Gehry Residence Floor Plan Guide

The floor plan of the Gehry Residence rejects the modernist open plan (Mies, Le Corbusier) and the traditional closed plan (Colonial revival). Instead, it proposes a —where old and new, rough and smooth, private and public meet at unexpected angles. To read this plan is to understand that for Gehry, architecture is not about perfect functionality but about provoking a heightened awareness of space, light, and the act of dwelling itself.

If you search for the original drawings (held by the Getty Research Institute), you will notice something peculiar: The drawings are messy. There are erasures. There are cross-outs. There is tape holding the velum together. gehry residence floor plan