Sculptured House

Charles Deaton's projects always had a very personal character that was closer to the aerodynamic engineer and science fiction than to the specific architectural discipline. His initial career as a commercial artist and his later studies in aeronautical engineer and industrial designer provided him an independent vision of architecture that Deaton used to build large buildings associated with specific brands such as banks or sport stadiums. These projects, although they were characterized by a great formal and structural expression, have a debatable architectural value. However, the change of scale in the construction of his own home allowed him to relate the exterior geometry with the interior space and the natural landscape, creating a spatial continuity of great plastic wealth. Los proyectos de Charles Deaton siempre tuvieron un carácter muy personal que estuvo más cerca de la ingeniería aerodinámica y la ciencia ficción que de la propia disciplina arquitectónica. Su inicial carrera como artista comercial y sus posteriores estudios como ingeniero aeronáutico y diseñador industrial le proporcionaron una visión independiente de la arquitectura que subo aprovechar para construir grandes edificios asociados a marcas específicas como sedes de bancos o estadios deportivos. Estos proyectos aunque destacaban por una gran expresión formal y estructural tienen un valor arquitectónico discutible. Sin embargo, el cambio de escala a la hora de construir su propia vivienda le permitió relacionar la geometría exterior con el espacio interior y el paisaje natural, permitiendo una continuidad espacial de gran riqueza plástica. Charles Deaton built this house in 1963 on a hill near Dever that is completely surrounded by nature: a light glass and wood louvers basement supports a great white bended disk that is open to the landscape.