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

by Robbrecht en Daem

Robbrecht en Daem . photos:© Franky Larousselle

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

above photos: © Franky Larousselle

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.