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The Glass House: Crucible of Biodynamic Agriculture
The Glass House (1914) is the oldest extant building designed by Rudolf Steiner. The building is intimately associated with the development of biodynamic agriculture – but that is not why it is called the ‘Glass House’ (Glashaus), and the pursuit of a new agriculture was not its original use. The Glass House is a timber building with walls clad with timber shingles and the roof sheathed with Norwegian slate. With this rather quaint building, Steiner played out some of the design ideas that were to be dominant design elements of the first Goetheanum – twin-domes roof, the extensive use of timber throughout, a retreat from right-angled design, and the use of flowing, ‘organic’, deeply faceted window and door frames. The building can be regarded as a prototype for the first Goetheanum (which was destroyed by fire on New Year’s Eve of 1922/1923). ; Now nearing its centenary, the Glass House of Dornach has served as home for two enduring anthroposophic endeavours. It was the production centre for the magnificent vibrantly-coloured engraved windows of the Goetheanum, and it was the crucible for evolving Steiner's Koberwitz lectures through to 'biodynamic agriculture', Steiner's new agriculture for the world.
The Glass House: Crucible of Biodynamic Agriculture
The Glass House (1914) is the oldest extant building designed by Rudolf Steiner. The building is intimately associated with the development of biodynamic agriculture – but that is not why it is called the ‘Glass House’ (Glashaus), and the pursuit of a new agriculture was not its original use. The Glass House is a timber building with walls clad with timber shingles and the roof sheathed with Norwegian slate. With this rather quaint building, Steiner played out some of the design ideas that were to be dominant design elements of the first Goetheanum – twin-domes roof, the extensive use of timber throughout, a retreat from right-angled design, and the use of flowing, ‘organic’, deeply faceted window and door frames. The building can be regarded as a prototype for the first Goetheanum (which was destroyed by fire on New Year’s Eve of 1922/1923). ; Now nearing its centenary, the Glass House of Dornach has served as home for two enduring anthroposophic endeavours. It was the production centre for the magnificent vibrantly-coloured engraved windows of the Goetheanum, and it was the crucible for evolving Steiner's Koberwitz lectures through to 'biodynamic agriculture', Steiner's new agriculture for the world.
The Glass House: Crucible of Biodynamic Agriculture
John Paull (author)
2021-12-06
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