridor M Employee rooms N.Exposition space O. Exposition space P. Expositi