New Harmony, Indiana

New Harmony, Indiana
Materials
• New Harmony encompasses
a wide variety of materials
and building styles
• Home and building
materials range from wood,
to glass, to metal paneling.
• Older buildings are often
traditional log cabins and
often have wood shingle
roofs.
Photo of West Street Log Cabins (1814-1819)
Materials
• The New Harmony district
contains 25 buildings built
on 8 sites between 18141824
• The district is made up of
reconstructed log cabins, a
potter’s shop and barns
representative of early
structures once built in New
Harmony
Photo of West Street Log Cabins (1814-1819)
Harmonist Period (1814-1824)
• Main founders
lived in 2 story
timber frame
homes
(built 1822).
Photo of David Lenz House (1822)
Owenite Period (1825-1867)
• This time period
reflects domestic
architecture of the
time.
• Often these homes
reflected federal, Greek
Revival, Gothic Revival,
and Italianite.
Photo of Owen House (1830)
Existing Homes
Homes in New Harmony, Indiana
Existing Buildings
Buildings around Downtown New Harmony, IN
Existing Buildings
Buildings around Downtown New Harmony, IN
The Roofless Church
• The dome is constructed of
laminated pine arches and
stretches from 50 feet in
the air to 6 concrete pillars
at ground level.
• The dome houses Jacques
Lipchitz’s sculpture “The
Descent of the Holy Spirit.”
Photo of Roofless Church by Philip Johnson (1960)
TheMaterials
Atheneum
• Post-Modern architectural
style
• Designed specifically for its
sight in New Harmony in
relation to the original
Harmonist street grid and
the direction of the river.
• Includes some nonfunctional spaces and the
use of natural lighting
Photo of Atheneum by Richard Meier (1979)
Existing Buildings
• The design of the building
is to encompass a
breathing like motion,
constantly moving
• Consists of white
porcelain enamel panels
• 3 stories at 40 degree
angles
Photo of Atheneum by Richard Meier (1979)
Building Techniques
• The Atheneum serves as a
buffer to ease the transitional
period of old fences and
clapboard houses to the
postmodern era in an
attempt to reinstate
symbolism in architecture.
• A lesson from this building is
to show the possibilities of
architecture and teach us the
richness of architectural
space and structure.
Photo of Atheneum by Richard Meier (1979)