BARCELONA PAVILION I MIES VAN DER ROHE I A WALK THROUGH IN 4K

[Music] [Music] [Music] you [Music] welcome back today's episode is about the Barcelona pavilion by Mies van de Huy and what a beautiful project as in mostly every video I recommend visiting the building and the city but this one is so simple and so unique at the same time the space the materials this space is so special there's so much care for the details here that if you visit it you will always take it with you as you probably know this pavilion is one of the most famous buildings by miss today we'll go through his early works the pavilion in 1929 the concept Barcelona chair in the reflection of this building in his later work so sit tight we have a lot together [Music] to bring some context to the importance of the project I will show some of the other buildings he designed right before the Barcelona pavilion some of the concepts present in the pavilion can already be seen totally or partially in previous projects and I think the linked references are very interesting also how he uses them for other type of projects the first one is his brick country house project this was designed in 1925 and although this project was actually never built it is a widely known project office and one that changed the way he was treated in the spaces because here he breaks the box to treat the project a sequence of interconnected spaces through walls quoting him the wall loses its enclosing character and serves only to articulate the house organism [Music] in 1927 he designed device and half house in project it is located in Stuttgart Germany and the modernist language starts to be clear clean lines and white color although here he was still using a concrete construction it had no metallic or exposed structural elements in structure and enclosure was still one let me know in the upper right corner if you'd be interested in seeing a full video about this or any other of the buildings of devising huff [Music] this is the house language house Esther's a pearl house that means designed for two families in the silk industry between 1927 1928 in this project we can see more fluid sequence of spaces that can clearly be seen in the pavilion as well but still with the use of very traditional construction materials also the openings occur in bigger compared to the Bison Hoff building connecting the interior and exterior more and more the last reference I'd like the show before jump into the pavilion is the Samson side a cafe which means velvet and silk in English space that him and Lily hi designed together in this small project the continued space is organized by sealed fabrics hanged from straight and curved metallic elements creating those fluid spaces with very soft limits that will also be present in at the shape of form in the Barcelona pavilion and later projects so very interesting collaboration in all these projects already many of the key concepts and construction elements of his architecture can be spotted which makes this period very interesting conceptually and probably the one showing the biggest leap ahead in my opinion [Music] nice was commissioned by Germany the design of the pavilion to represent the country in the universal exhibition that was going to take place in Barcelona during 1929 the location of the building was chosen by Mies himself initially the pavilion was planned for a more central location but he preferred a quieter option a bit further away from other buildings of the exposition after World War one and the slow recovery of the economy in Germany the pavilion wanted to represent the new status a more democratic open and progressive country through his architecture nearly one year after its completion the pavilion was dismantled and its materials were sold to make up for some of the initial investment due to the economic environment of Germany at the time the site was empty for around 50 years until a group of architects attempted its reconstruction based solely on existing plans and black-and-white pictures of the time [Music] I will leave some interesting links in the description below where you will be able to find more information about the reconstruction as well as edited bibliography in case you're interested in getting deeper information about the project overall they did an impressive job rebuilding the pavilion out of the very limited existing information as a side note if you see this picture for example you'll see that the cuts in the inner Marvel wall are clearly different with a much more flatter pattern originally this is one of the big differences between the original and the reconstruction since then the pavilion has been open to the public and can be visited and even rented for events and has held many artistic exhibitions [Music] the concept of the pavilion is very minimal yet meaningful and with very sophisticated technical solutions and materials the travertine plinth that elevates the space from the street level with a sequence of open spaces interconnected separated by straight lines this connects interior and exterior in a very fluid space in the pavilion the separation between enclosure and structure is very clearly distinct an architecture of skin and bones theoretically the roof of structure is solely supported by eight metal pillars there are cruciform with the chromed cladding to enhance their cleanness and with the double symmetry he reduces the directionality of the space by giving the same importance to both access if we zoom in to the detail we can see that the cruciform pillars are actually 4 L profiles bolted together and covered with a chrome metal sheet the same pillars will also be seen in his took in that house other than steel in chrome the other materials of the pavilion are Onyx marble travertine and glass the wall in the main space is African golden Onyx the back wall uses green Alpine Marvel the entrance area is built with antique green marvel of Tino's and the wall in the front area is built with Roman travertine as well as the plinth and the floor surface of the whole pavilion the class changes the spaces through color as well green black grey and clear whites for the different areas [Music] the main axis is done through stare parallel to the main volume of the pavilion that brings the spectator to an open space before accessing the building later on I will show you a couple of examples of his later work and use this exact same access sequence [Music] you [Music] another important point of this project is not only the architecture nice and Lily that had collaborated in several projects like the already mentioned something inside a cafe in the vison have also designed the furniture for the spaces of the pavilion bringing it closer to the total work of art for this project they designed a barcelona chair built using a very minimal steel frame and ivory color leather this chair was designed for the royalty to oversee the opening ceremonies of the pavilion and together with this nice and I designed the Ottoman as well as the side table the chairs are actually still for sale by nul they cost around 6,000 euros apiece they're a bit pricey but if you want to buy one link it in the description below one day I'll buy one because they're beautiful pieces no doubt in 1930 they will also design divine especially for the Philip Johnson glass house the chairs and the divan together with the table can be seen in this picture of the project all in all not only the concepts and spaces of the pavilion are superbly designed but also the materials chosen by Mies are exquisite delicate and with an incredible materiality pushing forward the significance of the project [Music] the sculpture by George Colby is located in the back pond of the pavilion leaving the front one completely empty morning which is the title of the sculpture in English was originally created in 1925 together with the opposite event evening they are located in the Cecil Garden in Berlin the original sculpture was exhibited in the pavilion during 1929 and returned to Berlin in 1930 after its demolition in 1986 a new sculpture had to be produced for the reconstructed pavilion the sculpture is a representation of the morning as a naked woman with her arms raised to protect herself from the sun rays visible from many positions inside and outside the pavilion it brings another form of art to the space [Music] one of the reasons why the Barcelona Pavilion is so regarde invalid is partly because all these concepts and elements are intertwined working together with impeccable materials and superb furniture creating a unique atmosphere to understand a bit better the translation of all the concepts in his later works I want to show you how these are also present in other of his projects [Music] the scale of the projects is completely different but the elements are still there thus the tangential axis and the claims ringabel same as in the Barcelona pavilion metal is the material of choice for this project and he uses cross reform pillars as well tangential axis again use of cruciform pillars in the main space and use of the marble walls as well as a very fluid treatment of the spaces in this case we can also see a link to the Samson Saida exhibition with slidable curtains hanged from metallic profiles some of them even curved this project probably doesn't need any presentation already but the language and solutions used here are once again undeniably means an elevated plain again enclosures separated from structure in this case he didn't use cruciform pillars and opted for an age section marking the main axis of the construction also he uses curtains to separate the spaces from the exterior as the skin of the building is purely glass this is one of his most famous projects [Music] and this is the overview for today's episode it was a bit more an approach to the importance of the building and Meis work than only Barcelona pavilion but I really enjoyed putting together all the information and 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Id: hr9KR6t_mEM

Length: 16min 3sec (963 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 04 2019