Luis Barragan was a modern architect whose work was influenced by the neo-plasticity of De Stjil, the geometry of Bauhaus and the indigenous culture and regional principles from the Avant-garde movement. The Luis Barragan House is a mix of Mexican vernacular architecture with the simplicity of modern architectural forms.
The way he works with the bright colors and moveable walls gives him the control over the experience of the visitors. The openings in the massive colored walls provides filtered lighting inside the rooms. All this movement and color found inside the house creates a strong contrast with the external façade. High concrete walls all around the building with only a few windows and doors creates an almost dead façade. It was his choice to use these high walls as a strategy to achieve privacy, separating his space from the outside world.
The interior configuration of The Luis Barragan House can be related to The Schroder House. In both cases, the colors, the lights, the movement and the linear planes play important part in creating the atmosphere of the building, how people understand and experience the space. The exteriors, however, are almost completely opposite to each other, since the fragmented shapes, colors and openings are presented in the exterior façade of the Schroder House, continuing the movement outside the walls, which does not happen in the Luis Barragan House.
Park, J et al 2009, Abstract neo-plasticity and its architectural manifestation in the Luis Barragan House/Studio of 1947, Mathematical Intelligencer, v 31 pp 63-72, Springer-Verlag. Available from: Springer Link. [4 February 2015].
The way he works with the bright colors and moveable walls gives him the control over the experience of the visitors. The openings in the massive colored walls provides filtered lighting inside the rooms. All this movement and color found inside the house creates a strong contrast with the external façade. High concrete walls all around the building with only a few windows and doors creates an almost dead façade. It was his choice to use these high walls as a strategy to achieve privacy, separating his space from the outside world.
The interior configuration of The Luis Barragan House can be related to The Schroder House. In both cases, the colors, the lights, the movement and the linear planes play important part in creating the atmosphere of the building, how people understand and experience the space. The exteriors, however, are almost completely opposite to each other, since the fragmented shapes, colors and openings are presented in the exterior façade of the Schroder House, continuing the movement outside the walls, which does not happen in the Luis Barragan House.
Park, J et al 2009, Abstract neo-plasticity and its architectural manifestation in the Luis Barragan House/Studio of 1947, Mathematical Intelligencer, v 31 pp 63-72, Springer-Verlag. Available from: Springer Link. [4 February 2015].