MODERN HOUSING INTERIOR: A STUDY OF CASES IN EUROPE AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Abstract

This thesis examines the approach of modernism in the modern housing interiors. The study examines how principles related to modernism that are being applied to any architectural design, are reflected in interior design. Eight cases were selected for this research as examples of single-family housing, spanning between 1920s and 1950s located both in Europe and the United States of America, which are important geographies of modernism discourse. The criteria selected in this research for analyzing the modern housing interiors are materials, furniture, plan layout and colors of interior elements. These criteria are influential characteristics of interior design and cannot be overemphasized. This research helps to create a better understanding about how modernist design principles transcend into other fields and for the purpose of this study, interior design. It is aimed that the selection of cases studied will serve as a means to encourage designers to appreciate housing interiors and examine the principles or ideologies that give them meaning, providing knowledge concerned with shaping the future.