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SMITH HOUSE
Richard Meier
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PRESENTATION BY:
MOHAMMED OWAIS PARDHAN
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INTRODUCTION:
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The Smith House is part of a series of single-family homes rationalists that

mark a first step in the work of Meier, when it was part of the group The Five
Architects.
The compact, prismatic shape of the house expresses a certain attitude

toward the place, besides being a refuge is also an object, reflecting and
refracting the surrounding natural scene. The house is rooted in the strong
tradition of family houses New England self-sufficient units.
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Architect:- Richard Meier.
Location:- Darien, Connecticut, United States.
Built From:- 1965-1967
Plot Area:- 6.070M2
Clients:- Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith

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ABOUT ARCHITECT:
RICHARD MEIER WAS BORN IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY IN 1934.
RICHARD MEIER GRADUATED FROM CORNELL UNIVERSITY IN 1957.
HIS PRACTICE HAS INCLUDED:- HOUSING AND PRIVATE RESIDENCES, MUSEUMS, COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
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 CONCEPT :
 Located on a hillside, the volume is a white prism that emerges among the
trees creating a stark visual contrast.
 Starting operation -in the style of rationalism corbusierano some critics have
characterized as a mannerist cubic main volume, Meier is carving his work
based operations of addition and subtraction.
 The back side is treated as a closed facade with small openings, the front
face is an open facade with large glass panels offering sweeping views of
the horizon.
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 PRIVATE AREA :
 The private part of the house is in the area
looking to the forest and the road and where the
main entrance to the house is located, it is the
south facade.
 With a series of closed cellular spaces, these
private areas are organized through three levels
behind an opaque facade pierced by some
windows intermittently placed.
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The author organizes plants according to criteria
characteristic of his early houses Zoning: at a
later rectangular strip groups the service areas
on the ground floor and bedrooms on the upper
floors, occupying the entire front with the
sequence of living spaces and reception.
 PUBLIC AREA:
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 Contrary to private areas, public spaces, where the family gathers and shares
his social life, are in the back of the house, overlooking the water.
 In this sector the box is broken down into a large glazed and laterally
staggered front that opens to the downward slope of the hillside.
 This scalability is produced by the successive social lag of three plants, phase
shift which causes the appearance of double and triple heights that contribute
to the dramatization of the interior space.
 From the outside, the ground floor and the upper levels appear as solid slabs
studs firmly attached to the shell white crystal.
 The curved staircase that descends from the first floor to the natural terrain,
cubic annex small deposit and the access ramp to the house and the home
box with duct adding volumes are qualifying the central volume, while anchor it
to the ground.
 CIRCULATION
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 The circulation system that guides the movement through the house
extends far beyond the limits of the building itself. Within the Smith
House, joins the horizontal movement of cells deprived areas and also
links them to the public areas.
 The vertical movement occurs in the stairwell located within the area
enclosed room. The largest circulation pattern and the activity, related
discrete spatial units inside.
 The angle of the garage toward the path leading to the main facade
and the curved wall on one side helps draw the open area of the
house. The access is located on the upstream side of the house and
the main view is towards the downstream portion of the land.
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STRUCTURE:
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It is often thought, wrongly, that this house was built in concrete,
when in fact made of wood. Once it crossed the south facade
wooden structure that houses the private areas of the house and
utility appears.
The link between the two contrasting spaces that form the house,
the private and the public expressed through two structural
systems.
In public spaces, the structure consists of round steel

columns standing free supporting beams and roof,
independent elements that describe the pattern. In the private or
closed side of the house, the walls are timbered load
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 Suspended between the brick fireplace and structural pillars, the

glass wall creates a subtle tension that leads to who occupies a part
of the outer life. The railings of the upper and lower levels with a
setback from the glass, accentuates this feeling.
 External construction materials, vertical paneling and glass, also

serve to express the contrast between the open and closed spaces
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 MATERIAL :
 The main materials used in the construction of the Smith House are wood and
glass, with structural steel columns in the conservatory area and brick
fireplace.
 Large glass walls allow subtle reflections and light changes, according to the
whims of nature. Natural and artificial exist as independent, elementary
experiences, though impossible to separate one from the other.
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INTERIOR:
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EXTERIOR:
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SMITH HOUSE

The Smith House is part of a series of single-family homes rationalists that

The compact, prismatic shape of the house expresses a certain attitude

Architect:- Richard Meier.

Location:- Darien, Connecticut, United States.

Built From:- 1965-1967

Plot Area:- 6.070M2

Clients:- Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith

RICHARD MEIER WAS BORN IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY IN 1934.

RICHARD MEIER GRADUATED FROM CORNELL UNIVERSITY IN 1957.

In public spaces, the structure consists of round steel

 Suspended between the brick fireplace and structural pillars, the

 External construction materials, vertical paneling and glass, also

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