Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
American, born Germany, 1886–1969
Illinois Institute of Technology Chapel and Parish House, Chicago, Illinois, Exterior Perspective
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
American, born Germany, 1886–19691949
Illinois Institute of Technology Chapel and Parish House, Chicago, Illinois, Exterior Perspective
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe American, born Germany, 1886–1969 →20th Centurypresentation drawingarchitectural drawing
Date
1949
Medium
Graphite and charcoal on Strathmore board
Dimensions
75.7 × 100.2 cm (29 13/16 × 39 7/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of A. James Speyer
German émigré architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe began designing a new campus for the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) soon after his appointment as chair of the school’s department of architecture in 1938. With this expansion Mies sought to remake the college for the postwar world by offering high-tech research and educational opportunities. The creation of IIT’s new campus relied upon modern planning techniques such as urban renewal—the practice of razing and rebuilding large residential areas designated as “blighted”—resulting in displacement and cultural erasure in the largely African American neighborhood where the school was located.
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