Sumber : http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/2001_summer_fall/ Anindita Ramadhani (3213203005) architect.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffersonian_architecture http://history.com/ThomasJefferson Erina Wulansari (3213203006) LIFE OF JEFFERSON 1743 1762-1767 1768 - 1772 • Thomas Jefferson was born at • Jefferson graduated from • his began clearing a mountaintop on the Shadwell, a plantation on a the College of William and land, in preparation for the elegant large tract of land near present- Mary in Williamsburg, brick mansion he would construct there day Charlottesville, Virginia. Virginia called Monticello ("little mountain" in • His father, Peter Jefferson was • began working as a lawyer Italian). Jefferson, who had a keen a successful planter and in 1767 and He went on to interest in architecture and gardening, surveyor and his mother, Jane study law under the designed the home and its elaborate Randolph Jefferson came from a tutelage of a respected gardens himself prominent Virginia family. Virginia attorney • in 1772 jefferson married Martha Wayles Skelton a young widow. The couple moved to Monticello and eventually had CAREER POLITICS six children 1775 1776 1779-1785 1789-1801 1826 Jefferson was selected as a Jefferson resigned Jefferson served as Jefferson Jefferson delegate to the from the Continental governor of Virginia, accepted an died at age Second Continental Congress. Congress and was re- and from 1783 to appointment from 83 at Although not known as a great public speaker, he was elected to the Virginia 1784, did a second President George Monticello a gifted writer and at age 33, House of Delegates stint in Congress. In Washington(1732- was asked to draft the (formerly the House of 1785, he 99) to become the Declaration of Independence Burgesses). It was a succeeded Benjamin new nation's first (before he began writing, forerunner to the First Franklin(1706-90) as secretary of state. Jefferson discussed the Amendment to U.S. minister to In this post. document's contents with a five-member drafting the U.S. Constitution, France In 1801 was committee that which protects people's selected as a third included John Adams and right to worship as president. Benjamin Franklin) they choose Jeffersonian Architecture an American form of Neo classicism / neo palladism style. He didn’t have an architectural background; he firstly learned about architecture from books “Four Books of Achitecture” by Andrea Palladio At first, his idea of architecture was a disciplined orderly world, JEFFERSON EXPERIENCED governed by laws and principles A LOVE AFFAIR WHILE HE world of tangible, measurable, WAS IN PARIS WITH A repeatable relationships MARRIED WOMAN . HE WROTE A LOVE LETTER After his visit to France, he FOR HER ABOUT A realized that architecture is not DIAOLOGUE OF HEAD VS only about rational requirement HEART THAT LATER of the building but also balanced INFLUENCED HIS with a sensory need of the THOUGHT ABOUT inhabitants. ARCHITECTURE 1. Monticello, 2. Virginia State 1 2
Capitol, 3. Rumah Hutan Poplar,
4. Universitas Virginia, 5. Akademi Peabody, 6. Universitas Tsinghua 3 JEFFERSONIAN CHARACTERISTIC 4
Palladian design (e.g., central core, symmetrical
wings) Portico-and-pediment primary entries Classical order and moldings (especially Tuscan) Piano nobile (main floor elevated above ground 6 5 level) Red brick construction White painted columns and trim Octagons and octagonal forms Chinese railings "Suppressed" (hidden) stairs, instead of grand stairways Thomas Jefferson has giving the new theory of Architecture within his philosophy of Head and Heart, So to create the Architecture need to BALANCING of the Logic and Feeling. Thomas Jefferson has made a NEW Culture for American, especially by the Jeffersonian Architecture, with The Modern Classic Model. Since now, his theory is still relevant to be used because a Architecture Not Only need a Logical Thinking but also can give a Strong Feeling and The Building he made is now can be seen, well known and become the Urban Heritage in America.