As most of the moderns architects after the war, Saarinen was a believer of America as a new begin. We saw in United State a powerful nation to the new world. He participated in the creation of a new facade to the corporations that were changing the image to make a symbol to the future. He design to General Motors, IBM, CBS. Also, he was a motor to the creation of new established as the New Airport in New York, or the St. Louis Gateway Arch. All his constructions were part of this process where the technologies in together with his formal and extravagant ideas made a symbol to the reborn of a capitalism America. He was more than an architect, in the last part of his life, he was a designer of furniture.
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| JFK Terminal TWA |
He was an extravagant and brave man that was always improving the new technologies to made it pieces. He prove with metal structures, prefabricated concrete structures, he explored with curtain steel.
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| Gateway Arch |
" Three overarching themes emerge from a review of the hundreds of projects, built and unbuilt, that Saarinen produced over the eleven-year period of his architectural maturity. First, he was committed to the exploration of new building technologies and materials, and he searched constantly for ways to advance the art of architecture by producing innovative formal solutions that reflected scientific and chemical discoveries. Second, he treated every architectural commission as a separate artistic problem, and he sought to create an original, artistic expression of the functional complexities and cultural meanings of each one; this emphasis on communication (a priority for him that was equal to the need for formal discipline and quality in design) required Saarinen to delve into popular and commercial imagery with an openmindedness and enthusiasm that few, if any, elite modern designers could — or wanted to — match. Third, Saarinen clearly imagined his buildings as inhabited and animated spaces, and he thus focused on circulation, framing, and the sensual experiences of clients. He cared deeply about the spiritual and psychological effects of his architecture, and he wanted users of his buildings and furniture to look as good as they felt. In this respect, as in all of the above qualities, he seems to be the consummate American modernist, an architect who saw himself as a creator of glamorous, exciting buildings in which contemporary business transactions and the experiences of everyday life would become ever more brilliant and beautiful."
" Today, Saarinen’s bold designs remain symbolic expressions of post-war American identity. His best-known works, such as the St. Louis Gateway Arch and the TWA Terminal at New York’s JFK airport, incorporate new dynamic forms and structural innovations. Saarinen’s exuberant visual effects in architecture and design captured the optimism of an era and a national ideal of boundless opportunity."
http://mam.org/info/details/saarinen.php
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http://content.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,61064843001_1952762,00.html
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