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"In the book Design and Nature there is a chapter called “Nature and Architectural Design” and we can read about the sculpture house designed by Gillet, Roulin and Greisch:
Inspired by nature and organic forms, the design was undertaken as a synthesis of arts. According to their own words, they didn’t want to start a revolution, but simply wanted to create something new, opposed to the standardisation of forms in architecture and the conditions of mankind’s accommodation of those times, out of touch with nature.
According to the date of construction of the Sculptural House, we can think that Jacques Gillet was influenced by Kiesler’s Endless House and also by Archigram’s projects as the Living Pod or the Spray Plastic House. But we can come further to the current times and found a clear influence of Gillet’s work in another curious house, the Steel House by Robert Bruno, a house that took 25 years to be completed.
This continuity is a reflection around the idea on “what is organic architecture?”. This movement arose at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries mainly with Sullivan, Wright, Gaudi, Horta and Rudolf Steiner. It has been eclipsed in the middle of the twentieth century due to the Second World War and the mass reconstruction during the Post War period.
The most interesting thing behind these projects is how they let us learn about the philosophy behind organic forms and how they have evolved. Let’s see some images with dates to have a deeper overview of this evolution...."
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