Core House
1951-52, unbuilt
Core House- Mies Van Der Rohe (Chicago Tribune) | Square House- Ludwig Hilberseimer | Glass House with Four Columns- Werner Blaser
References
Core House Neue Nationalgalerie
1951 - 1952 1965 - 1958
Blase, W. (1996). Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Obras y Proyectos / Works and Projects. Madrid, Wachter, G. (1995). Mies Van Der Rohe’s New National Gallery in Berlin. Berlin, Germany: Vice
Spain: Gustavo Gili. Versa Verlag
Colombo, L.F. (2011, March). Mies van der Rohe’s Core House, a Theoretical Project on Vandenberg, M. (1998) Architecture In Detail: New National Gallery, Berlin. London, UK:
the Essential Dwelling. Arquitextos Magazine. Phaidon
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Fabrizi, M. (2013, 23 November). A 50x50 House for Mass Production (1951): An Unbuilt
Project By L. Mies van der Rohe. Socks Studio.
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t-project-by-l-mies-van-der-rohe/
Fifty by Fifty Feet House Project, Plans and Sections.
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https://www.moma.org/collection/works/120837?classifications=any&date_begin=1949&d
ate_end=1953&include_uncataloged_works=1&locale=en&page=2&q=mies+van+der+rohe
Background
Arts and Architecture (1945): 20 year-long Case Study House Programme
The aim was to give some direction to the thinking on the shape and form of post war living by adopting practical war-born techniques &
materials best suited to the expression of human’s life in the modern world. The results would promote modern yet replicable prototype
houses, demonstrating how contemporary design could benefit the construction of a new post-war California.
50x50 floor plan
2
grid size variations 50x50 roof grid
1828.8x1828.8mm 40x40: 12 squares Internal space: 16 squares (15240mm) 8x8 larger squares
50x50: 16 squares Floor slab: 1 = 4 small squares
60x60: 20 squares (top) 20 squares 1905x1905mm
(bottom) 15 squares
overlapping patio ratio
Internal space: 16 squares (50x50)
Floor slab:
(top) 20 squares
(bottom) 15 squares
entrances
One entrance (~1200mm) on each
side of the square, mirrored
core
Asymmetrically placed core volume,
containing kitchen, bathroom and fireplace
proposed internal arrangement
structure
wide flange steel columns
height : ~300mm
roof structure
All structural steel connections are
welded to minimize their visual
~220mm channel section beams presence
Grid
8x8 squares
1905x1905mm
400mm
The additional sloping beams connect to
the respective columns at both ends
roof edge
~350mm
foundation floor slab roof structure
Located in the middle of each side of the square, Beam depth: ~220mm
the 4 exterior columns would carry the weight of
the flat roof
foundation
Located in the middle of each side of the
square, the 4 exterior columns would
Installation by Iñigo Manglano-Ovallé
carry the weight of the flat roof
structural scheme
Beam depth: ~220mm
Interior Height: 3000mm
Area moment of Inertia (I) mm4 Deflections
= bh3 / 12 = (5 w l4) / (384 E I)
= (305 x 30483) / 12 Load Distribution
= 719,719,850,880 mm4
= 7.19 x 1011 mm4
with core
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9(+1)
9(+1)
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64.8m x 64.8m
54 tiles x 54 tiles
5
6 9 9 6
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50.4m x 50.4m
42 tiles x 42 tiles
24
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1.2m x 1.2m
15
Perceived entrance
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9(+1)
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9(+1)
64.8m x 64.8m
17 18(+1) 15 24 15 17(+1) 54 tiles x 54 tiles
9(+1)
14(+1)
50.4m x 50.4m
5
42 tiles x 42 tiles
6 9 9 6
15
78
1.2m x 1.2m
24
Perceived entrance
15
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9(+1)
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64.8m x 64.8m
17 18(+1) 15 24 15 17(+1)
54 tiles x 54 tiles
9(+1)
14(+1)
14(+1)
50.4m x 50.4m
5
42 tiles x 42 tiles
6 9 9 6
15
15
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1.2m x 1.2m
24
24
Perceived entrance
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17(+1)
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14 glass panels
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1.2m
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tiles tiles
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The Neue Nationalgalerie | Core House
1965-1968 | 1951- 1952
The Neue Nationalgalerie | Core House
1965-1968 | 1951- 1952
The Neue Nationalgalerie | Core House
1965-1968 | 1951- 1952
The Neue Nationalgalerie | Core House
1965-1968 | 1951- 1952
The Neue Nationalgalerie | Core House
1965-1968 | 1951- 1952
The Neue Nationalgalerie | Core House
1965-1968 | 1951- 1952
The Neue Nationalgalerie | Core House
1965-1968 | 1951- 1952
