Study on the Connotation of Holistic Design Associated with De Stiji Architecture and Furniture

Abstract

The modern furniture has been closely linked to architecture since its inception. There is an intrinsic correlation between furniture and architecture in Schröder House, which is designed by Gerrit Rietveld who is one of the masters of De Stiji architecture. The architectural space is constructed based on the design vocabulary of ‘architectural furniture’. On the contrary, the furniture design presents the characteristics of "furniture building”. The article tries to assay the history between Schröder House and De Stiji, the characteristics of the epoch, and combined with Gerrit Rietveld’s design thought and related works, it analyzes the integration between furniture and architecture from the angles of structural system based on scaffolding, spatial ratio based on golden segmentation, colour system based on t primary colours in Schröder House.