Eero Saarinen

•Eero Saarinen (August 20, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was a 20th-century Finnish
American Architect and industrial designer noted for his neo-futuristic style.

•Saarinen is known for designing the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.

•Saarinen began studies in sculpture at the Académie de la Grande

Chaumière in Paris, France, in September 1929.

•He then went on to study at the Yale School of Architecture, completing his
studies in 1934.

• Subsequently, he toured Europe and North Africa for a year and returned
for a year to his native Finland.

•Saarinen first received critical recognition, while still working for his father,
for a chair designed together with Charles Eames for the "Organic Design in
Home Furnishings" competition in 1940, for which they received first prize
TWA Terminal / Trans World Flight
Center/Kennedy Airport, New York,
BY
Eero Saarinen
•Architects :- Eero Saarinen

•Location :- Jamaica, Queens, NY, United States

•Project Year:- 1962

•Style :- Modern

•Materials :- Conrete and Glass

•When Saarinen was

commissioned in 1956, the client
wanted this building to capture
the "spirit of flight," and as
visitors rush to make it to their
flight there is no choice but to
admire the swooping concrete
curves that embraced flyers into
the jet age.
•In order to capture the concept of flight, Saarinen used curves to
create spaces that flowed into one another.

•The exterior's concrete roof imitates a bird in flight with two massive
"wings.“

• The interior consists of a continuous ribbon of elements, all whisking

themselves in from the exterior, so that ceilings continously run into walls
and those walls become floors.
•All the curves, all the spaces and elements right down to the shape of the
signs, display boards, railings and check-in desks were to be of a matching
nature.

•They wanted passengers passing through the building to experience a fully-

designed environment, in which each part arises from another and
everything belongs to the same formal world.

•The structure consists of a

shell of reinforced concrete
with four segments that
extend outward from a
central point.

•The concrete "wings" then

unfold on either side of the
exterior, preparing for flight.
Within the concrete, the
structure is reinforced with a
web of steel.
•The large panels of glass
beneath the concrete are also
supported with steel, and have a
contemporary purple-tint.

• These glass walls are

tilted towards the exterior at an
angle as they reach the ceiling,
as if intended for viewers to
imagine looking out from a
plane to the earth below.

•These windows also highlight

the purpose of the structure,
providing views of departing
and arriving jets.
•Seven years after its completion, a new departure-arrival concourse and
lounge were added to the terminal.
•The TWA Terminal became an official landmark in 1994, voted on by the
Landmarks Preservation Commission.