Architectural Drawings

Here are the floor plan and a section of the John Deere World Headquarters in the drawings above. As we can see, the floor plan exposes the interior's compartmentalization of office spaces and reveals the organized orthogonal structure of the building. There are a multitude of small offices, meeting rooms, and personal studies sprawled throughout the upper complex. In the lower floor of the building lies the museum layout which has an open space for the display of John Deere tractors and early equipment. This open space allows visitors to interact with the displays head-on and clearly see the progression of technological advances as John Deere became a leader in agricultural technology. As for the section, we can clearly see the variety of building materials involved in the construction of the site. This sectional drawing depicts the interplay of metal (particularly Cor-ten) and glass as well as a few concrete mixes. This building relies on the heavy use of glass to give a sense of the outdoors to truly capture the character of the building. ("Rigorous Recklessness in Eero Saarinen's John Deere Headquarters | WideAngleCurve." WideAngleCurve. Wide Angle Curve, 1 Oct. 2012. Web. 6 Feb. 2015. <http://wideanglecurve.com/rigorous-recklessness-in-eero-saarinens-john-deere-headquarters/>.)