De Stijl Architecture Principles in a Jordanian Children's Museum

Contemporary Architecture
De Stijl Architecture
Supervised by: Dr. Rami Al Shawabkeh
Done By:
• Duaa ahmad Salameh
• Sara Ali Aburayya
• Asmaa Younes Ahmad

Contents
Introduction………………………………………………………………..…..…3
History…………………………………………………………………………..……4
Pioneers…………………………………………………………………………..…4-5
Principles……………………………………………………………………….…..6
Characteristics…………………………………………………………………...6
Elements……………………………………………………………………….…...7
De stijl buildings…………………………………………………………….……7
Advantage and disadvantage………………………………………………8
Our opinion…………………………………………………………………..……10
Local case study……………………………………………………………….…11-19
References……………………………………………………………………….…20
Critique point……………………………………………………………………..9

Introduction
In Dutch, "de stjl" means "the style", also known as neoplasticism.
" It is a school of art founded in holland in 1917 (to 1931) typically
using rectangular forms and the primary colors plus black and white
and asymmetric balance. “
(White, 2003)
(Mondrian, 1920, Stedelijk Museum) 1.
(Rietveld Schröder House,Holland,1924) 2.
".designers formulate a new language and vocabulary for architecture.
.to do this, they take the traditional house apart, analyze it like an
object, abstract it to eliminate traditional references, and then
reassemble it in a new way. " (benazir,2016)
1. rupkatha journal, 2019
2. maria gonzalez,2010

History
1912
Mondrian in Paris;
influenced by Picasso
1913
1916
1917
1923
Mondrian begins to "geometrize"
analytical cubism.
Mondrian and van der Leek meet
;the first compositions appear in
the rectangular planes of primary
colors.
Formation of de Stijl group, It included
many architects and artists.
Mondrian arrives at his fully
developed style.
1931
Van Doesburg personified the group, and
carried its ideas throughout Europe until
his death.
Mondrian, 1914
Van Doesburg, 1917
Van Doesburg, 1918
pioneer
He founded the new plastic school,
authored a book on the laws and
principles of this school, and painted a
large number of artworks. Most of his
works were displayed in the Kassel
Museum in Germany.
Mondrian, Dutch,1899
Abu Dayyeh,2001
AHB JR., 1953
1

Rietveld Schroeder's house was
designed according to the principles of
de Stile 1924, designed the red chair in
1917, and has a number of articles in
the newspaper de Stile.
red chair ,Holland, 1917
3
Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch,1988
Theo Van Doesburg,Dutch, 1915
Founder of De Style magazine, spreading his
ideas around the world, he best explained the
principles of this movement through his
artwork.
Composition in Half-Tones, 1928
2
pioneers
Abu Dayyeh,2001
Abu Dayyeh,2001

Principles
Doesburg,1917
1.Achieving the greatest degree of simplicity and abstraction.
2. Adopting Mondrian's paintings as a source from which de
Stael's philosophy developed.
3.The source of beauty is the absolute purity of the work.
4.Refine shapes until you get to their basic components: lines
and cubes. (Jaffé,2008)
characteristics
1.Flat surfaces not sloping.
2.asymmetrical building.
3.Windows of different sizes.
4.There is no natural ingredient.
5.Use of cubes and cuboids in shaping.
6.primary colors and their contrasts.
7.Abstraction and avoidance of decorations.
8.emphasize the separation of planes.
9. Floating fluidity in the void. (Jaffé,2008)
(Schroder House,Holland,1924)

Elements
2.Square and rectangular
3.Vertical and Horizontal lines
4.cube and cuboid
schroder house 3D model,2014
De stijl buildings
Villa Henny ,Holland,1919
de unie,Holland1925
It was designed by the architect
Jacob Odd, and it is one of the
buildings most closely related to de
stijl architecture.
(Jaffé,2008)
1.Basic color sky ground
(men, women)
Abu Dayyeh,2001
Abu Dayyeh,2001
A concrete structure built by
Robert Vanthoff, but this work
cannot be considered a complete
reflection of de Style's principles,
as much as its imitation of
Wright's first-era buildings in
Chicago.

