The Void of Mies: Unfolding Unbuilt Projects of Mies van der Rohe
The core of Mies van der Rohe still remains as a vast void. Since the Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper Project in 1921, Mies’s manifestos have always been mediated to the world through the unbuilt projects. In Mies’s planes, there is a dialectic between the manifesto and the realized works in the unbuilt...
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| description | The core of Mies van der Rohe still remains as a vast void. Since the Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper Project in 1921, Mies’s manifestos have always been mediated to the world through the unbuilt projects. In Mies’s planes, there is a dialectic between the manifesto and the realized works in the unbuilt projects, which complement each other’s dimensions, and only in this way can Mies the architect be historicized. However, upon examining the unbuilt projects in detail, hidden qualities have been uncovered that have not yet been recognized by historians and critics. Thus far, more than 35 unbuilt projects have been analyzed academically, both known and unknown, creating hypothetical spaces in the form of drawings, 3D modeling, and physical models. The unexplored qualities that have emerged in this process are, in short, the phenomenological manifestation of space and Mies’s particular view of nature, as well as the spiritual boundaries that lie behind these planes of perception. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bd0e7563cac64fcc89a78ca388b6013c2025-08-20T04:02:37ZengSciendoTechnical Transactions2353-737X2025-01-01122110.37705/TechTrans/e2025001The Void of Mies: Unfolding Unbuilt Projects of Mies van der RoheHanada Kazu Blumfeld01Department of Architectural Design, Münster School of Architecture, GermanyThe core of Mies van der Rohe still remains as a vast void. Since the Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper Project in 1921, Mies’s manifestos have always been mediated to the world through the unbuilt projects. In Mies’s planes, there is a dialectic between the manifesto and the realized works in the unbuilt projects, which complement each other’s dimensions, and only in this way can Mies the architect be historicized. However, upon examining the unbuilt projects in detail, hidden qualities have been uncovered that have not yet been recognized by historians and critics. Thus far, more than 35 unbuilt projects have been analyzed academically, both known and unknown, creating hypothetical spaces in the form of drawings, 3D modeling, and physical models. The unexplored qualities that have emerged in this process are, in short, the phenomenological manifestation of space and Mies’s particular view of nature, as well as the spiritual boundaries that lie behind these planes of perception.https://doi.org/10.37705/TechTrans/e2025001mies van der roheunbuilt projectsmanifestfriedrichstrasse skyscraper projectbrick country house projectbarcelona pavilionfarnsworth housevoidemptinessfrancesco dal cobeatriz colominaromano guardiniuniversal spaceless is more |
| spellingShingle | Hanada Kazu Blumfeld The Void of Mies: Unfolding Unbuilt Projects of Mies van der Rohe Technical Transactions mies van der rohe unbuilt projects manifest friedrichstrasse skyscraper project brick country house project barcelona pavilion farnsworth house void emptiness francesco dal co beatriz colomina romano guardini universal space less is more |
| title | The Void of Mies: Unfolding Unbuilt Projects of Mies van der Rohe |
| title_full | The Void of Mies: Unfolding Unbuilt Projects of Mies van der Rohe |
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| title_sort | void of mies unfolding unbuilt projects of mies van der rohe |
| topic | mies van der rohe unbuilt projects manifest friedrichstrasse skyscraper project brick country house project barcelona pavilion farnsworth house void emptiness francesco dal co beatriz colomina romano guardini universal space less is more |
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