Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House) (UNESCO/NHK)
The Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht was commissioned by Ms Truus Schröder-Schräder, designed by the architect Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, and built in 1924. This small family house, with its interior, the flexible spatial arrangement, and the visual and formal qualities, was a manifesto of the ideals of the De Stijl group of artists and architects in the Netherlands in the 1920s, and has since been considered one of the icons ...
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The Schroder House (1924), Utrecht, Netherlands
The Schroder House. Utrecht, Netherlands.
Rietveld-Schroder House - UNESCO World Heritage Site
A tour of the gorgeous Rietveld-Schroder House in Utrecht, Netherlands, a UNESCO World Heritage site. One of the first modern style houses ever built, it's a great example of Dutch der stijl architecture, and was remarkably forward-thinking for the 1920s. It still looks modern in many ways, despite being almost 100 years old!
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Gerrit Rietveld: The Architect and Designer
The significance of the Dutch architect and designer Gerrit Rietveld is best shown in this video with interviews from his acquaintance, Wim Crouwel, the graphic designer, and Ida van Zijl, author of the book 'Gerrit Rietveld' (Phaidon Press).
'For Rietveld, nothing was impossible. He was always experimental with new materials and techniques' says Van Zijl when we caught up with her at the exhibition: 'Rietveld's Universe', which she curated at Centraal Museum in Utrecht.
Rietveld's most iconic piece of architecture is Schröder House, which is where Wim Crouwel, who knew Rietveld since the 50s, explains the ingenious use of space: 'He was the wise old man of Dutch design'.
Analyzing Rietveld Schroder House Using Diagrams
In this video, I'm analyzing the Rietveld Schroder house (designed by Gerrit Rietveld and Ms. Schroder and built in 1924,) through my original architectural diagrams.
My ambition: to use my planimetric, sectional, and axonometric diagrams to communicate the Schroder house's geometrical proportions, programme, and plasticity/mutability of space.
Rietveld Schröder House Utrecht
A visit to the Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht, NL, remains a fascinating experience. It was designed by Gerrit Rietveld for Truus Schröder in 1924. As Rietveld’s client she had a great influence on the result. This house is the only building ever realized on the basis of the architectural principles of De Stijl. Typical features are the use of the Stijl colours red, blue and yellow, in combination with white, grey and black, the relation between interior and exterior and the unity between the free-standing pieces of furniture and the fitted parts of the interior. According to Rietveld and Schröder one had to have an active attitude to life.
For them too living in a home is a conscious act. The furnishing of the house reflects this conviction. The occupant has to perform a transaction for every activity: the bathroom is created by opening out a wall, while the sleeping areas could be screened off with sliding walls, and privacy was obtained by placing shutters in front of the windows. The house is literally a machine for living in.
After the death of Truus Schröder in 1985 the house became the property of the Rietveld Schröderhuis Foundation that in turn entrusted it to the Centraal Museum to administer once it had been restored. It has been open to the public since 1987. At the end of 2000 UNESCO placed it on the World Heritage List as an important and unique icon in Western architectural history and a masterpiece of human creativity. The Schröder House occupies a key position in Rietveld’s work.
Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House) (UNESCO/NHK)
The Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht was commissioned by Ms Truus Schröder-Schräder, designed by the architect Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, and built in 1924. This small family house, with its interior, the flexible spatial arrangement, and the visual and formal qualities, was a manifesto of the ideals of the De Stijl group of artists and architects in the Netherlands in the 1920s, and has since been considered one of the icons ...
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Rietveld Erasmuslaan houses Utrecht
After the Rietveld Schröder House was built Rietveld designed a row of 4 mansions on the Erasmuslaan 5-11 in Utrecht, NL, in 1931. This block is on the far side of the ring road. The contrast is enormous: with their large quantities of glass, white stucco and steel shutters, these houses complied totally with the aesthetic ideal of the Nieuwe Bouwen movement, the Dutch functionalist architecture of the 1930s. The brilliant colours of the Stijl period have vanished completely. Number 9 was designed in October 1931 by Gerrit Rietveld and Truus Schröder as a model home. On this occasion Rietveld presented a number of furniture designs from previous years. He hoped that, given sufficient interest, the firm of Metz & Co would produce these pieces of furniture in series. This however only occurred with the tube-framed chairs. Erasmuslaan 9 was purchased in 1999 and restored. The Centraal Museum has reconstructed the original model interior and opened the premises to the public. In 1934 Rietveld designed a 2nd block of 4 mansions on the Erasmuslaan 1-3 and Prins Hendriklaan 64.
Rietveld Schumannstraat houses Utrecht
Robert Schumannstraat houses, Utrecht - Gerrit Rietveld 1932
Rietveld designed the houses that are very different from the other homes in the neighborhood. Schumann Street 13-19 was built in 1931-1932 by order of Bredero's Bouwbedrijf, a construction company, which also financed the construction of row homes in the Erasmuslaan. The first design was an open kitchen set which was replaced by a separate kitchen in the back of the house. Each house has a large living room next to the front door, so the other rooms are small. Rietveld was inventive with the space. For instance the bathroom was placed halfway up the stairs in a residual space above the entrance.
