The void of Mies: unfolding unbuilt projects of Mies van der Rohe

• Autorzy: Hanada Kazu Blumfeld

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DOI

10.37705/TechTrans/e2025001

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

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.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Mies van der Rohe; unbuilt project; manifesto; Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper Project; Brick Country House Project; Barcelona Pavilion; Farnsworth House; void; emptiness; Francesco dal Co; Beatriz Colomina; Romano Guardini; universal spaces; less is more

PL

Mies van der Rohe; projekt niezrealizowany; manifest; Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper Project; Brick Country House Project; Barcelona Pavilion; Farnsworth House; pustka; Francesco dal Co; Beatriz Colomina; Romano Guardini; przestrzeń uniwersalna; mniej znaczy więcej

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Krakowskiej im. Tadeusza Kościuszki
• Czasopismo: Technical Transactions
• Rocznik: 2025
• Tom: Vol. 122, iss. 1
• Strony: art. no. e2025001
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 18 poz., il.

Twórcy

autor

Hanada Kazu Blumfeld

• Department of Architectural Design, Münster School of Architecture, Germany

• https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7216-3441

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Uwagi

1. Section "Architecture and Urban Planning"

2. Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr POPUL/SP/0154/2024/02 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki II" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki (2025).