Architecture

							Architecture
   Frank Gehry
    Frank Gehry

 Is an
Architect
   who
 designs
buildings.
          Biography
• Frank Gehry was born in 1929 in
  Toronto, Canada to a Jewish family.
• When he was 17 he moved to
  California where he went to college.
  He even went back to school to study
  Design at Harvard University.
      Frank Gehry
He became famous in the 1970s for
   creating his style of furniture
         Frank Gehry
Now he’s famous for
  his architecture.

   People say his
  architecture look
      more like
   sculptures than
      buildings
       Frank Gehry




He’s so famous that he was even in “The
Simpson's” and “Arthur”, where he played
                himself.
       Frank Gehry
• When he gets an idea, he sketches it
• Can you guess what this will look like?
 Ta Da!




Walt Disney Concert Hall
          Frank Gehry
 • He does know how to draw; that was just a
               gesture thumbnail.
• This is more like what architectural designs
                     look like
     Making a Building




Most times, the architect or another artist adds
  details to make a full drawing to show what it
      would look like within the environment
     Making a Building
   Some
  Architects
use computer
 programs to
     make
   realistic
  images to
   see the
   finished
   product
      Making a Building




After the architect sketches the ideas and
    draw the architectural design, they
               make a model.
Making a Building




Finally, they start building
Wait! What is Architecture?

  It’s the art of designing
   buildings and the space
          around it.
Kinds of Architecture
It can be
 houses,
 schools,
 museums,
 shopping malls,
 pyramids, and
 even castles
What in the World?




Can you guess what this famous
     architecture was for?
Elements of Art
  Architecture has:
          Line
         Shape
         Form
         Space
 Architecture has Lines
• Line is a dot that moves from one
  point to another
Architecture has Lines
 What kind of lines do you see here?



                               The Guggenheim
                               Museum in
                               Balboa, Spain
Architecture has Shapes
Shape is a closed 2D area
 Architecture has Form
Form is a 3D closed area.
Architecture has Shapes

Check
  out
 these
shapes
Architecture has Space




   Space is the area around
Principles of Design
 Architecture drawings use:

           Emphasis

            Unity
Architecture uses
    Emphasis
             Emphasis is the
             strongest area of
              the composition
                where all the
               attention goes

              Compare this
            architecture by I.M.
               Pei with Frank
                  Gehry’s.
  Architecture uses Unity

Unity is when
       a
 composition
 feels whole
 and belongs
  together.
          Conclusion
• Architecture is a combination of
  science, math, and Art
• Frank Gehry is one of the most
  important architects in the world
• He used the Elements of Art and the
  Principles of Design to create is
  sculptural Architecture