Mies van der Rohe - 1:1 Modell Golfclubhaus . Krefeld

by Robbrecht en Daem

Robbrecht en Daem . photos: Marc De Blieck © Robbrecht en Daem architecten . © Franky Larousselle + baunetz . architectuur nl

Life-size model to a 1930 design by Mies van der Rohe by Robbrecht en Daem.

above photos: © Franky Larousselle

above photos: Marc De Blieck © Robbrecht en Daem architecten

In the rolling landscape around the former industrial German city of Krefeld, Robbrecht en Daem architecten have realized a temporary pavilion based on a design for a golf course clubhouse by Mies van der Rohe dating from 1930, which was never built. Christiane Lange, art historian and curator for Projekt MIK, invited the Belgian architectural firm of Robbrecht en Daem architecten to create a temporary objet d'architecture using the series of historical sketches of the project that were discovered during research into the Mies van der Rohe Archive at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City. The temporary installation by Robbrecht en Daem architecten is open for viewing from 27 May to 31 October 2013 at the original location of the project. The installation of 84 by 87 m is built primarily of wood. It is being conceived as a life-size model whose abstraction brings out the essence of Mies's architecture and spatial concepts. Along with the two other famous Mies projects in Krefeld – Haus Esters and Haus Lange, characterised by their brick volumetries and classical plan – the pavilion serves as a lovely illustration of the evolution that Mies brought to Modernism.

Project
Mies van der Rohe - 1:1 Modell Golfclubhaus
Program
Temporary wooden pavilion based on a design by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1930)
Client
Curator: Christiane Lange, ProjektMIK
Location
Am Egelsberg, Traar, Krefeld, Germany
Date
2011-2013
Surface
2336 m2

Architects
Robbrecht en Daem architecten
Execution architect
Architektur Buro Ruhnau
DGM Architekten
Artistic Direction
Robbrecht en Daem architecten
Assistants
Tom De Moor
Tine Cooreman
Thomas Hick
Florence Daem

Photography
Marc De Blieck (Pavilion)
Griet Olivier (Model 1:100)