Rudolf's work has been characterised by words like "unusual," "not easy to approach," and "filled with stimulating ideas." His enormous contributions to alternative science, new teaching, and fresh viewpoints in agriculture and medicine have become part of the spiritual heritage of the modern era. They are a driving force and an inspiration in today's cultural life. Rudolf Steiner, a philosopher, physicist, and expert on Goethe, created anthroposophy as a "science of the spirit." An individual's journey towards spiritual maturity, with Christ at its mystical centre, bears fruit in the forms of art, social structures, and practical activities.
The Goetheanum, which bears the name of German poet and philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, was built by Rudolf Steiner. The second Goetheanum is made of concrete and has replaced the previous one, which was built of wood and employed steam-bent panels to achieve Steiner's ideal of organic, expressionist architecture but burnt down in 1922. Three years after Steiner's passing, in 1928, the replacement's construction was finished after starting in 1924.The Anthroposophical Society, which Steiner formed in 1912, was the inspiration for the esoteric, mystic movement that would become the Goetheanum.
The Goethaneum
In regards to architecture, Steiner worked for anthroposophical structures that resemble the human form, if possible avoiding straight lines, right angles, and other conventional architectural restrictions in favour of sweeping arcs and organic, rounded shapes. In keeping with the bending contours of the architecture, he also created custom furniture for the Goetheanum and other anthroposophical structures. The furniture seems nearly crystalline and is entirely made of wood, as if it were produced spontaneously beneath layers of rock. The aesthetic, often referred to as Dornach design, sits in between Antoni Gaud's exaggerated shapes and the Arts & Crafts movement's modest goals. Desks, seats, closets, stairs, and an upright piano may all be found in the Goetheanum designed in this manner.
The irregular shapes of this structure and the open landscape with small trees around the place is similar to the way I have decided for my project site.
In this space, the big windows beside the stairs gives a natural vibe inside the place and also the white color in the walls.
In this interior, the light color is enlightening the space with the sunlight from outside especially the waves in the stairs railing blends with the light.
In this space, the irregular shapes around the ceilings and the grey color gives a dark vibe but the light coming through some sources is really aesthetic to see.
In his lifetime, Steiner created 13 buildings, including the first and second Goetheanums as well as several other structures in and around Dornach, notably the remarkable Heizhaus, also known as the Boiler Building, whose rising concrete top resembles a column of flame or the young shoots of a sprouting plant. The Second Goetheanum, a structure composed completely of exposed concrete that predates brutalism by decades, is regarded as a masterpiece of twentieth-century expressionist architecture.
When I look into Goethaneum, the shapes and color palette works really well. I think as a spiritualist, his works clearly embodies the true meaning of expressionism. Moreover, every work of him has something to depict of that decade's architecture style and design.
References:
Goetheanum (2023) Rudolf Steiner, Goetheanum. Available at: https://goetheanum.ch/en/rudolf-steiner (Accessed: April 23, 2023).
The goetheanum (2021) CEREAL. Available at: https://readcereal.com/the-goetheanum/ (Accessed: April 23, 2023).
Khalate, R. (2021) Expressionist architecture: An individual statement, RTF | Rethinking The Future. Available at: https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/2021/03/12/a3595-expressionist-architecture-an-individual-statement/ (Accessed: April 23, 2023).
As in the Gehry research, I am struggling to find links to the work you are doing in your project. I see links to your theme, but not to how you are designing your outcomes. Research should be better directed and relevant to the project you are doing. In your Sign Off we identified contemporary buildings that had relevance to your idea and your theme. Have another look at your sign off and act on some of those research elements and edit these 3 research posts with better evidence/explanation of why you have chosen to look at them for THIS project.
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