ARCH 144 Study Guide 6
Monument to the 3rd International location
St Petersburg, USSR
Schroder House patron
Truss Schroder
Schroder House location
Utrecht, Netherlands
Brick Villa Project facts
-abstract shadows -pinwheel plan -low planes
The Bauhaus facts
-asymmetrical -flat roof -expressionist theatre (avante garde) -concrete frame -russian super graphics (big letters on side) -spans over street -slight trace of color (like in Schroder house) -abstract -lots of windows -international style
Schroder House facts
-doesn't look like a "normal" house -emphasize modernism or cleanliness -brick, plaster, wood frame -floating planes -primary colors as accents -mechanistic and abstract -arts and crafts-esque -opening and closing partitions -flexible program -old technology, but modern looking -thought to be model of future buildings
International Style
-emphasis on volume not mass -smooth surfaces with strips of windows -flat roofs -skeletal framing and industrial materials (steel, glass, stucco) -elimination of applied ornamentation -simplicity and industrial production -Peter Behrens was key figure in transition
Model Factory facts
-glazed spiral staircase -kinda influenced by wright - show off thin concrete (stairs)
A.E.G. Turbine Factory facts
-inspired by art nouveau -rounded roof -big open room inside
Horseshoe House Estate facts
-lots of green space, pond -flat roofs, flat walls -made to be more homelike, spacious -middle class -metal furniture -each get a plot of land -limited color as ornamentation
glass skyscraper project facts
-making it not look like masonry -expressionism in Germany
The Barcelona Pavilion (German Pavilion) facts
-on high base, great planes -fancy materials (chrome, marble) -asymmetrical -2 pools -8 crucifix iron posts -big windows, hovering roof -luxurious -bright red curtain, big slab of alabaster
Monument to the 3rd International facts
-project -celebrate communism -capture dynamism of revolution -1200-1500 ft tall -interior geometric shapes, rotate --> change
USSR Pavilion facts
-stairs go through diagonally -big statue -briss cross panels on top
A.E.G. Turbine Factory date
1908-1909
Model Factory date
1914
Monument to the 3rd International date
1919-1920
Brick Villa Project date
1922
glass skyscraper project date
1922-1923
Schroder house date
1924
USSR Pavilion date
1925
The Bauhaus date
1925-1926
Horseshoe House Estate date
1925-1930
The Barcelona Pavilion (German Pavilion) date
1929; rebuilt 1983-1986
A.E.G. Turbine Factory patron
A.E.G. Company
The Barcelona Pavilion (German Pavilion) location
Barcelona, Spain
A.E.G. Turbine Factory location
Berlin, Germany
Horseshoe House Estate location
Berlin, Germany
Horseshoe House Estate architect
Bruno Taut and Martin Wagner
Model Factory location
Cologne, Germany
The Bauhaus patron
Dessau government
The Bauhaus location
Dessau, Germany
Horseshoe house Estate patron
GEHAG and Berlin government
schroder house architect
Gerrit Rietveld
Model Factory architect
Gropius and Meyer
The Bauhaus architect
Gropius and Meyer
USSR Pavilion architect
Konstantine Melnikov
Brick Villa Project architect
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
The Barcelona Pavilion (German Pavilion) architect
Ludwig Mies von der Rohe
glass skyscraper project architect
Ludwig Mies von der Rohe
USSR Pavilion location
Paris, France
A.E.G. Turbine Factory architect
Peter Behrens
Monument to the 3rd International architect
Vladmir Tatlin
The Barcelona Pavilion (German Pavilion) patron
german government
siedlungen
international style applied to public housing projects -particularly in Germany -nice housing for working class