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Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model

Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model
© Thomas Mayer

Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus

Robbrecht en Daem architecten

PHOTOGRAPHS
Thomas Mayer

AREA
2336 m²

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Krefeld, Germany

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

In the summer of 2013 robbrecht en daem architecten realizes a temporary pavilion based on a competition design by ludwig mies van der rohe from 1930. 

Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model
© Thomas Mayer
Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model
© Thomas Mayer

The design, a clubhouse for a golf course in the gently rolling countryside around the former industrial city of Krefeld, mGermany, was never built at the time it was designed.

Christiane Lange, art historian and curator for ProjektMIK, invited Robbrecht en Daem architecten to design an objet d'architecture on the basis of the unpublished historical sketches of the project that were found in the Mies van der Rohe Archive (MoMA) in New York.

Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model
© Thomas Mayer
Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model
© Thomas Mayer

The temporary installation resulting from this commission is open for viewing from 26 May to 27 October 2013 at the original site of Mies's project.

The 84 by 87 metre installation is built primarily in wood. It is a life-size model revealing the essence of Mies's architecture through its abstraction.

Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model
© Thomas Mayer
Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model
© Thomas Mayer

The pavilion is temporarily enriching the architectural heritage of a city that is known for being home to two of Mies's other remarkable buildings: the double project 'Haus Lange' and 'Haus Esters'.


Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model
© Thomas Mayer
Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model
© Thomas Mayer
Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model
© Thomas Mayer
Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model
© Thomas Mayer


Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model
© Thomas Mayer
Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model
© Thomas Mayer
Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model
© Thomas Mayer
Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model
© Thomas Mayer


Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model
© Thomas Mayer
Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model
© Thomas Mayer
Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model
© Thomas Mayer
Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model
© Thomas Mayer


Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model
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Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model
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Ground Floor Plan


Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus - 1:1 Model
South Elevation
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