Fritz Höger was born on June 12, 1877 in Bekenreihe, Schleswig-Holstein which is today Germany. Among his architectures, Chile house would be the outstanding architecture because of its huge size and its symbolic shape of Chile house. As I believe, there is a intent for any architecture and artifact. With this manner, Chile house was built to monumentalize international trade between Germany and Chile; therefore, it is named Chile house and its overall shape is ship. Moreover, it has features for an architecture such as arches, spire shaped part, divided space, circular shape part, and so on. There are arches for windows and over the entrances. It has very sharp corner at the end of roof corner to put symbolic meaning of ship. It cannot be seen from outside, but from the view of aerial view, there are three divided court yards inside of the Chile house. Also, there is half-circular shape of part where windows are in the court yards. As circular shape represent the harmony, it shows the harmony between Germany and Chile.
Chile House is a striking example of regional manifestation of Expressionism from 1921 to 1924. The Chile House is his masterpiece, a magnificent Expressionist office block anchored in the city centre like a giant, barnacle-encrusted liner. Chile House was built as a office building for a shipping company. It shows well about archetype, prototype, and hybrid as using not only marine architecture, but also the Gothic cathedrals constructed in brick, dark red clinker, that are widespread in the northern part of Germany. It also shows in the form of a giant ocean liner. Its sharply pointed like the bow of a ship at the southeast corner helps it to be known as the best-known building. Höger built three inner courtyards to supply enough light for all the rooms and the arching ribs within on the facades remind the Gothic style, too. After being completed, Chile House became a landmark of Hamburg.
Designed around two courtyards, the building forms a complete city block. Shops are incorporated into the Chile House at street level. Above, the offices follow the curve of a wave-like plan, that climaxes at the eastern tip or "prow". Offices step back from the street line above the sixth storey, and the windows gain arched tops.
Chile House is proof that the twentieth- century office block was able to develop in several directions and the Miesian model was far from being the only one, Höger's brilliance was to design a highly original and truly memorable city building that is urbane and well mannered from the perspective of those walking by. In Hamburg, pedestrians walk alongside Höger's rhythmic arcade.
Chile House is a striking example of regional manifestation of Expressionism from 1921 to 1924. The Chile House is his masterpiece, a magnificent Expressionist office block anchored in the city centre like a giant, barnacle-encrusted liner. Chile House was built as a office building for a shipping company. It shows well about archetype, prototype, and hybrid as using not only marine architecture, but also the Gothic cathedrals constructed in brick, dark red clinker, that are widespread in the northern part of Germany. It also shows in the form of a giant ocean liner. Its sharply pointed like the bow of a ship at the southeast corner helps it to be known as the best-known building. Höger built three inner courtyards to supply enough light for all the rooms and the arching ribs within on the facades remind the Gothic style, too. After being completed, Chile House became a landmark of Hamburg.
Designed around two courtyards, the building forms a complete city block. Shops are incorporated into the Chile House at street level. Above, the offices follow the curve of a wave-like plan, that climaxes at the eastern tip or "prow". Offices step back from the street line above the sixth storey, and the windows gain arched tops.
Chile House is proof that the twentieth- century office block was able to develop in several directions and the Miesian model was far from being the only one, Höger's brilliance was to design a highly original and truly memorable city building that is urbane and well mannered from the perspective of those walking by. In Hamburg, pedestrians walk alongside Höger's rhythmic arcade.
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