JAMES WALTER SCHILDROTH, ORGANIC ARCHITECT of MAINE
J A M E S   S C H I L D R O T H    A S S O C I A T E S,   A R C H I T E C T S

Architecture inspired by my clients and the challenging sites on the coast of Maine since 1970.

The process of working with a creative architect in the design of your home may be one of the most rewarding experiences you will have in life.

For a more detailed description of how long it takes to design and construct your Dream House click here: 

Built Projects   | Unbuilt Projects | History | Essays | Services  | JWS HOME

 


SPACE

 

 

Organic Space shelters and defines but never limits or confines. JWS

 

ARCHITECTURAL SPACE

 

The most important thing that Mr. Wright gave us all in

Architecture, to my way of thinking, was his understanding

of the concept of "Organic Space".   

As used by Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect:

Space is far more than area or volume.

Space engages and involves the mind of the person that is having the experience.  This involvement invites the mind of the person experiencing the architecture to be in relationship to the architecture by completing the space in the imagination

Space never confines.     Space is always in relation to the beyond.

Space allows the mind to complete, in imagination that which goes beyond.

Organic Space shelters and defines but never limits or confines.

Some of the so called organic shapes to my mind do not have this aspect of Space. They have curvilinear shapes that are called organic, but they are still boxes, because they confine and contain the same as a rectangular box. To be Organic, Architecture must have this quality of Organic Space. It must allow the mind of the person to freely play with the infinite just as it does in the out of doors in nature.

James Walter Schildroth, Architect

June 24, 1999

 

"... Organic architecture is the growth in space of an idea...

There will never be too many of the complete architect. He

is the master of the elements: earth, air, fire, light and

water. Space, motion and gravitation are his palette; the

sun is his brush. His concern is the heart of humanity... "

Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect 1949

 

When I design I don't do it from the outside by looking at it but first from the inside.  I stand on the site where the house will be built and then as I work the design in my mind I let the house take form around me.    I call this conceiving the building in space.   JAMES WALTER SCHILDROTH, ARCHITECT

 

 

Built Projects | Unbuilt Projects | History | Essays | ServicesJWS HOME

  • JAMES WALTER SCHILDROTH, ARCHITECT
  • P. O. Box 275-----STUDIO AT 18 LEE STREET
  • WISCASSET, MAINE 04578-0275
  • 207-882-6305