Advantage and disadvantage
Advantage
1.it was easy to make an
artwork with the de stijl art
style.
2.Creativity out of simplicity
Disadvantage
1.it was hard to the find the meanings
of different artworks.
2.de stijl is not acceptable for artists
who value aesthetics and creative
methods.
Doesburg,1924
holdren, 2016
Michael Tompsett
The goal of De Stijl
They aimed for the perfect
merging of form and function, not
just focusing on drawing.
Janssen, Michael, 2011
Opet Café and Restaurant, France, 1927

Critique point
Formation concepts
It went to the abstraction and using
simple shapes and primary colors.
fit responded to the evolution movement of building
materials and logical structural system.
It succeeded in achieving moderate
economic feasibility .
There is no natural ingredient.
They cared about the architecture of people's homes,
and did not neglect function at the expense of form.
Compatibility with the
environment
Meeting the function
needs
Compatibility with the latest
construction developments
Economic feasibility

Ouropinion
• In our opinion, de Style architecture constitutes an important
part of the design, as it emphasizes the link between art and
design.
• it is a relevant and successful trend at the global level and can
be applied at the local level because it serves multiple classes
and its design elements can be controlled.
• it has proven its excellence and its ability to convey abstract
ideas through art

Local case study
Children's museum
Location: Amman , Jordan
Area:7348m^2
Architect: Faris&Faris
Year:2007
The design idea of this project was taken depending on the main user of it, which is
the child and the colored building blocks, all shapes are simple, clear and basic, in
addition to being containing important museum spaces, giving a sense of the facades
through the association of color or shape with use.
Children museum, Jordan,2021
Faris&Faris,2007

Applications of principles to plan
Compatible Incompatible
Not only used basic shapes
but use curves and circle.
Asymmetrical building.
Open space.
Using basic shapes:
square , rectangular
and lines.
Use columns as
elements to separate
levels from each other.
Ground floor plan

Applications of principles to elevation
Compatible Incompatible
Use lines to divide blocks
and windows.
Use of flat roofs.
The use of squares,
rectangles and lines in the
interfaces.
Use basic elements at.
different heights
Use smooth ingredients.
Use of spherical elements.
Use slashes.
Faris&Faris architect
Rietveld Schroder House, elevation

Dealing with exterior design
The building is of the three primary
colors, as was the gray color on it, as
the building elements varied
between horizontal and transverse
elements of cubes and cuboids.
In addition to the presence of
flat partitions in some parts of
the building, and its flat
surfaces, these were all based
on the principles of de Style

Dealing with interior design
The use of primary colors in interior design
and in the games.
The use of basic elements inside the
building, where the horizontal and vertical
lines were used in the windows and in the
interior design in general.
form

Dealing with interior design
function
The building was designed from the inside
to suit the function for which it was built,
which is the ease of movement of children
freely.
Vertical units were set up to keep up with
the De Style movement, but it did not
obstruct the children's movement, but
rather organized it.

Materials
Using the cladding so
that its lines are in line
with the lines of the de
Stijle School
Concrete
Glass
Cladding
Stained glass was used in the primary
colors of the De Stijle school, and it
gives a more impression of art and
movement

Evaluation table
Principles The evaluation
Simplicity
Asymmetry
Primary colors
Flat surfaces
Abstract shapes

Our opinion about the building
• A passionate building in which I found the elements of modern plastic
architecture and some of its most important principles of asymmetry and
the use of basic and neutral colors and violating some of its principles has
achieved success at the local level of architecture.
• We were attracted by the random organization of the interfaces and how to
employ the shape to keep pace with the D Style movement and did not
neglect the function.
• In my opinion, the building represents a lot of D-Style elements, and it was a
good choice, as the multiple colors and shape of the building are suitable
for the function for which it was built, and although some parts of the
building contradict D-Style, they were not abnormal elements, but rather
integrated with the building and nice.

References
• white, Michael, DE stijl and Dutch modernism, Manchester: Manchester university press, 2003.
• Benazir, Jawaher, Bauhaus to Post modernism, a paper presented to the Faculty of Architecture, SRM
University, 2016.
• AHB JR., de stijl (1917-1928), the museum of modern art bulletin, 1953.
• H.L.C. Jaffe, de stijl 1917-1931. the Dutch contribution to modern art. j.m. meulenhoff,amsterdam 1956,
2008 version.
• Holdren, Tyler, "a re-application of neo-plasticism: de stijl architecture in a contemporary context,
architecture thesis prep,2016.
• Hans Janssen, Michael White, The story of de stijl, Mondrian to Van Doesburg, Gemeentemuseum,2011.
• Abu Dayyeh, Nabil, From Renaissance to Modernity, History and Theories of Western Architecture,
University of Jordan Press, 2001.

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