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    History of Architecture II

    The architecture of Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

    Chair of History and Theory of Urbanism and Architecture


    Ephrem Nigusie
    EiABC
    “The master of structure”
    • Born in Aaachen Germany in 1886
    • Died in Chicago Illinois in 1969
    • Began his career working with his father who was a master stonemason.
    • At 19 he left Aachen and moved to Berlin. After brief military service he
    began an intern for designer Bruno Paul in 1906
    • In 1908 he began work at the offices of famed German architect
    Peter Behrens.
    • While working at the office of Peter Behrens alongside Le Corbusier
    and Walter Gropius, he begin to develop his early sense of style which
    was a cross of advanced structuralism and Prussian classicism
    • After only 4 years Mies left Behrens in 1912 to start his own office. He
    immediately received work and designed a series of home in the style
    of famed Prussian architect Karl Schinkel
    • He continued work through the twenties(1920s) and became
    increasingly involved with artistic movements of the time in Berlin such
    as the Novembergruppe and Zehner Ring

    • His phrase “less is more” began to be seen in his work as seen


    in his entry to a German skyscraper competition. The building was
    made entirely of steel and glass composites.
    Glass and concrete office building
    Brick country house 1923

    Strong influence from the Destijl movement


    Concrete country house sketch1923

    Brick country house sketch1923


    Weissenhofsiedlung, houses Stuttgart Germany
    Barcelona Pavilion
    • One of his greatest designs the Barcelona Pavilion in Germany
    came in the year 1929.
    • The Pavilion was innovative in that the design called for the
    roof to be supported by chrome columns which meant that the
    walls could be freely positioned since they did not support the
    structure
    Barcelona Pavilion
    • Structure was more of a hybrid style

    • Planes also acted as supports

    • An ideal zone of tranquility" for the weary visitor

    • Characterized by Free flow of spaces.

    • The building offers multiple views


    Tugendhat house

    • The next year Mies designed the Tugendhat house in Czechoslovakia.


    His design was once again revolutionary and combined the seamless
    flow of space from outdoors to indoors.
    • In 1930 he served as Bauhaus director taking over from former
    colleague Walter Gropius. Mies served this position until the
    school was closed by the Nazi party in 1933.
    Farnsworth House – Illinois1945-50
    Crownhall
    Illinois Institute of Technology
    1952-56
    characterized by an aesthetic of industrial simplicity,

    free flowing interior of the upper level.

    The aesthetic is achieved by strong contrast of Glass and steel.


    "the clearest structure we have done, the best to express our
    philosophy,"
    Illinois Institute of Technology Campus - Chicago, IL 1938-1958
    Lake-Shore-Drive Apartments
    Chicago 1948-51
    Seagram building
    1958
    • Plaza paved in granite
    and furnished with
    fountains sculptures
    and greenery
    • The buildings of skin
    and bones.
    National Gallery Berlin
    1968
    Basic Characters of works of Mies

    • Creation of free and open spaces, enclosed within a


    structural order with minimal presence.

    • Famous for the phrase “less is more”

    • Search for rational solutions

    • His ideas came from the basic principle of


    construction
    Famous quotes

    “Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together.


    There it begins”

    "What would concrete and steel be without glass?“

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

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