gerrit rietveld: Schroder house

Gerrit Rietveld was famous for his use of geometric shapes, you can see his use of geometric shaped in the Schroder House. Rietveld designed this house for Mrs. Truus Schroder, she wanted her house to be “free from association, and could create a connection between the inside and the outside.” This designed carried into the inside as well. I think this house is so unique and really interesting. Today the house is used as a museum. Something that is pretty interesting about the design of this house is that Mrs. Truus wanted the inside to be able to change from open to closed off rooms whenever she wanted. To accomplish this Rietveld came up with sliding panels that can be open to make one large living area or closed to make rooms.

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