Modelpan Smarthaus

The opportunity to present the Modelpan panel to an audience of Turkish architects led to the idea of using it as an element for the redesign of one of the ‘monuments’ of modern American architecture. About a century after the beginning of the modern movement this operation is seen as an occasion to reflect on the limits of modernist utopias and the current need for careful architectural design to ensure a correct relationship with the environment. The decision to intervene in such an iconic building as Farnsworth House that was designed by Mies van der Rohe is certainly not a random choice and not merely provocative. Designed as a controversial form of architecture, we think it should continue to function as a ‘short-circuit’ with respect to architectural innovation and as a workshop focusing on living spaces and their relationship with the environment.