Wright, Adler, & Froebel

• Gestalt Theory in Architecture by Kevin Hinrichs, intrigued architecture student: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, 10/22/97
  
  

I studied architecture for several years, before becoming an Adlerian psychotherapist -- the organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright was especially appealing to me. When I later discovered the theories of Alfred Adler, I was struck by the conceptual and philosophical similarities. Recently, after reading Norman Brosterman's book Discovering Kindergarten, I began to speculate ( http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/hstein/froebel.htm) on the potential influence of Froebel's philosophy and methods on both Wright and Adler. I'm not sure how well this post relates to your comments about Gestalt psychology, but I thought you might find another architecture-psychology connection interesting.

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