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The Ingalls Hockey Rink, located at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut was designed by architect Eero Saarinen. This project was completed in 1958 and is characterized by the sweeped dome roof. Eero Saarinen was a Yale graduate and the rink is actually known as the “yale whale.” Saarinen used curved walls and roofs, and uses biomorphic architecture in the David S Ingalls Hockey Rink. This project was worked on with Kevin Roche, who worked with Saarinen and took part in the rink’s original design. The rink is two hundred feet long and eighty-five feet wide with organic shapes and forms. The rink has a tensile structure, consisting of a two hundred ninety foot long central arch of reinforced concrete. The main support of the wooden roof is hung from a cable structure giving the building a double curve. The lateral loads that may affect the building (wind), are being stabilized by cables from the center arch to the outer edges of the building. This building shows its simplici...

The TWA Terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport was designed by architect Eero Saarinen. Saarinen was born on August 20, 1910 and passed away on September 1, 1961. He was born on the same day as his father, architect Eliel Saarinen. He also continued his father’s interest in neofuturist internationalism, using curves and glass. Saarinen had an early death, therefore a short career. However, he did have a very successful career and won numerous awards for his projects. One of his projects that clearly depicted his designs with futurism is the TWA Terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Airports are typically busy spaces and Saarinen believed that the space deserved more than being just a passing space. In 1956, the client wanted to capture “the spirit of flight.” He wanted to design the space so when flyers or visitors enter the space they are forced to move around the space that has curves to reflect the idea of the “jet age.” His idea for the concept of flight...

Eero Saarinen’s Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight Center was designed to visualize the “Spirit of Flight”. The need for more infrastructure to handle the rapidly expanding industry of commercial air travel was high after World War II. The reduction of prices and payment plans turned a usually high-class recreation into something within reach to the middle class. In response to the increase in aviary traffic decided to expand the Idlewild Airport (Present day JFK). The design which was deemed “Terminal City”, consisted of each airline constructing their own respective terminal. This was not decided through a design competition as many major urban planning projects are, however the airlines decided to go forward with this plan as it enabled them to create lasting brand names with permanent structures in their respective images. Saarinen collected an overwhelming amount of data on airplanes and it’s passengers. Timing how long it took for planes to take off and land, passengers commute...

Neo-Futuristic Airport The Dulles international airport is located in Virginia, United States. The airport was designed and built by world renown neo- futuristic architect Eero Saarinen. At the end of world war two aviation grew which led to the Washington Airport act of 1950. This act basically said that the government would fund a second airport fo the state. Many proposed locations were not passed until the U.S. president at the time Dwight D. Eisenhower chose a location in a small town bordering the city to place the new airport. The airport is twenty six miles from the city and named after the secretary of state at the time. The airport is one of the busiest in the country, serving over twenty three million customers a day and flying to more than a hundred and twenty five locations. Finnish - American architect Eero Saarinen was hired to design the main terminal because of his ability to create a graceful beauty in hi...

TWA Terminal  The TWA flight center (the Trans World Flight Center) was designed by Eero Saarinen in 1962 and is a great example of Futurist architecture and modern architecture. The TWA terminal was a major milestone in the improvement and development of air travel. There has always been a feeling of excitement when one is to travel by airplane. Eero Saarinen aimed to capture each and every aspect that makes air travel so sensational, throughout the buildings design to the flight itself. It is as if he wanted a persons experiential journey to begin before they even set foot on the airplane itself. The structure of the building itself becomes symbolic as one would approach this “monument to airline travel”. The large wing-like concrete shell resembles the wings of an airplane. This building is another great example of the implementation of concrete into building designs following World War two. The wing like structure shows just what exactly concrete is capable of. The mat...

Arial View In 1962 Eero Saarinen was commissioned to design the new Airport Terminal. Before this time, flying was mainly for rich people; the same thing could be said about architecture. The airlines began discounting tickets and including payment plans so that "common people" could afford their services. For this terminal they wanted the idea of the “spirit of flight.” He created a design that was made up of four symmetrical curved concrete shells that came together in middle. Many said the building looked like a bird about to take flight; Saarinen said this was only a coincidence because he got his inspiration from a hollow grapefruit peel, which, he pushed the middle down. Interior Space Whichever the inspiration, the TWA is a milestone achievement. Before then, many architects were not worried of the person’s personal use or experience, but Saarinen wanted to change that. “We wanted passengers passing through the building to experience a fully-designed env...

Emilia Kightley-Sutter The TWA Flight Center in John F. Kennedy Airport in Jamaica Queens, New York was designed by Eero Saarinen was opened in May 1962 just a year after Saarinen died of a brain tumor. The flight center is an example of what post-second world war two tools we had to accomplish mid-twentieth century modern architecture.The client wanted this building to show the spirit of flight and for people who are running to catch a flight to have a strict path of beautiful views within the promenade architectural.  The organic shapes of the flight center were in magnificent scale and the hints of modernism influenced the social atmosphere of the users. Throughout the plan some stylistic features are marble steps, mosaic tiling and thought out furniture design and layout for the travelers. Although the building seemed to be a great win for architecture it was critiqued for its style, size, and function. However the interior and exterior were names a New York City landmark ...

EXTENSION OF THE SIDEWALK The CBS headquarters in New york is located on the corner of 52nd street and 6th avenue. The building was designed by american - Finnish architect Eero Saarinen and was completed in 1964. Eero Saarinen worked under his father which was also an architect until he won a competition in which he designed the Mississippi arch. This competition allowed him to move from under his father and brought him some fame. He was a modernist architect that designed a variety of building. When given the contract to build the headquarters for CBS in New york it was the height of steel cage office buildings, however Saarinen built the city’s first post war concrete building . During this time steel and glass had become popular. Many buildings tried to be transparent and show both the function and structure of the building.He wanted to move away from glass and have a dense, strong feeling rather than a light transparent structure. The skyscraper is 38 stories tall and made...