Richard Neutra, Casa One Plus Two, Progetto, USA, 1926

Richard Neutra born in 8 April 1892 in Vienna. He studied under Adolf Loos at the Vienna University of Technology. He taked job in the office Erich Mendelsohn. In 1923 he emigrated to America where he worked under next famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright. After that he established himself as the West Coast architect by completing 1929’s Lovell House.

Prefabricated house one plus two was made in 1926, which is part of a wider study of neutral on the prefabrication of the 20s. Exterior and interior walls, ceiling and floor are entirely made of slabs diatom. The house consists of a central body, suspended on 4 large pillars with bolts for ease of adaptation to different inclinations of the ground: this is added to a body, and a garage adjoining rooms through the siting and verandahs for hot climates. Even the furniture meets the criteria of affordability.  The design allows rapid semi assembly . Neutra proposed a linear construction, with three modules added 5.50m and possibility of attaching both a garage as another room module, featuring a very attractive free interior space and layout. Interestingly, the provision, which shows a clear separation between structure and envelope, which now joins the deck instead of the enclosing in its construction. A light and flexible method, especially free facades now only have to define the inner and outer transition point .

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Le Gars Gwenolé 15/03/2017