2G-39/40: Gerrit Rietveld

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Although internationally known for his furniture, for his iconic Schroeder House and for his relationship to the members of De Stijl, Gerrit Th. Rietveld developed a prolific career as an architect after his Neo-Plasticist phase in the 1920s.

This double issue of 2G. Revista internacional de arquitectura takes another look at Rietveld's domestic built work from his first Neo-Plasticist buildings of the 1920s to his death in 1964. In it we discover a trajectory which, without renouncing the Neo-Plasticist precepts of his early days, gradually takes on a more domestic and everyday cast in direct rapport with his clients. Along with his endeavours as a cabinetmaker, the issue of suburban single-family housing constituted a fundamental mainstay in his trajectory, one in which the everyday is intermingled with spatial exploration.

The revisit to this less-known oeuvre of Rietveld's is preceded by essays by Marijke Kuper (editor of this issue), Hans Ibelings and Wim Quist, and culminates in the nexus section with various texts by the architect himself.

Introductions
An introduction to Rietveld’s work by Marijke Kuper
Honest, gentle and uncompromising by Wim Quist
Rietveld’s fame by Hans ibelings
Rietveld’s houses by Marijke Kuper

Works and Projects
Rietveld-Schröder House, Utrecht, 1924
Garage with chauffeur’s flat, Utrecht, 1927
Row of four houses, Utrecht, 1931
Klep House, Breda , 1931-1932
Székely House, Bloemendaal, 1934
Hildebrand House, Blaricum, 1934-1935
Mees House, The Hague, 1934-1936
Brandt Corstius House, Petten, 1938-1939
Lels House, Doorn, 1939
Verrijn Stuart House, Breukelen, 1940-1941
Smit House, Kinderdijk, 1947-1949
Stoop House, Velp, 1950-1951
Slegers House, Velp, 1952-1955
Visser House, Bergeijk, 1954-1955
Jansen House, Waalre, 1956-1957
Van Daalen House, Bergeijk, 1956-1958
Bláha House, Best, 1956-1957
Van den Doel House, Ilpendam, 1957-1959
Van Dantzig House, Santpoort, 1959-1960
Singelenberg House, Hengelo, 1961-1962
Van Slobbe House, Heerlen, 1961-1964

Biography
nexus
Texts by Gerrit Th. Rietveld
Architecture
My outlook on life as a background to my work
About the De Stijl idea
Colour in architecture