Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House

This is one of a kind glasshouse that excited in that time of period. This was something extraordinary of architecture.

This is one of the three famous family homes that are found in the US by a Germany architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Mies he was already famous in 1938, when he fled Nazi Germany for the US. Mies is known for the architect of the glass and steel in a modernist style.

Farnsworth house is found 60 miles southwest is near the fox river in Plano Illinois. This house shows a great example of the Modern domestically architecture. As you look at this architecture you'll see something neutral and simple. No decoration, no nothing. As you can see this house has one bed, one cupboard, and one wardrobe. Infect this was a weekend house for a single person.

That single person was Dr. Edith Farnsworth. she was 42 years old and a kidney specialist  It all begin in 1945, downtown Chicago. She has bought a piece of land near the Fox river. Farnsworth asked for architecture Mies to help her build a weekend, get away, house. They say that there were something more than business between them. this house represents the heart of architecture
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He didn't take the job only, but he used this as an advantage to build something that he never has build before. When Mies when seeing the place where the house is going to be build, he came with the idea to make the surrounding of the house with glass so she could see the nature around here all the time.

Edith liked the idea when your inside it's like your outside. she could imagine that every day when she wakes up she could see the beauty of her surroundings. It like there is not separation from the architecture to nature.

The structure rest on eight individual steel i beams. A terrace that is on the west side. It's like you're near the river from the inside of the terrace. The principle of this house is less is more. Less stands for less interruption in the interior. Mies was captivated by space. in this space practically you can do whatever you want.

The structure includes these materials. First there is the roof that contains a steel frame slab of concrete, the glass that are made of a thin  membrane and another slab of concrete headed and covered travertine marble for the floor. in the centre of the exterior there is a single tub that holds the house and its fixed to the ground and as interior  there is  a cor made of rear primavera wood is in the centre of the house. Mies kept the height of the house more than five feet above the ground this is because of flooding.

In the house, you find two bathrooms, A kitchen and laundry room.

Visitors from all around the word go specific there to visit this house and they say that this is a perfect distillation of modernist architecture.

But this building took more time than expected. Dr. Edith Farnsworth started to get irritated  it wasn't only that it took a lot of time but because the cost was much more than they have discussed. she wasn't happy to about the concept of the building it was transparent, it means no privacy, not so much space and no storage. The problem was that Mies was more interested in the form rather its use.

In 1951 the house was ready. the cost of the house turned up to seventy-five thousand dollars it was nearly double amount on what they had agreed And the thing was that she had to pay and she wasn't satisfied.
You will notice Mies design this is because a huge part of his work is all with an open Terrance. glass around the building, individual steel i beams to hold the structure and minimum of furniture and decoration in the interior.

This is the Barcelona pavilion. At school,  we have two unit that indicates Mies van der Rohe work. Well we have the Barcelona pavilion that we are working on it in 3ds max, Barcelona chair Mies van der Rohe furniture design and Farnsworth house we have to do the technique drawings of the house and by this blog it helped me know the story behind the technique drawing.

Reference:

hotmonger, 2009. Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House[video online] Available at: < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M3p9iKITaA > [Accessed 11 Nov 2009].