Rudolph Schindler designed the Schindler House in 1921-1922 in West Hollywood, California as a cooperative live/work space for two families. The house incorporates Schindler's "space architecture" philosophy through its use of concrete walls, sliding glass panels, and separation of interior spaces. At just under 3,500 square feet, the house sits on a 20,000 square foot lot and was constructed for a total cost of $12,550. The layout consists of two interlocking "L" shaped apartments, each with private and shared living and work spaces, demonstrating Schindler's modernist architectural theories through its industrial materials and spatial organization.

1. Case study
schindler’s house

2. SCHINDLER’S HOUSE
 ARCHITECT- RUDOLPH MICHAEL
SCHINDLER
 BUILDER- CLYDE CHACE
 ALSO KNOWN AS SCHINDLER
CHACE HOUSE AND KINGS ROAD
HOUSE
 SITUATED IN NORTH KINGS
ROAD, WEST HOLLYWOOD,
CALIFORNIA
 THE HOUSE, AT JUST UNDER 3,500
SQUARE FEET, SITS ON A 20,000-
SQUARE-FOOT LOT.

3. RUDOLPH MICHAEL
SCHINDLER
 RUDOLPH MICHAEL SCHINDLER WAS AN
AUSTRIAN-BORN AMERICAN ARCHITECT
 WHO PRACTICED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
DURING THE YEAR 1920-53
 SCHINDLER CALLED HIS OWN SPECIAL FORM OF
MODERN ARCHITECTURE “SPACE
ARCHITECTURE” WHICH FOCUSED ON THE
DESIGN OF INTERIOR SPACE.
 SCHINDLER DESIGNED AROUND 500 PROJECTS
OF WHICH ABOUT 150 WERE BUILT.

4. SCHINDLERS
HOUSE
 THE SCHINDLER HOUSE HAS
THE INEVITABILITY OF A
MASTERPIECE.
 INCORPORATING BOTH
ARCHITECTURAL AND
SOCIAL THEORY.
 THE HOUSE BECAME AN
ARCHITECTURAL
LABORATORY IN THIS DAY.

5. CONSTRUCTION
 THE HOUSE IS BUILT ON A
FLAT CONCRETE SLAB, WHICH IS
BOTH THE FOUNDATION AND THE
FINAL FLOOR.
 THE WALLS ARE CONCRETE TILT
UP SLABS, POURED INTO FORMS
ON TOP OF THE FOUNDATION.
 THE TILT UP SLABS ARE
SEPARATED BY 3 INCHES (76 MM),
FILLED WITH CONCRETE, CLEAR
GLASS OR FROSTED GLASS.

6. ABOUT
 SCHINDLER DESIGNED THE HOUSE
OVER A TWO-MONTH PERIOD, IN
NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1921.
 THE RESIDENCE WAS MEANT TO BE A
COOPERATIVE LIVE/WORK SPACE FOR
TWO YOUNG FAMILIES.
 . THE CONCRETE WALLS AND SLIDING
GLASS PANELS MADE NOVEL USE OF
INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS
 THE HOUSE WAS CONSTRUCTED
BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND JUNE 1922.
 CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETE BY
MAY 1922, WITH A TOTAL COST OF
$12,550.

7. ABOUT
 THE SCHINDLER HOUSE IS LAID
OUT AS TWO INTERLINKING "L"
SHAPED APARTMENT
 EACH APARTMENT WAS DESIGNED
FOR A SEPARATE FAMILY,
CONSISTING OF 2 STUDIOS,
CONNECTED BY A UTILITY ROOM
 THE UTILITY ROOM WAS MEANT
TO SERVE THE FUNCTIONS OF
A KITCHEN, LAUNDRY, SEWING
ROOM, AND STORAGE.
 THERE WERE FOUR ROOMS, ONE
FOR EACH PERSON TO “EXPRESS
HIS OR HER INDIVIDUALITY.

8.  THERE WAS A SHARED KITCHEN
AND OUTDOOR SLEEPING
PORCHES WERE PROVIDED ON
THE ROOF.
 THE COMMUNAL GATHERING
AREAS WERE PATIOS IN THE
GARDEN, ONE FOR EACH FAMILY.
 A GUEST APARTMENT WITH ITS
OWN KITCHEN AND BATH
EXTENDED FROM THE REAR OF
THE HOUSE.
 THERE ARE FOUR USERS OF THE
HOUSE RUDOLPH & PAULINE
SCHINDLER AND CLYDE &
MARIAN CHACE.

9. plan

10. Green area
Internal view

11. Interior view
Night view

12. Thank you 
Sumit kumar jha
BARCH/15006/14
3RD SEM