Barcelona Pavilion, (Barcelona, Spain); 1929, reconstructed in 1980; Other Fathers: Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris and Ludwig Mies van der Roche

Barcelona Pavilion, (Barcelona, Spain); 1929, reconstructed in 1980; Other Fathers: Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris and Ludwig Mies van der Roche

Barcelona Pavilion was built by Ludwig Mies van der Roche (1886 – 1969). He is an architect who follows Suprematism; an art movement focused on basic geometric forms such as circles, squares, lines and rectangles painted in a limited range of colorsMies’ supermatism is portrayed in this Barcelona Pavilion, which was also called German Pavilion. The limited amount of materials with limited colors in the building, the horizontal lines of the low roof complimented Mies’ supermatism. Mies is also famous for the Barcelona chair. He designed a chair for a pavilion consisting of a leather upholstered metallic. It is still manufactured and marketed until today.
Barcelona Pavilion is built for the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition. The pavilion was very famous and gets everyone attraction and appreciation after WW1. Pavilion was disassembled in 1930 In 1980 reconstructed, started building in 1983 and opened on its original site in 1986.As Mies’ quotes “Less is More”, the simplicity in this building is very prominent. Circulation throughout the building is simple. Rooms are divided just by walls. The Pavilion is raised the building from the site. There is horizontal orientation or lines throughout the building spanning flat roof, which is floating exterior and interior.  The low profile of the roof appears in elevation as a floating plane above the interior volume.  [1]Roof is supported by eight columns which makes the roof looks floating. The interior becomes exterior and the exterior becomes interior at the place where the roof is projected outside of the building. The framed views would induce movement through the narrow passage that would open into a larger volume.[2]

Floor Plan

There are two Reflecting pools: smaller reflecting pool reflects the material of the wall for example marble of the surface, allow the sunlight and the bigger shallower one compliments the volume. There is a Georg Kolbe’s sculpture in one corner of the small reflecting pool. The bronze sculpture is made by Georg Kolbe. Since it is located in the pool, the sculpture reflected in the water and marble and glass.

Glass, steel and different kind of marble (roman travertine, green alpine marble, ancient green marble from Greece and golden onyx from the Atlas Mountains were used for the reconstruction.  Mies’ originality in the use of materials lay not so much in novelty as in the ideal of modernity they expressed through the rigor of their geometry, the precision of the pieces and the clarity of their assembly.[3]
Section 

Barcelona Pavilion can be assumed as Modernist classic piece because marble walls, tinted glass, steel, low roof, The entire structure appears to be the result of rational functionalism and appears to present by association the postwar Weimar Republic as one of prosperity, rational foresight, and exuberant modernity, with a nod to classical integrities. [4]


Diagrams


3D diagram with materials
Bibliography
"The Pavilion." Fundació Mies Van Der Rohe. Accessed May 01, 2018. http://miesbcn.com/the-pavilion/.

"AD Classics: Barcelona Pavilion / Mies Van Der Rohe." ArchDaily. February 08, 2011. Accessed May 01, 2018. https://www.archdaily.com/109135/ad-classics-barcelona-pavilion-mies-van-der-rohe.
Warke, Val, Eric Keune, and Andrea Simitch. 100 Buildings: 1900-2000. New York ; Paris ; LOndon: Rizzoli, 2017.
[1] "AD Classics: Barcelona Pavilion / Mies Van Der Rohe." ArchDaily. February 08, 2011. Accessed May 01, 2018. https://www.archdaily.com/109135/ad-classics-barcelona-pavilion-mies-van-der-rohe.[2] "AD Classics: Barcelona Pavilion / Mies Van Der Rohe." ArchDaily. February 08, 2011. Accessed May 01, 2018. https://www.archdaily.com/109135/ad-classics-barcelona-pavilion-mies-van-der-rohe.[3] "The Pavilion." Fundació Mies Van Der Rohe. Accessed May 01, 2018. http://miesbcn.com/the-pavilion/.


[4] Warke, Val, Eric Keune, and Andrea Simitch. 100 Buildings: 1900-2000.





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