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• E e r o s a a r i n e n w a s b o r n i n 1 9 1 0 , i n F i n l a n d .
• E e r o S a a r i n e n w a s t h e y o u n g e s t c h i l d o f t h e
f a m o u s a r c h i t e c t E l i e l S a a r i n e n , w h o e x p l a i n e d
t h a t h i s s o n w a s " b o r n p r a c t i c a l l y o n t h e
d r a f t i n g b o a r d . "
• H i s m o t h e r l o j a w a s a g i f t e d s c u l p t o r a n d
a r c h i t e c t u r a l m o d e l m a k e r .
• E e r o g r e w u p i n a h o u s e h o l d w h e r e d r a w i n g a n d
p a i n t i n g w e r e t a k e n v e r y s e r i o u s l y, a n d a
d e v o t i o n t o q u a l i t y a n d p r o f e s s i o n a l i s m w e r e
i n s t i l l e d i n h i m a t a n e a r l y a g e .
• H e w a s t a u g h t t h a t e a c h o b j e c t s h o u l d b e
d e s i g n e d i n i t s " n e x t l a r g e s t c o n t e x t - a c h a i r
i n a r o o m , a r o o m i n a h o u s e , a h o u s e i n a n
e n v i r o n m e n t , e n v i r o n m e n t i n a c i t y p l a n . “
• I n 1 9 2 3 , t h e s a a o i n e n s e m i g r a t e d t o u . s , w h e r e
h e b e g a n t o s t u d y s c u l p t u r e a n d f u r n i t u r e
d e s i g n .
• S a a r i n e n g r a d u a t e d f r o m h i g h s c h o o l i n 1 9 2 9
a n d w e n t t o P a r i s t o s t u d y s c u l p t u r e .
• B e t w e e n 1 9 3 0 a n d 1 9 3 4 , E e r o s t u d i e d a t t h e
Ya l e S c h o o l o f A r c h i t e c t u r e .

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• F r o m 1 9 3 9 t o 1 9 4 7 h e w o r k e d f o r h i s f a t h e r ' s
f i r m .
• A f t e r w o r k i n g w i t h h i s f a t h e r o n a n u m b e r o f
p r o j e c t s , E e r o S a a r i n e n h a d a c h a n c e t o
e x p r e s s h i s o w n p h i l o s o p h y w h e n h e e n t e r e d
t h e 1 9 4 7 a r c h i t e c t u r a l c o m p e t i t i o n f o r J e f f e r s o n
N a t i o n a l E x p a n s i o n M e m o r i a l .
• T h i s w a s h i s f i r s t o p p o r t u n i t y t o e s t a b l i s h
h i m s e l f a s a n i n d e p e n d e n t a r c h i t e c t , a n d h e s e t
o u t t o d e s i g n a m o n u m e n t n o t o n l y t o T h o m a s
J e f f e r s o n a n d t h e n a t i o n , b u t a l s o t o t h e
m o d e r n a g e .
• F o r h i m , " T h e m a j o r c o n c e r n w a s t o c r e a t e a
m o n u m e n t w h i c h w o u l d h a v e l a s t i n g
s i g n i f i c a n c e a n d w o u l d b e a l a n d m a r k o f o u r
t i m e N e i t h e r a n o b e l i s k n o r a r e c t a n g u l a r b o x
n o r a d o m e s e e m e d r i g h t o n t h i s s i t e o r f o r t h i s
p u r p o s e . B u t h e r e , a t t h e e d g e o f t h e
M i s s i s s i p p i R i v e r , a g r e a t a r c h d i d s e e m r i g h t . "

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• W h e n h i s f a t h e r d i e d i n 1 9 5 0 , E e r o S a a r i n e n
t o o k o v e r h i s p r a c t i c e , r u n n i n g i t a s S a a r i n e n &
A s s o c i a t e s .
• S a a r i n e n d e v e l o p e d a r e m a r k a b l e r a n g e w h i c h
d e p e n d e d o n c o l o u r , f o r m a n d m a t e r i a l .
• I n l a t e 1 9 3 0 s , E x p e r i m e n t i n g w i t h C h a r l e s
E a m e s , E e r o S a a r i n e n c o d e v e l o p e d n e w
f u r n i t u r e f o r m s a n d t h e f i r s t d e s i g n s f o r
f u r n i t u r e o f m o l d e d l a m i n a t e d w o o d .
• I n 1 9 4 1 S a a r i n e n w o n t w o p r i z e s i n t h e N e w
Yo r k M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t c o m p e t i t i o n f o r
f u n c t i o n a l f u r n i t u r e d e s i g n f o r p i e c e s o n w h i c h
h e a n d C h a r l e s E a m e s h a d c o l l a b o r a t e d .
• S a a r i n e n c o n t i n u e d t o d e s i g n i n n o v a t i v e c h a i r s .
• A f t e r w i n n i n g t h e f u n c t i o n a l f u r n i t u r e d e s i g n
c o n t e s t h e b e g a n w o r k i n g o n " o r g a n i c " c h a i r
d e s i g n s , r e s u l t i n g i n t h e " w o m b " c h a i r , w h i c h
e a s e d t h e s i t t e r i n t o a f e t a l p o s i t i o n a n d w a s
c o n s i d e r e d b y m a n y t o b e t h e m o s t c o m f o r t a b l e
c h a i r e v e r m a d e .

