Mies Van Der Rohe
- Creating a strong relationship between a house and its natural surroundings
- Reduce distractions to focus on essential elements and emphasise objects Minimalism
- Promoting openness and simplicity in materiality
- Simplifying building form to achieve purpose and focus on functional amenities
- Minimal framework to create free-flowing 'skin and bones' Architecture
Building names, left to right, top to bottom: Farnsworth House, Barcelona Pavilion, S. R. Crown Hall, Villa Tugendhat, Seagram building
Nathalie de Vries (of MVRDV)
- Promoting Openness; Minimum Materials, Maximum Façade
- Mixture of different urban characteristics and lifestyles; collating social qualities and intrinsic values
- Simultaneous access to interior and exterior
- Elevating and cantilevering objects, to create space
- Flexibility in building function; providing sustainable character
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