FALLING WATERS
Frank Lloyd Wright
Linda S. Gerwig

VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP AND ASSIGNMENTS
 

ASSIGNMENT 1
    List the materials used to build Fallingwaters.  Using a highlighter, highlight the four major basic materials. You will be reading information from this link titled, WRIGHTS SYSTEMS AND MUTATIONS. At the beginning of this site there is a link to a movie clip showing Fallingwater in motion, please click on this link.  When the picture is loaded, click on the house.
 
 

ASSIGNMENT 2
Frank Lloyd Wright built Fallingwaters using a cantilevered style of architecture.
Click on this link to read information and view images of the cantilever style for Fallingwaters.
DO NOT CLICK ON ANY OTHER LINKS FROM THIS SITE.
    Your assignment after viewing this website is to draw and design your own interpretation of a cantilevered homesite and setting.  Be sure your home is in a peaceful setting.  Label the purpose of each lever.

ASSIGNMENT 3
    There are many problems associated with this remarkable residential home.  Read for information from this link,  to list the numerous problems in this structure.  Read through your written list of problems with Fallingwaters.  Think about actually living at Fallingwaters.  List the PROS and CONS for living in this home. You will need to keep your list for a later classroom discussion activity.

ASSIGNMENT 4
    You are going to be taking an inside tour of Fallingwaters.  You will click here -

-At the top of the first page there is quote from Frank Lloyd Wright and his interpretation of this structure.  Write a paragraph to explain in your own words what Frank L. Wright is saying about Livingwaters.

- Once you are in this website, you will click on the following areas - The Tour, Entrance, Living Room, Bed Room, Detail and Dining Room.  Think about your 5 senses (touch, taste, smell, hearing, sight).  Describe how your 5 senses would be stimulated or hightened by living in this home.