{"id":223,"date":"2020-07-01T14:35:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T13:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/upgrade-digital-architecture\/?p=223"},"modified":"2020-07-07T14:46:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T13:46:01","slug":"kieslers-endless-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/digital-architecture\/2020\/07\/01\/kieslers-endless-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiesler&#8217;s Endless House: Ongoing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kiesler\u2019s Endless House is regarded as one of the most visionary projects in the history of C20th architecture. It was a project that spanned almost 40yrs, developed through sketches, drawings, plans and models between mid-1920\u2019s through into the 60\u2019s \u2013 but it was never built. Walter Gropius (founder of the Bauhaus) considered it important to translate Kiesler\u2019s architecture into reality. Due to its unusual form, and the theory underpinning it, the Endless House is a pre-cursor to many of today\u2019s leading contemporary architects.<\/p>\n<p>What we know of the Endless House is from texts, drawings and photographs of the model but these records do not compare accurately, and the Endless House is geometrically and spatially complicated. Production of the proposed 3D digital model will therefore facilitate a clearer understanding of the Endless House geometry and form. Digital models of the Endless house have been produced previously but the focus of these studies has been the shell, to speculate how the structure might have worked. The inside spatial qualities have been overlooked. Yet, the quality of the space was essential to Kieslers design. So, production of such a model will aid a better understanding of the Endless House geometry and form, and improve knowledge of Kiesler\u2019s design thinking. 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