| Title |
An Influence of Japanese Culture on F. L. Wright’s Organic Architecture |
| Keywords |
프랭크 로이드 라이트 ; 유기적 건축 ; 일본문화 ; 全一性 |
| Abstract |
F. L. Wright was, from his early days, influenced by Japanese Culture and endeavored his original concept of organic architecture. In his 1st Golden Age, he devoted to establish an architectural concept of Organism which was proved by the theories of New Science and also had been universal in ancient Orient. Later, in his 2nd Golden Age, he tried to embody his unique concept in prairie houses and office buildings. The organic structure and spatial unit that actually applied to these works, were good examples of realization of the simplicity and continuity which he found out in Japanese culture.
This paper is to study on the influence of Japanese culture on a course of Wright’s embodying his organic architecture, and to study on a way of its realization in his works.
To be concrete, main contents of the study are as follows;
1) the relationship between Wright’s integrate perception and the orientalism
2) the influence of the traditional Japanese painting like woodblock prints and the aesthetic theory of the traditional Japanese pictorial art on Wright’s design principles
3) the influence of Wright’s experiences in Japan on his design principles
4) the influence of Wright’s analysis of the traditional Japanese dwelling on his design principles
5) the course of Wright’s embodying his organic architecture concept, and the way of its realization in his works |