Schröder House - G.T.Rietveld
Schröder House
Prins Hendriklaan 50
Utrecht (The Netherlands)
1924
Arch.Gerrit Thomas Rietveld
UNESCO World Heritage
The Rietveld Schröder House is considered 'an important and unique icon of western architectural history' and 'a masterpiece of human creative ability' by UNESCO, which placed the house on the world heritage list at the end of the year 2000. The house was built in 1924 by the Utrecht architect and designer Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (1888-1964). The Rietveld Schröder House is the only building to have been built completely in accordance with the architectural principles of De Stijl.
Second Floor of Rietveld Schroder House
Video documenting the opening of enclosed 'rooms' about the upper storey of the Schroder House. Gerrit and Truus made use of sliding and swinging doors/ windows to emulate the temporarity of enclosed space. The ability to unite 'individual functional rooms' through pushing partitions aside is an expression of true visual integration, as Truus Schroder mentions to Gerrit Rietveld in the design process the need to watch over her children surpasses the need for privacy of space. Part 3 of 3.
The Rietveld Schröder House - ‘Dutch UNESCO World Heritage is… famous around the world!’
Dutch UNESCO World Heritage is… famous around the world! The Kingdom of the Netherlands has ten UNESCO World Heritage sites. These sites are unique in the world. This Swedish trio will let you know more about the Rietveld Schröder House.
The Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht
The Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht was built in 1924 by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld for Mrs. Truus Schröder-Schräder and her three children.
Address: Prins Hendriklaan 50, 3583 EP Utrecht, Netherlands
The Rietveld Schroder House Video.mov
Eredoctoraat voor architect Gerrit Rietveld (1964)
De 76-jarige architect Gerrit Rietveld krijgt een eredoctoraat van de TH te Delft. Met Rietveld naast zijn stoel en in zijn werkplaats, het Rietveld-Schröderhuis te Utrecht, het tentoonstellingsgebouw Zonnehof in Amersfoort, de Academie voor Beeldende Kunst te Arnhem, een gebouw voor de weverij Bergeyk en andere huizen naar zijn ontwerp.
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Een bezoekje aan het Rietveld Schröderhuis in Utrecht
Gerrit Rietveld was een Nederlands architect en meubelontwerper. Hij is vooral bekend als lid van De Stijl en als pionier van het Nieuwe Bouwen.
Het Rietveld Schröderhuis staat op de Werelderfgoedlijst van UNESCO. Het architectonische meesterwerk, geëent op de idealen van De Stijl, kent zowel binnen als buiten het oeuvre van Gerrit Rietveld (1888-1964) zijn gelijke niet.
Rietveld ontwierp het huis in 1924 in opdracht van de eigenzinnige Truus Schröder. Het was zijn eerste complete woonhuis én een uitbundig experiment. Voortbordurend op zijn eigen meubelontwerpen en de ideeën van De Stijl maakte hij aan de rand van de stad een huis als een driedimensionale, asymmetrische compositie. Kenmerkend zijn de vloeiende overgangen tussen binnen en buiten, de primaire kleuren (naast wit, grijs en zwart) en een speelse, uitgekiende vlakverdeling. Exterieur, interieur en meubilair: alles draagt diezelfde Rietveld-signatuur.
Centraal museum Utrecht overview
Early utrecht painters including Van Honhorst who is influenced by Italian paintings. Utrecht magic realism and Pike Koch dresses from 16th contemporary. Retvielt house included in museum.
Gerrit Rietveld - Architecture
Rietveld's Universe 2011
Rietveld's Universe
The Utrecht architect and designer Gerrit Rietveld (1888-1964) is one of the best known Dutch design professionals of the twentieth century, world-famous for his Red-Blue Chair and the Rietveld Schröder House. But few are aware of the full range of his oeuvre.
In the exhibition in the Centraal Museum Utrechtm the Netherlands, Rietveld’s ideas were brought to life and show how his work and methods were influenced by his surroundings, his professional circle, and the social tendencies of his day. Rietveld was affiliated with De Stijl and played an important role within the Modern Movement in architecture. With more than one hundred built architectural works and many pieces of furniture to his name, he is among the pioneers of modern culture.
This exhibition offered an in-depth look at Rietveld’s personal universe, background, network, and perspective on the world. By focusing on his working methods and comparing them to those of contemporaries such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, and Mies van der Rohe, it paints a surprising new picture of Rietveld’s unique contribution to twentieth-century visual art, architecture, and design.
Rietveld’s Universe is the end result of a joint study by the Centraal Museum in Utrecht, Utrecht University, and the ®MIT department of Delft University of Technology. This research programme underlies the fresh look at Rietveld's work.