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Equally innovative, the extremely small laboratory kitchens designed by Jacobus Johannes Pi-
eter Oud at Weissenhof, were disciplined studies in ergonomics and functionalism but contained
everything necessary in a modern kitchen. His example was followed by others: Ludwig Mies van der
Rohe, Walter Gropius, Bruno Taut and Le Corbusier. Thus, by the 1930's, the revolutionised kitchen
caught on throughout Europe. There was also a marked tendency to depart from the isolated kitchen
and integrate it into the dwelling's space. Over several decades, the kitchen was transformed from
a large room fitted with cupboards, cabinets, tables, chairs into a small, convenient laboratory finally
to disappear as an isolated utility room. A similar revolution changed the design of other rooms and
bathrooms as well as their furnishings.
Modern interiors seemed empty because they were sparsely appointed, not cluttered with fur-
niture: furnishings designed by architects were simple, functional, and hygienic. Using sequentially
produced furniture pieces was the designers' ideal. In model housing estates, the architects also
designed furniture, lighting and textiles.
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eter Oud at Weissenhof, were disciplined studies in ergonomics and functionalism but contained
everything necessary in a modern kitchen. His example was followed by others: Ludwig Mies van der
Rohe, Walter Gropius, Bruno Taut and Le Corbusier. Thus, by the 1930's, the revolutionised kitchen
caught on throughout Europe. There was also a marked tendency to depart from the isolated kitchen
and integrate it into the dwelling's space. Over several decades, the kitchen was transformed from
a large room fitted with cupboards, cabinets, tables, chairs into a small, convenient laboratory finally
to disappear as an isolated utility room. A similar revolution changed the design of other rooms and
bathrooms as well as their furnishings.
Modern interiors seemed empty because they were sparsely appointed, not cluttered with fur-
niture: furnishings designed by architects were simple, functional, and hygienic. Using sequentially
produced furniture pieces was the designers' ideal. In model housing estates, the architects also
designed furniture, lighting and textiles.
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