Case Study: Peter Eisenman
THE GRAND TOUR
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT INTERVIEW WITH PETER EISENMAN
THE LAST GRAN TOURIST: TRAVELS WITH COLIN ROWE
Peter Eisenman was standing at a crossroad, should he finish his architectural education or travel. After a failed trip to France he decided to go to Colombia University to finish his studies. There he met Colin Rowe, after numerous visits to Colins flat and books Colin decided to take Peter to Europe. Peters grand tour just begun, but it wasn't all fun and easy for Peter.
Their trip started in Holland where they saw modern architecture (e.g.
Van Nelle factory and the Oud Siedlung) that wasn´t so pleasing to Colin, so they went the Rhine and then to Stuttgart. After they saw the Weissenhofsiedlung they went to Zurich where Bernard Hoesli showed Le Corbusier’s work and his office. The next stop was the major part of the grand tour and it was Italy.
Peter was eager to see Guiseppe …show more content…
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL REFELCTIONS
ITALY AND THE GRAND TOUR
Travel to Italy in the eighteenth century was most likely for benefit and pleasure, but the attraction for the British people got worse because of Italy’s connection with Jacobitism. After this tourist had almost nothing good to say about the government and the Italian states. British tourist didn't see any modern townscape in Italy to match London, mostly they preferred modern architecture before old/classical. Even when they went out on the countryside they weren’t impressed, it can be because of the Agricultural revolution in Britain.
In the nineteenth century Italy became more popular, because revolution no longer seemed a serious prospect in Britain and famous writers started to write and support the “Risorgimento”. But the enthusiasm didn't last long and the British went back to be not that interested in the modern Italy.
THE PARTHENON
JOURNEY TO THE
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT INTERVIEW WITH PETER EISENMAN
THE LAST GRAN TOURIST: TRAVELS WITH COLIN ROWE
Peter Eisenman was standing at a crossroad, should he finish his architectural education or travel. After a failed trip to France he decided to go to Colombia University to finish his studies. There he met Colin Rowe, after numerous visits to Colins flat and books Colin decided to take Peter to Europe. Peters grand tour just begun, but it wasn't all fun and easy for Peter.
Their trip started in Holland where they saw modern architecture (e.g.
Van Nelle factory and the Oud Siedlung) that wasn´t so pleasing to Colin, so they went the Rhine and then to Stuttgart. After they saw the Weissenhofsiedlung they went to Zurich where Bernard Hoesli showed Le Corbusier’s work and his office. The next stop was the major part of the grand tour and it was Italy.
Peter was eager to see Guiseppe …show more content…
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL REFELCTIONS
ITALY AND THE GRAND TOUR
Travel to Italy in the eighteenth century was most likely for benefit and pleasure, but the attraction for the British people got worse because of Italy’s connection with Jacobitism. After this tourist had almost nothing good to say about the government and the Italian states. British tourist didn't see any modern townscape in Italy to match London, mostly they preferred modern architecture before old/classical. Even when they went out on the countryside they weren’t impressed, it can be because of the Agricultural revolution in Britain.
In the nineteenth century Italy became more popular, because revolution no longer seemed a serious prospect in Britain and famous writers started to write and support the “Risorgimento”. But the enthusiasm didn't last long and the British went back to be not that interested in the modern Italy.
THE PARTHENON
JOURNEY TO THE