13 De Stijl & Mies van der Rohe
- Van der Rohe took over leadership in 1930 - Nazi controlled Dessau kicked them out - Moved to Berlin in 1932 - Hitler closed the Bauhaus April 11, 1933. Symbolic rejection of avant garde art
Bauhaus Berlin-Steglitz
- Worked with Theo van Doesburg & De Stijl group - Affected how Mies would view architecture. 2D to suggest 3D space - How can space be defined by 1 or 2 planes - Blurred lines between interior and exterior - Walls suggest definitions of space
Brick Country House - Facts
- Restaurant for university students - Neoplasticist language, red yellow and blue
Cafe de Unie - Facts
Dutch painter whose work (intersecting lines at right angles and planes in primary colors) influenced the development of abstract art (1872-1944). Neo-plasticism and De Stijl movement
Piet Mondrian
Alternate name for Neo-Plasticism. Art movement named after Theo van Doesburg's journal
De Stijl
- Shelter for the German ambassador to meet the Spanish royalty during the 1929 worlds fair - Statement of German modern architecture - Reconstructed in the 1980s - Showed modern architecture to millions of people
German State Pavilion - Facts
- Inspired by De Stijl, Cubism, Wright - Large complex - Sits on a reflecting pool, adds drama - High quality interior due to savings from modern construction methods. Dutch tile, dutch woodwork
Hilversum Town Hall - Facts
- Born 1886 outisde Aachen, Germany - Joined Peter Berhen's office in 1910 - Inspired by Alpine city, all glass
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
- 1917-1920s Art movement started by Theo van Doesburg & Piet Mondrian. - Abstract nature using straight lines and primary colors. - Restrict color palette
Neo-Plasticism
- Place for avant garde in 1920's - would eventually recover from WWII
Netherlands - Facts
- Planes resemble Van Doesburg painting. Define architectural space - Client: Mrs. Schroder. Wanted a flexible interior. A machine for living. - Gerrit Rietveld combined machine for living with the artistic aspirations of the De Stijl
Schroder House - Facts
Founder of De Stijl movement
Theo van Doesburg
- Not really a true villa, 3 miles from the city center - Terraced for views - Enter from the top floor on a terrace - Tugenhats were Jewish and had to abandon the building - Building was taken by government - Eventually got it back and had it restored
Tugenhat House - Facts
- Exhibition of modern housing - 17 architects involved - Showed entire community built in this style - Solved sanitation and cost effectiveness problems caused by WWI
Weissenhof Siedlung - Facts
- Mies van der Rohe - Large, 4 stories - Active roof, ribbon windows - Furniture designed by his associate Lilly Reich
Weissenhof Siedlung Apartments
- Replacement of housing lost along Rhine river in WWI - Netherlands was a pioneer in housing - Considered groundbreaking - Mixed with retail.
Workers Housing - Facts
