robert

dept. of architecture arjun cm

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1. post modern architect of united states
2. one of the major figures in the architecture of the 20th century

3. He is also known for coining the maxim "Less is a bore" as antidote to

Mies van der Rohe's famous modernist dictum "Less is more“

4. architecture of robert venturi helped redirect american architecture

away from a widely practiced, often banal, modernism in the 1960's
to a more exploratory, and ultimately eclectic, design approach that
openly drew lessons from historic architecture and responded to the
everyday context of the American city.
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2002
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Venturi's buildings typically juxtapose
architectural systems, elements and aims, to
acknowledge the conflicts often inherent in a
project or site

Robert Venturi is known for incorporating

stylized cultural icons into his buildings.

However, Venturi, Scott Brown and

Associates is recognized for much more than
Postmodernist designs. The firm has
completed more than 400 projects, each
uniquely suited to the special needs of the
clients.
vanna venturi house Chapel at the Episcopal National Gallery London
Sainsbury Wing

Trabant Student Center Seattle Art Museum Freedom Plaza

1. one of the first prominent works of the postmodern architecture
movement,
2. located in the suburban neighborhood of chestnut hill in philadelphia,
pennsylvania
3. constructed between 1962 -1964.
4. the five room house stands only about 30 feet tall at the top of the
chimney,
5. monumental front facade
6. an effect achieved by intentionally manipulating the architectural
elements that indicate a building's scale
7. the central chimney and staircase dominate the interior of the house
View from south
View from south east
1. Robert Venturi designed the house initially for his mother.
2. The House is designed around a chimney that is centralised and goes all
the way to the top of the house.
3. Externally, they house is built symmetrical.
4. Venturi has distorted this idea of symmetry - for example, there are 5
windows on the facade of the building, however he placed them
differently.
5. There is also a basement underneath the house that is often not
uncovered by people.
6. The chimney creates a clear vertically in the building, the is vi sable
internally and externally
plans
section
interior
Location
Newtown Square,
Philadelphia

Cost
$8500000

Area
15000ft2

time
2008
.
1. iconic campus landmark
2. The impressive and gently monumental scale of the building is
softened by striped patterns at pedestrian-level.

3. The interior is lit by means of two levels of clerestory windows

4. and from the interstices between over-lapping layers of walls, which
allow indirect light to create aura.
ROBERT VENTURI, A
CHAPEL FOR THE
EPISCOPAL
ACADEMY, 1950,
THESIS DRAWING
(UNBUILT)
(COURTESY OF
VENTURI, SCOTT
BROWN AND
ASSOCIATES, INC.)
Interior
 Inside, the 15,000 square foot chapel’s fan-
shaped plan allows worshipers to face each
other as well as the altar,
altar

South elevatn
plan
 chancel

aisles

major
entrance x 3
 the spaces
its distinctive form
many layers of between
masonry walls these layers
allow
circulation
and light
night
view
since it opened in 1835.[2][3] Three large hotels
are to the north and west.
originally known as western plaza
Freedom Plaza is a popular place for political protests, civic events, and
(despite its official prohibition) skateboarding.
quotes by famous people
about washington, dc, are
carved into the paving
stones. designed by robert
venturi in collaboration
with landscape architect
george e. patton
 constructed in 1980

the plaza is mostly

composed of stone

most of the plaza is

raised above street level

inlaid with a depiction of parts of

petercharles l'enfant's plan for
the city of washington
night view