Function in Architecture: How it works/The Johnson Building

A building has different purposes, they have their own reason's they were formed. There are eleven reasons why a building is built. Basically a why a building is built is built and what is it going to be used for. The eleven reasons are: Monument as Permanences, Residential, Institutional, Cultural, Industrial/Commercial, Military use, Religious, Parking/Storage, Transit, Education, and Mixed use. What I love about these uses or reasons why a building is built is because it can be combined. It allows the Architect to flex his ideas and work around with what is needed in the building. Not only that but it can also provide uniqueness to the building, allowing it to stand out from the rest. I think it's just a fun element for the architect for them to be able to play with the uses and ways of combination.

A really neat building is the Johnson building in Wisconsin built by Frank Lloyd Wright, finished in 1938. What is really interesting from it is, to me, it resembles the future in the past look. As if showing, this is what the future should look like. The really interesting thing about the Johnson building is that it is supported by a lot of hyperbolic umbrellas, leaving it with a structural look. Then, there's the top floors which are rounded, like an oval, giving off the sculptural point. The one thing that caught my attention was the work space for the two hundred workers. It's an open space in which the workers can move freely from one are to another without having to cross walls a corridors. I think what is the most fascinating for me is how Wright was able to mix all of these concepts and crate this building without it looking weird