theory of architecture-gerrit rietveld
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THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE
GERRIT RIETVELD
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Introduction• Name – Gerard(Gerrit) Thomas Rietveld or Gerrit Rietveld• Born – 24 June 1888-1964• Place- Utrecht, Netherlands• Famous as – Furniture Designer and Architect• He was one of the most important designers and architects of
the 20th century.• Rietveld taught himself Drawing, Painting and model making.• At a point of time he also became a furniture maker.• He became an architect in 1919,the year in which he joined
De Stijl movement.
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IDEOLOGY OF GERRIT RIETVELD• His ideology was clearly seen in his work, what he wanted to
convey to the world and other architects and designers. • Rietveld aimed for simplicity in his furniture and all the
construction work that he did in his life time. • All the work that he did he emphasized on using primary
colors(Red, Blue and Yellow) and grey & black color.• He also tried to work towards Inexpensive construction and
production methods, new materials, prefabrication technique and standardization.
• In 1930s he started working with prefabricated concrete slabs which was very unusual at that time
• From 1920s he was concerned with social housing and the result was seen in 1950s in his housing projects in Utrecht and Reeuwijk.
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Contribution to the Art World• He was One of the principle members of dutch artistic
movement called De Stijl along with Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian in 1919.
• Rietveld famous furniture – Red and Blue chair– Zig-Zag Chair
RED AND BLUE CHAIR
DE STIJL PAINTING
ZIG-ZAG CHAIR
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• Famous Buildings– The row houses at Utrecht– The Dutch pavilion– The sculptor pavilion in the Rijksmuseum Kroller muller – Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam– Rietveld’s Schroder House – Muziekschool, Zeist– Play media
Van Gogh’s Museum
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Schröder House• The Rietveld Schröder House in
Utrecht was commissioned by Ms. Truus Schröder-Schräder, It was built in 1924.
• It was a manifesto of the ideals of the De Stijl group of artists and architects in the Netherlands in 1920s.
• The Schröder House is a UNESCO world heritage site.
• It differs from other significant buildings of the early modern movement, such as the Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier or the Villa Tugendhat by Mies van der Rohe.
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About Schröder House’s Architecture• Compositions generally
emphasize the separation of planes, the application of primary colors, and the spatial relationship of solids to voids.
• Window sizes vary on an individual building from large to small. They may be arranged in patterns or one unit on a large wall.
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• Flat roof, asymmetry, geometric forms, white or gray walls with details highlighted by primary colors.
• Rectangular shapes define the geometric repetition of windows, doors, and blocks of color.
• Flat roofs are typical, and distinctly different from other structures.
• The two story house is situated at the end off the street but does not relate with its neighboring buildings.
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• The difference lies in particular in the treatment of architectural space and in the conception of the functions of the building.
• In the interior also only primary colors i.e. red, blue and yellow were used and grey color.
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Van Gogh Museum• The Van Gogh Museum is an art museum in Amsterdam in the
Netherlands.• This museum features the work of Dutch artist Vincent Van
Gogh and his contemporaries. • The museum buildings were designed by Gerrit
Rietveld and Kisho Kurokaw.
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• The Rietveld building is the main structure of the museum and exhibits the permanent collection.
• The building has a rectangular floor plan and is four stories high.
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Red and Blue Chair
• The chair was designed in 1917.
• This chair was one of the major examples in promoting in De Stijl movement.
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Zig-Zag Chair
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