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Mies van der Rohe 1:1 Model Golfclubhaus, Krefeld, Germany

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. The design, a clubhouse for a golf course in the gently rolling countryside around the former industrial city of Krefeld, Germany, 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and curator for ProjektMIK, invited Robbrecht en Daem architecten to design an objet d'architecture on the basis of the unpublished historical sketches of the project that were found in the Mies van der Rohe Archive (MoMA) in New York. The temporary installation resulting from this commission was open for viewing from 26 May to 27 October 2013 at the original site of Mies's project. The 84 by 87 metre installation was built primarily in wood. It is a life-size model revealing the essence of Mies's architecture through its abstraction. The pavilion was 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'.
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Masters Theatre Natural Daylight Sculpture Scenography Circularity Repurposed
Client
Mies in Krefeld e.V. (Projekt MIK)
Architects
Robbrecht en Daem architecten
Program
temporary pavilion based on a design for a golf clubhouse by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1930)
Location
Krefeld, Germany
Date
2011–2013
Status
Dismounted
Floor Area
2.336 m2
Team
Paul Robbrecht, Hilde Daem, Johannes Robbrecht, Tine Cooreman, Tom De Moor, Thomas Hick
Execution Architect
Architektur Buro Ruhnau, DGM Architekten
Structural Engineering
Ingenieurburö Angenvoort, Kroth & Partner
Curated By
Christiane Lange
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Thoughts, Encounters and Nows
When History Becomes Form by Joan Ockman
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Features of the Human Scene. People's Expectations and Architecture by Christophe Van Gerrewey
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Encounters with
Maarten Vanden Abeele
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