mies van der roheARCHITECT

Presentation By Jasvinder Singh

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introduction

Mies van der Rohe with smoke, 1957; photographed for Life magazine. Image Courtesy of Frank Scherschel/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

MIES VAN DER ROHE was a german architect and educator, is widely acknowledged as one of the 20th century's greatest architects. By emphasizing open space and revealing the industrial materials used in construction, he helped define modern architecture.

BORN- march 27,1886 – august 17,1969

NATIONATIONALIY- German (1886-1944)American (1944-1949)

AWARDS- order pour le merite (1959)Royal gold medal (1959)aia gold medal (1960)Presidential medal of freedom(1963)

• He worked with his father in a stone carving shop also at several local design firms before moving to Berlin

• Worked for bruno paul, the art nouveau architect and furniture design, after moving to berlin

• At the age of 20 he received his first independent commission to plan a house (Riehl House)for a philosopher (alois riehl)

• In 1908 he began working for the architect peter behrens

• Despite of a formal college-level education He opened his own office in berlin in 1912

Early career

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Architect- bruno paul

Architect-peter behrens

Riehl house

CHARACTERISTICS OF HIS WORK

• He believed that the configuration and arrangement of every architectural element must contribute to a unified expression.

Every aspect of architecture, from overall concept to the smallest detail, supports his effort to express the modern age.

He called his buildings "skin and bones" architecture. He is often associated with the aphorisms "less is more" and

"God is in the details. His mature buildings made use of modern materials such as

industrial steel and plate glass to define interior spaces.   He strived towards an architecture with a minimal

framework of structural order balanced against the implied freedom of free-flowing open space

Timeline of his works

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Riehl House - 1907 -1907

• located in Potsdam, Germany• Mies first building at the age of 21• Mies reiterates much of Paul's classical German style with an austere stucco exterior and a pronounced roof that emphasizes the idea of shelter and home.• the interior space pulled inspiration from English cottages and Japanese architecture, in addition to Paul.

Riehl House

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the Barcelona pavilion 1929

• Located in Barcelona, Spain• Mies built the Barcelona Pavilion for the Barcelona

International Exposition of 1929.• It housed the ceremonial reception space for German

industrial exhibits commissioned by the German government.

• Mies united sophisticated materials with a fluid open plan, which together endowed the space with an unprecedented modern elegance

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ceremonial reception space

Tugendhat House  1928 - 1930

• Located in Brno, Czech Republic• The house was designed as a large and luxurious villa for Grete

and Fritz Tugendhat. • This was the last major home Mies built in Europe.• Mies dealt with the extreme slope by dividing the front and back of

the house into public and private facades•  It is the only examplae of Modern architecture in the Czech

Republic recorded on the UNESCO List of World Cultural Heritage. • the building is only one story, but is two stories from the garden

side. 

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Floor plans

Lower ground floorEntry from the garden

Ground floor planEntry from the street

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Sections

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860-880 lake shore apartments (1948-1951)

• Located in Chicago, IL, USA• this buildings are renowned for their structural clarity and

composition. Thow the materials are common: steel, aluminium, glass.

• Mies built the perfect balance between rational structure and irrational spirit.

• each building alone is symmetrical, comprised of 21’ square bays (5 across, 3 deep) with a total of 288 apartments

• The scheme consists of two identical 26-story towers placed 46 feet apart with their long axes set perpendicular to each other. The steel skeletal frame is based on a 21-foot grid

• Each bay is subdivided into four window units by three wide-flange steel mullions. A supplementary mullion is welded to the face of the exterior by the others. Within these divisions aluminium-framed floor-to- ceiling windows are set

Floor plans

Typical floor plan showing layout of unit plan

Site layout

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Farnsworth House  1946 - 1951

• Located in Plano, IL, USA• Its is a small small weekend retreat oh the bank of fox river• it is one of the most famous examples of modernist domestic architecture and

was considered unprecedented in its day• the one-story Farnsworth house with its isolated site allowed a degree of

transparency and simplicity which minimize the boundary between man and the natural world which is impossible in the larger urban projects

• the I-beams of the Farnsworth House are both structural and expressive.

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Floor plans

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The crown hall 1950 - 1956• Located in Illinois Institute of Technology,

Chicago, IL, USA• The project was to build a new home for the School of Architecture

and Institute of Design• incorporating only steel and glass in its exterior design

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Floor plan

Ground floor plan Section through crown hall

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The Seagram Building  1954 - 1958

• Located in new york• This 39-story, 516-foot tall office building

was one of the original skyscrapers set the standards for city office buildings

• Designed with modernist ideas with an emphasis on the steel frame structure, curtain wall, and rational floor

• One of the main qualities are the luxurious materials used bronze coated beams, amber tinted glass, marble, travertine, etc

• The generous plaza to the building the tower itself only takes up 40%of the site

• The plaza attracts many people and creates a procession from the city streets to the entry, consists of two large fountains and plenty of sitting space.

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Amber tinted glass

Fountain infront of the building

Toronto-Dominion Centre 1963 - 1969

• Located in Toronto, Canada• this urban planning project covers a 5.5 acre area in downtown

Toronto, Ontario. • this complex is composed of two office towers along with a single

one-story structure that houses the Toronto-Dominion Bank.

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Floor plan

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