SCHRODER

HOUSE
A Masterpiece De Stijl
Architecture

Presented by; Aishorya Satyal

TABLE OF CONTENTS
DE STIJL
MOVEMENT

THE ARCHITECT;
GERRIT RIETVELD

SCHRODER
HOUSE
 DE STIJL
MOVEMENT

De Stijl, meaning ‘The Style’ also

known as Neoplasticism was a modern
art movement developed in the
Netherlands in the early twentieth
century encompassing painting,
architecture and design.

https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-
de-stijl-in-art/
DE STIJL MOVEMENT

The movement started in Amsterdam

in 1917 along with the first publication
of magazine "de Stijl" whose director
was Theo Van Doesburg. The editorial
staff included many prominent
elements of the artistic world of that
time among whom was Piet Mondrian,
the main promoter of the ideas of this
new current. Gerrit Rietveld was also
significant architect of this movement.
 PRINCIPLES

Use of lines and right angles

Cubism
Asymmetricity
Use of primary colors with black ,
grey and white
Expression in abstraction of form
and colour
 FIRST PHASE
(1917-1921)

De Stijl published
influenced by cubism and right angle s
advocated neoplasticism

PHASES
SECOND PHASE
(1921-1925)

Principles taken to USA and Russia

Non-plastic idea spread to Bauhaus
Schroder house designed

THIRD PHASE
(1925-1931)

Magazine started appearing less

Diagonals started to appear in van does
berg paintings
Took less attractive appearance
GERRIT REIETVIELD
The Architect

• Gerrit Thomas Rietveld

• Born; 24 June 1888, Utrecht,
Netherlands
• Died; 25 June 1964
(aged 76),Utrecht,
Netherlands
• Occupation(s);
Furniture designer and architect
GERRIT REIETVIELD
Born to a joiner, Gerrit learned the craft of
furniture making at an early stage
By 1917, he had opened his own furniture shop
and taught himself drawing, painting and
modelmaking
Designed spectacular furniture including his red
blue chair and expected these products to be
eventually mass produced than handcrafted
Became an architect in 1919 same year as joining
the De Stijl movement.
RED BLUE CHAIR
GERRIT REIETVIELD
Designed Schroder house in 1912 that
became the most significant architecture of
second phase De stijl movement
Broke with De stijl movement in 1928 to
create more functionalist style of
architecture
Was concerned with social housing,
inexpensive production methods, new
materials, prefabrication and
standardization in 1920's
experimented with prefabricated concrete SCHRODER HOUSE
slabs in 19271
HIS WORKS

ZIG ZAG CHAIR DUTCH PAVILION FOR WOOD END TABLE BERLIN CHAIR
THE 1953 VENICE BIENALE
SCHRODER HOUSE
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Architects: Gerrit Rietveld
Year :1925
Location; Utretch , The
Netherlands
Client; Mrs. Truss Schröder-
Schräder and her three
children.
SCHRODER HOUSE Client

A widower living with her three

children; two girls and a boy
Patron of arts
Not wealthy but Financially
Comfortable
Wanted affordable housing
Modern taste and required flexibility
in design
Deeply involved in the design process
SCHRODER HOUSE Client requirement
Simple and
transformable space
Kids room that could fit
at least two beds
Each room should have
access to water supply
and drainage
Interaction with nature
 SCHRODER HOUSE
In the first conception of the house, the
interior spaces have been organized
according to the function they are intended
to: on the ground floor there are the rooms to
eat, study and work, bounded by walls. On
the upper floor, in a unique environment,
definable through the use of sliding walls,
there are the areas to sleep and for
intellectual activities. All the furnishing inside
the house has been design by the Architect as
well.
SCHRODER HOUSE Ground Floor Plan

Has conventional
design
ranged around a
central staircase are
kitchen and three
sit/bedrooms
Ground floor plan
Ground floor Circulation
INTRERIORS
SCHRODER HOUSE First/Top Floor Plan

Stated as an attic to satisfy the

authorities
Was a large open space that
could be separated into
bedroom spaces for Mrs. Truss
and her children
When not separated acted as an
open space for the children to
play
 Girls room

Boys room
Mrs. Schroder's
room
Common
room

First floor plan

 FORM
White primary elements to shape the house and
its structure;
Gray or white plain elements to define the
relationship between inside and outside;
Linear elements, vertical and horizontal – lintels,
pillars, drainpipes – colored in yellow, red and
blue combined with white, gray and black;
Functional elements – windows, doors, railings,
exterior staircase and skylight – colored in black
and white.

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ELEVATIONS

Southwest Elevation Southeast Elevation

ELEVATIONS

Northeast elevation
SCHRODER HOUSE Features

Corner windows Sky light

MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION
Foundations and balcony; reinforced
concrete
Dutch brick bond covered with white plaster
Wood construction; Horizontal planes, the
floors and roof, were made of wooden joist
Lintels and columns were made of steel I-
beams that were painted over later
Sliding partition walls on the upper floor
were made of layered cork and asphalt
covered by beaverboard
MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION
SCHRODER HOUSE WITH SURROUNDING
SCHRODER HOUSE USE

Truus Schroder lived in the house from

1925 until her death in 1985. Initially with
her three children, later with Gerrit
Rietveld
After his wife died in 1957, Rietveld
moved in with Schröder. He lived there
until his death in 1964.
SCHRODER HOUSE PRESENT SITUATION

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Managed and maintained by the Centraal Museum, Utrecht’s municipal
museum, in consultation with the Rietveld Schröderhuis Foundation
Maximum number of visitors permitted to be in the house at the same time –
under supervision – is 12
12000 visitors permitted per year
Regular maintenance of the house, for example renewing paintwork
according to the original colour scheme, takes place every five years.
 References
https://nuvomagazine.com/magazine/winter-2009/the-rietveld-schroder-house
https://architecturalvisits.com/en/rietveld-schroder-house-de-stijl/
https://www.holland.com/global/tourism/discover-the-netherlands/visit-the-
cities/utrecht/the-rietveld-schroder-house.htm
https://www.archdaily.com/tag/rietveld-schroder-house
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rietveld_Schr%C3%B6der_House
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Stijl#:~:text=The%20De%20Stijl%20movement%20posit
ed,in%20an%20arrangement%20of%20non%2D
https://archiminimal.wordpress.com/2016/09/11/1264/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyZZktZgamI
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/965/
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