Mies van der Rohe

THE OFFICE

"The office was a large room with maybe four to five people. But what surprised me was that part of the office was a big workshop. The young people there were working with black blocks. They explained they were trying out variations for the corner pieces connecting the supports and binders for the Mannheim project."
Pierre Vago. Oral account, Briey-en-Forêt, February 24, 2001

Von 1945 bis 1952 hatte Mies sein Atelier in der 37 Wabash Avenue in einem traditionellen Bürobau. Im Jahr 1952 zog Mies van der Rohe mit seinem Atelier in die 230 East Ohio Street um. Dokumente über die Tätigkeit im Atelier, die der Atmosphäre im Winter 1952/53 gelten, zeigen Mies als einen Menschen schöpferischer Unruhe und beschreiben übereinstimmend die ungewöhnliche Intensität, mit der das Gebäude für das Nationaltheater entworfen wurde.

From 1945 to 1952, Mies had his office in a traditional office building at 37 Wabash Avenue. In 1952, Mies van der Rohe moved his office to 230 East Ohio Street. Documents on activity at the office of the atmosphere in the winter of 1952-53 show Mies as a creatively restless man and agree in their description of the intensity, with which the building for the National Theater was designed.