Mies van der rohe
Transcript of Mies van der rohe
MIESvan der Rohe1886-1969
Born on March 27, 1886in Aachen, Germany
A a c h e nGERMANY
became both architect and educator in Berlin1905-37
Trained in Bruno Paul Office (Architect & Furniture Design)1905-07
As employee in Peter Behrens office1908-11
As Director of Bauhaus School of Design1930-33
“… I believe that architecture has little or nothing to do with
True architecture is always objective and is the expression
the invention of interesting of forms or with personal inclinations.
of the inner structure of our time,from which it stems.”
interesting of formspersonal inclinations
GLASSSkyscraper On a Prismatic Plan
Competition Project, 1919Glass high-rise on a prismatic plan,charcoal drawingAt Friedrichstrasse Railway Station in Berlin
Office skyscraper / a 20-storey steel skeletonEncased in glass
GLASSSkyscraper On a Polygonal Plan
Project, 1920-21
Studies of light reflectionsExploit the potential of materials + technology
“My ideas guide my hand, and my hand shows whether my idea is any good.”
REINFORCEDCONCRETEOffice Building
Project, 1922
Cantilevered concrete slabs Leaving the interior free and uncluttered
4 m. 4 m.
Flexibility in the layout of the offices
Country HouseCONCRETE
Project, 1924
As if it had been cast in a single mould. The play of forms between the house, the garden and the natural setting.
Country HouseBRICK
The bearing walls Connect the interior and exterior
Flow of space from one room to the next No corridors
Basic unit of the brick
Project, 1923
B R I C KWORK
We do not know form.We know only problems of structure.
Form is not the objective, it is the result of our work.
for Karl LiebknechtMONUMENTand Rosa Luxemburg
Berlin, 1926
Guben, 1925-1926WOLF HOUSE
“We do not know form - we know only problems of structure Form is not the objective; it is the result of our work...
Form as a goal is Formalism, and that is something we reject…”
Guben, 1925-1926WOLF HOUSE
Krefeld, 1928LANGE&ESTERSHOUSE
The World Exhibition
GERMANBarcelona, 1928-29Pavilion Flexible Plan
The need for light + air + verdure
The World Exhibition
GERMANBarcelona, 1928-29Pavilion
B a u k u n s tB a u - Building - the static & law-conforming element
Strict intellectual orderK u n s t - Art - the free & creative element
Operate within a clear structure
The World Exhibition
GERMANBarcelona, 1928-29Pavilion
Mies first developed non-bearing walls
pool
pool
The World Exhibition
GERMANBarcelona, 1928-29Pavilion
The World Exhibition
GERMANBarcelona, 1928-29Pavilion
The World Exhibition
GERMANBarcelona, 1928-29Pavilion
1983-86reconstructionPavilionClear & Visible Structure
Matched to the purpose of the building and the nature of materials
1983-86reconstructionPavilion
1x1 m. module
1983-86reconstructionPavilionHoney-colored golden onyx
1983-86reconstructionPavilion
1983-86reconstructionPavilionAntigue-green Tinian MarbleFrosted glass
1983-86reconstructionPavilionA figure of a dancer by Georg Kolbe
1983-86reconstructionPavilion
Chromium Plated Covers
1983-86reconstructionPavilionMaterial + Structure + Space --> Transcendent Unity
Everything was subordinated to the whole
Brno, Czechoslovakia
TUGENDHATHOUSE1928-30
Brno, 1928-30TUGENDHATHOUSE
Freely Floating Space
Brno, 1928-30TUGENDHATHOUSE
Brno, 1928-30TUGENDHATHOUSE
Reconstruction 1983-85
Brno, 1928-30TUGENDHATHOUSE
Brno, 1928-30TUGENDHATHOUSE
Furniture for Tugendhat House 1930
Brno, 1928-30TUGENDHATHOUSE
1938 Mr.&Mrs.Tugendhat left the house1939 Was taken over - design studio1944 Was damaged by the bomb1945 Red Army Soldiers moved in1960s the issues of reconstruction
1983-85 Reconstruction
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Cantilever Chair, 1927
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Barcelona Chair, 1929Furniture for the Barcelona pavilion
High-Quality flat bars of spring steel
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MR Armchair1932 onwards
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Shell Chair of Plastic, 1946
“I did not try to make a structure in a mass.”
Verner Panton1926-98
Stacking Chair, 1960
Moved to the U.S1937
HOUSEFARNSWORTH
a single roomglass housePlano, Illinois, 1945-50
HOUSEFARNSWORTH Not the past, not the future
Only the present can be subjected to form.
HOUSEFARNSWORTH
… I had never known till then what splendid colours nature can display ...
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1938 As director of School of Architectureat the Armour Institute (AIT)
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)Initial Design for the Campus Project
Architecture & DesignCROWN HALLBuilding, IIT1952-56
Architecture & DesignCROWN HALLBuilding, IIT1952-56
Architecture & DesignCROWN HALLBuilding, IIT
Architecture & DesignCROWN HALLBuilding, IIT
Architecture & DesignCROWN HALLBuilding, IIT
Architecture & DesignCROWN HALLBuilding, IIT
Post & Beam carry the roof
Architecture & DesignCROWN HALLBuilding, IITFree of internal column
Flexibility of arrangementin the interior
Architecture & DesignCROWN HALLBuilding, IIT
APARTMENTSPROMONTORYChicago, 1946-49
Steel-and-Glass VersionReinforced Concrete Version
22-storey framed apartment tower
APARTMENTSPROMONTORYChicago, 1946-4922-storey framed apartment tower
Reinforced concrete columns are stepped backprogressively towards the upper storeys
APARTMENTS860 LAKE SHORE DRIVE
Chicago, 1948-51
APARTMENTS860 LAKE SHORE DRIVE
Chicago, 1948-51
APARTMENTS860 LAKE SHORE DRIVE
Chicago, 1948-511 9 6 3 1 9 8 3
APARTMENTS860 LAKE SHORE DRIVE
Chicago, 1948-51
APARTMENTS860 LAKE SHORE DRIVE
Chicago, 1948-51
APARTMENTS860 LAKE SHORE DRIVE
Chicago, 1948-51
APARTMENTS860 LAKE SHORE DRIVE
Chicago, 1948-51
BUILDINGSEAGRAMNew York, 1954-58
BUILDINGSEAGRAMNew York, 1954-58
BUILDINGSEAGRAMNew York, 1954-58
BUILDINGSEAGRAMNew York, 1954-58
Rough sketch of the open space
BUILDINGSEAGRAMNew York, 1954-58
BUILDINGSEAGRAMNew York, 1954-58
The more a building was pared to its essential structural and functional elements
BUILDINGSEAGRAMNew York, 1954-58
The more a building was pared to its essential structural and functional elements
The less superfluous imagery is usedThe more a building expresses its structure and formis
BUILDINGSEAGRAMNew York, 1954-58
BUILDINGSEAGRAMNew York, 1954-58
BUILDINGSEAGRAMNew York, 1954-58
BUILDINGSEAGRAMNew York, 1954-58
BUILDINGBACARDISantiago de Cuba, 1957-59
GALLERYBerlin, 1962-68NATIONAL
GALLERYBerlin, 1962-68NATIONAL
GALLERYBerlin, 1962-68NATIONAL
GALLERYBerlin, 1962-68NATIONAL
MIES van derRohe1886-1969