poster 'high-rise Friedrichstrasse' Mies van der Rohe
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe presented the ideal skyscraper in 1922: the floor plan resembles a trident star, the outer skin is entirely made of glass, and three elevators are at its core. The interior space appears unplanned. This skyscraper was not feasible at the time.
In the design, an exaggerated photograph, Mies van der Rohe emphasizes the contrast between the glassy transparency and lightness of his skyscraper – and the oppressive weight of Berlin's old buildings, which were additionally darkened in the photo.
The design depicted on the poster was created for the ideas competition for a high-rise building at the Friedrichstraße train station in Berlin. The site was to be the site between the station, the Spree River, and Friedrichstraße.
The exaggerated photo is in the collection of the Bauhaus Archive Berlin.
