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The Modern Housing Interior: A Study of Cases in Europe and United States of America
(2017) Kolo, Salome; Ballice, Gülnur
This thesis examines the approach of modern architecture and/or modernism in the modern housing interiors. When the term modernism is mentioned in architecture, it is looked at from the structural aspect or the building shell. Discussing modernism in interior design has not been comprehensively covered and as such, this study attempts to make connections between modernism and the housing interior. The course of this study thoroughly examines how the principles that relate to modernism, which are being applied to any architectural design, have been reflected into interior design. Eight cases were selected for this research, which will be the focus of study as examples of single-family housing, spanning between the 1920s and 1950s, which are located both in Europe and the United States of America. These two geographies are considered important in the discourse of modernism as they set the foundation for modern architecture. Apart from literature review on modernism, modern housing and specific characteristics of the era, the case studies have been carefully studied by analyzing their interior design characteristics, by means of colored interior images. The criteria selected in this study for analyzing the modern housing interiors are plan layout, materials, furniture, and colors of interior elements. These criteria are considered as major or most influential characteristics of interior design, which reflect interior design approach completely. This research also aims at establishing a better understanding on how modernist design principles transcend into other fields and for the purpose of this study, interior design. It also shows the progression of the modern housing interior as the century evolved, creating domestic interiors that were a reflection of the growth of the modern era and modernity concerning the lives of the people. The case study houses are compared with each other according to their respective eras as regards design approach in plan layout, materials, furniture and interior colors. This is made as an indication to determine how the modern interior advanced through these two different geographies. It is aimed that this study will serve as a means to encourage designers to appreciate housing interiors and to examine the principles or ideologies that give them meaning, providing knowledge concerned with shaping the future. Key words: Modernism, modern interior, housing, architecture, 20th century house