Mies van der rohe

“In its simplest form architecture is rooted in entirely functional considerations, but it can reach up through all degrees of value to the highest sphere of spiritual existence into the realm of pure art.”

This sentence summarized what had become Mies van der Rohe’s consistent approach to design: to begin with functional considerations of structure and materials, then to refine the detailing and expression of those materials until they transcended their technical origins to become a pure art of structure and space.

CHARACTER OF WORKS:

• Simple rectangular forms
• Open, flexible plans and multi-functional spaces
• Widespread use of glass to bring the outside in
• Mastered steel and glass construction
• Exposed and very refined structural details

TIME LINE

Born

Achen Germany

Moves to

Berlin

Riehl House

opens to the landscaped garden

by the front that shares

the containment wall

• Central hall
• Bedroom
• Kitchen
• Basement
• Gardens

The first at the top which is

in turn subdivided into small garden spaces

to remind us about the French gardens

during the early nineteenth century

The second in the bottom of the terrain with more

"wild" vegetation giving it a natural look

A huge wall of containment creates a higher level for the gardens and at the same time, forms a platform on which the house seems to rest, and accentuating the contrast between the gardens lined up at the top and the vegetation of the slope of the bottom.

doors are in the form of two halves

of an all-glass wall, which rotate

about a pivot in the floor and ceiling

a few inches from the edge

George Kolbe's

Sculpture

&

Barcelona Chair

placed at one end of the small pond, the sculpture is reflected not only in the water but also in the marble and glass, thereby creating the sensation that it is multiplied in space, while its curves contrast with the geometrical purity of the building.

Tugendhat

House

Farnsworth

House

860-880

Lake Shore

Apartments

Crown Hall

The Seagram

Building

Lafayette Park

Residential Apartment

Complex

Northeat Downtown

Detroit

The first urban renewal project

in the United States, Michigan.

The buildings are planned along three roadways that enter the development from the west. Some of the land around the townhomes is left as green space to serve as a recreation area for the children who live there.

Two-story townhomes are located on the north

and south ends, with one-story courtyard

townhomes in the center

Each of the buildings featured

skeletal framing, aluminum and glass skins,

concrete foundations and flat roofs

High Rise

Apartments

1969

Dies at the

age of 83

Chicago, Illinois

CONCLUSION

Done by

Samiya & Zainab

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

(1886-1969)

"Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space."

• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, a German-born 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.

"LESS IS MORE"

Barcelona Pavilion

(1928-1929)

Materials

Design

Elements

Built in 1929

• Rectangular and Assymetrical plan
• Low flat roof
• Floor-to-ceiling glazing
• Partitioned walls

the chair was designed to serve as seating

for the king and queen of Spain,

there are almost no corners in the building, or anything that

might suggest you are in a box.

Marble

Glass

Steel

An icon of modernism,

the Barcelona chair's design was

inspired by the campaign

and folding chairs of ancient times.

• Roman travertine
• Green Alpine marble
• Green marble from Greece
• Golden onyx

Average room size is 1400 sq.ft

Courtyard homes include a walled

courtyard and a full basement below.

In a two-story unit, both ends of the first floor are public spaces.

The second floor contains the bedrooms.

Materials used were

steel, glass and

reinforced concrete

(cc) image by nuonsolarteam on Flickr

Finished

1300 Lafayette East

Cooperative

1907

Architect: Gunnar Birkerts

Period: 1961

Rooms: 286

Parking: 2 storey Underground private parking

Lafayette Tower

Architect: Ludwig Mies Van Der rohe

Location: Downtown Detroit

Floors: 22 floors

INTERIORS

& exteriors

Start

Bauhaus closes

CONCEPT

Emigrates to

America

Barcelona

Pavilion

Mies assumes

directorship of

the Bauhaus

1906 Germany

German style exterior and

a pronounced roof that emphasizes

the idea of shelter and home.

Lafayette Pavilion

The interior space pulled inspiration from

English cottages and Japanese architecture

Urbig House

Architect: Ludwig Mies Van Der rohe

Location: 1 Lafayette Plaisance, Gratiot Avenue

close to Chene Park.

Floors: 22 floors

Design type: International architectural style.

Mies and Le Corbusier

meet in Stuttgart,

Germany

1886

1907

1917

1926

1905

1930

1929

1938

1933

1958

1956

1965

1951

1961-1965

(cc) photo by theaucitron on Flickr