Authors Kim, Jong-Sung
DOI https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK_PD.2019.35.9.119
Page pp.119-129
ISSN 1226-9093
Keywords Rem Koolhaas; Influence by Le Corbusier; Residential architecture; Reinterpret; Dom-ino System
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to study the meaning of Rem Koolhaas's works focused on Villa Dall’Ava. This House which offers a fine example of the early architectural concepts of Rem Koolhaas was completed in 1991, 7 year earlier than the Maison Bordeaux and also this work is the only one house constructed in Paris. Rem Koolhaas, one of the most influential architects representing contemporary architecture in these days is interpreted so diversely as new constructivism, deconstruction and new scientism etc. The relationship between Modernism architecture and the architecture of Rem Koolhaas is supposed in various point of view in recent studies. Although the leading background on which the architectural inclination of Rem Koolhaas is de-constructivism, various interviews, editorials and other perspectives give clue that Rem Koolhaas was influenced by Modernism. His architectural concept is connected with the architectural principles of Le Corbusier: ‘Five Points of a New Architecture’ and ‘Dom-ino system’, which are especially applied a lot to Villa Dall’Ava in the modified form. This study is to research the architectural characteristics of Villa Dall’Ava by analyzing the layout, plan, elevation, section and structure, which revealed the architectural connectivity between the concept of Rem Koolhaas and the architectural principles of Le Corbusier which had a great effects on architectural history and became a fundamental elements for the change into the modern architecture. In practice, the architectural work of Rem Koolhaas remind the architectural principles of Le Corbusier. This research appraises each points of ‘Five Points of a New Architecture’ in regarding with Villa Dall’Ava whose study will be important to find the meaning of the works and ideas of Rem Koolhaas.