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• International style
• Classical Eclectism
-Beaux Arts
-Neo Renaissance
-Chateausque
-Neoclassical Revival

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The purpose of architecture
is to shelter and enchance
man’s life on earth and to
fulfill his belief in the nobility
of his existence.

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M TWA Terminal
Queens, New York

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M North Christian Church
Columbus, Indiana

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M Dulles International Airport
Chantilly, Virginia

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M ST. Louis Arch
ST. Louis, Missouri

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M Case Study

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• L O C AT I O N : - N e w Yo r k
• A R C H I T E C T : - E e r o S a a r i n e n – K e v i n R o c h e
–
C e s a r P e l l i – E d wa r d S a a d –
N o r m a n P e t t u l a
• C O M P L E T I O N : - 2 8 M a y 1 9 6 2
• C L I E N T : - R a l p h D a ws o n , Tr a n s Wo r l d
A i r l i n e s A t J F K I n t e r n a t i o n a l
A i r p o r t

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• T h e c l i e n t wa n t e d t h i s b u i l d i n g t o
c a p t u r e t h e “ S p i r i t O f F l i g h t ”
• I n o r d e r t o c a p t u r e t h e c o n c e p t o f
f l i g h t , S a a r i n e n u s e d c u r v e s t o
c r e a t e s p a c e s t h a t f l o we d i n t o o n e
a n o t h e r.
• T h e e x t e r i o r c o n c r e t e r o o f i m i t a t e s
a b i r d i n f l i g h t wi t h t wo m a s s i v e
“ W i n g s ”

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• D e s i g n w a s c r e a t i n g a s m o o t h
p a s s a g e t h r o u g h t e r m i n a l .
• F i n a l s o l u t i o n c o n s i s t e d o f c r e a t i n g
4 a d j a c e n t s h e l l s c o u n t e r b a l a n c i n g
e a c h o t h e r.
• F i n a l s c h e m e u s e d 3 d i f f e r e n t s i z e d
c o n f i g u r a t i o n s o f c u r v e d , d i a m o n d
s h a p e d s h e l l s s u p p o r t e d b y 4
c u r v i l i n e a r s h a p e d c o l u m n s .

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• T h e m a i n p o r t i o n o f t h e h e a d
h o u s e ' s f a c a d e i s m a d e o f l a r g e
g r e e n - t i n t e d g l a s s wa l l s .
• S i n g l e - s t o r y wi n g s e x t e n d o u t wa r d
f r o m t h e m a i n t e r m i n a l t o t h e n o r t h
a n d s o u t h , a n d c o n t a i n s e v e r a l
d o o r o p e n i n g s wi t h i n t h e c o n c a v e
wa l l s .

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• Th e te r min a l is a p io n e e r in g
e xa mp le o f thin
s hells c ons truction, c ons is ting
o f a r einfor c ed c onc r ete
s h e lls s uppor ted at the c or ner s.
• T he bir d - s haped, emblematic
c o n s tr u ctio n fe a tu r e d a
h a r mo n io u s ly c o o r d in a te d
inter ior and r efer enc es to TWA’s
c o r p o r a te id e n tity a n d th u s
s e r ve d to c o n ve y th e c o mp a n y’s
ima g e .

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• ROOF
- The roof is composed of four
concrete shells: two upward-slanting
shells at the edges, which resemble
wings, and two smaller shells slanting
downward toward the front and back of
the structure.
• COLUMN
- The terminal is a pioneering
example of thin-shell construction,
consisting of a reinforced concrete
shell supported at the corners.
• WALL
- The walls are covered with
tiles
and made out of concrete.
• OPENINGS
- open three-level space with
tall
windows enabling views of
departing and arriving jets.

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M TWA Terminal
Queens, New York

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M TWA Terminal
Queens, New York

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M TWA Terminal
Queens, New York

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M TWA Terminal
Queens, New York

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• W hat I c onc luded is ther e w er e many
c r itic s to Eer o Saar inen in the beginning
but later people adapted his neo
futur is tic s tyle of ar c hitec tur e and his
legac y c ontinued even after his death. i s
b e l i e f i n t h e n o b i l i t y o f e x i s t e n c e .