Case study

schindler’s house

SCHINDLER’S HOUSE ARCHITECT- RUDOLPH MICHAEL

SCHINDLER BUILDER- CLYDE CHACE ALSO KNOWN AS SCHINDLER

CHACE HOUSE AND KINGS ROAD HOUSE

SITUATED IN  NORTH KINGS ROAD, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA

THE HOUSE, AT JUST UNDER 3,500 SQUARE FEET, SITS ON A 20,000-SQUARE-FOOT LOT.

RUDOLPH MICHAEL SCHINDLER

RUDOLPH MICHAEL SCHINDLER WAS AN AUSTRIAN-BORN AMERICAN ARCHITECT

WHO PRACTICED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DURING THE YEAR 1920-53

SCHINDLER CALLED HIS OWN SPECIAL FORM OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE “SPACE ARCHITECTURE” WHICH FOCUSED ON THE DESIGN OF INTERIOR SPACE.

SCHINDLER DESIGNED AROUND 500 PROJECTS OF WHICH ABOUT 150 WERE BUILT.

SCHINDLERS HOUSE

THE SCHINDLER HOUSE HAS THE INEVITABILITY OF A MASTERPIECE. 

INCORPORATING BOTH ARCHITECTURAL AND SOCIAL THEORY.

THE HOUSE BECAME AN ARCHITECTURAL LABORATORY IN THIS DAY.

CONSTRUCTION THE HOUSE IS BUILT ON A

FLAT CONCRETE SLAB, WHICH IS BOTH THE FOUNDATION AND THE FINAL FLOOR.

THE WALLS ARE CONCRETE TILT UP SLABS, POURED INTO FORMS ON TOP OF THE FOUNDATION.

THE TILT UP SLABS ARE SEPARATED BY 3 INCHES (76 MM), FILLED WITH CONCRETE, CLEAR GLASS OR FROSTED GLASS.

ABOUT

SCHINDLER DESIGNED THE HOUSE OVER A TWO-MONTH PERIOD, IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1921.

 THE RESIDENCE WAS MEANT TO BE A COOPERATIVE LIVE/WORK SPACE FOR TWO YOUNG FAMILIES.

. THE CONCRETE WALLS AND SLIDING GLASS PANELS MADE NOVEL USE OF INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS

THE HOUSE WAS CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND JUNE 1922.

CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETE BY MAY 1922, WITH A TOTAL COST OF $12,550.

ABOUT THE SCHINDLER HOUSE IS LAID OUT

AS TWO INTERLINKING "L" SHAPED APARTMENT

EACH APARTMENT WAS DESIGNED FOR A SEPARATE FAMILY, CONSISTING OF 2 STUDIOS, CONNECTED BY A UTILITY ROOM

THE UTILITY ROOM WAS MEANT TO SERVE THE FUNCTIONS OF A KITCHEN, LAUNDRY, SEWING ROOM, AND STORAGE. 

 THERE WERE FOUR ROOMS, ONE FOR EACH PERSON TO “EXPRESS HIS OR HER INDIVIDUALITY.

 THERE WAS A SHARED KITCHEN AND OUTDOOR SLEEPING PORCHES WERE PROVIDED ON THE ROOF.

THE COMMUNAL GATHERING AREAS WERE PATIOS IN THE GARDEN, ONE FOR EACH FAMILY.

  A GUEST APARTMENT WITH ITS OWN KITCHEN AND BATH EXTENDED FROM THE REAR OF THE HOUSE.

THERE ARE FOUR USERS OF THE HOUSE RUDOLPH & PAULINE SCHINDLER AND CLYDE & MARIAN CHACE.

plan

Green area

Internal view

Interior view

Night view

Thank you Sumit kumar jhaBARCH/15006/143RD SEM