What Is Organic Architecture?

Organic architecture

What Is Organic Architecture?

Organic architecture refers to a philosophy of architecture advocating harmony of the human establishment with the natural organic ambience. This is achieved by adopting special design approaches that are empathetic with the natural site, so that buildings, furnishing, and ambience become more of a unified, interlinked composition.

Taliesin West, by Frank Lloyd Wright

Organic architecture refers to designing and building structures and spaces that are balanced with their natural surroundings and tailored to the function they serve for their inhabitants. Organically designed structures seem to meld with the landscape or rise from it as if the surrounding spaces gave birth to them.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Origins of Organic Architecture

The term ‘organic architecture’ was first coined by renowned American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who described his naturally integrated approach as a new architectural paradigm. Wright was a keen observer of the natural world, so he found inspiration in the styles and processes related to nature in order to build a thriving yet sustainable ecosystem.

Organic Architecture Concepts

What is Organic Architecture Concepts?

First, in 1914, Architect used a term Organic Architecture in architecture digest article. And give a basic understanding of sustainable or organic design in architecture. How to use this terminology and incorporation of organic terms in architectural style.

It is important to note that Wright was not the first architect to use the term organic architecture, Nor was he the last. The concept of an organic style meant different things to different architects and manifested itself in a variety of ways.

Examples of Organic Architecture:

• Falling water

Fallingwater is a house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 in rural south western Pennsylvania. The house was built partly over a waterfall. Fallingwater stands as one of Wright's greatest masterpieces both for its dynamism and for its integration with its striking natural surroundings. Fallingwater has been described as an architectural tour de force of Wright's organic architecture.

Falling water by architect Frank Lloyd Wright

• Robie House

Robie Residence in Chicago, Illinois was built in 1909. Its multiple roof planes not only protect the interior, but emphasize the building's volume and mass. Here, Wright shows his mastery of the Prairie style structure (open plans, horizontal lines, native materials, and no or few trees) but also his mastery of creating "microclimates" within structures.

Wright also designed the mechanical and electrical systems which manifest themselves in the interior living areas. There is no basement in the original design of this raised residence.

Robie Residence in Chicago

• Hanna Residence

Hanna-Honeycomb House, also known as Hanna House, is located in Palo Alto, CA and was designed in the Usonian style. Fashioned in wood and brick, it allows dwellers to disassemble and reconfigure walls easily as needed.

It is referred to as the Honeycomb House because the design uses hexagons instead of octagons as building units, and all the boards and battens use this spacing. The home adjusts to the hill, complementing the landscape.

Hanna Residence, by Frank Lloyd Wright

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Writer: Pankaj Sonwane.

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 2) Information from books.

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