introduction to the eames house - angela ngo portfolio

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photographscourtyard connecting house and studio27photographsinterior of house28
photographsview from backyard29thesisThe Case Study Houses were intended to put industrialization into effect and promote the ideasof modernism. Their goal was to create a new way of building and designing houses using a kit-ofpartsconstruction that consisted of building components that were pre-designed, pre-engineeredand pre-fabricated. Therefore, the house was made cheap and assembled quickly in order to beable to house the WWII soldiers. Even though the house was built for the Eameses, this was a newtechnique for the booming housing market. The nature of the site flows through the transparencyof the house, giving a feeling that this home ceases to exist. They also have a beautiful view ofthe Pacific Ocean connecting the house’s transparent skin with the natural landscape. Their busylifestyle made it essential for the plan of the building to equally integrate life and work. Having astudio detached from the main household was a way to separate their personal life from theirprofessional life yet keeping them both equally important by connecting through the outside.30
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