Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Master Plan for the IIT campus was one of the largest projects he ever conceived and the only to come so close to achieving complete realization. The campus encompasses 20 of his works'the greatest concentration of Mies-designed buildings in the world.
Mies' master plan was a notable departure from traditional college quadrangles and limestone buildings. In the Mies plan, the space between and within buildings was organized around a 24-foot grid. The spatial module provided rhythm and coherence, while ensuring flexibility and architectural unity for campus building projects of the future. The two- and three-story buildings tend to slide past each other, leading visually from one exterior space to another. Mies also planned interior space with maximum flexibility to accommodate future needs. The simple palette of steel, glass, and buff-colored brick drawn from the factories and warehouses of Chicago's South Side provided an adaptable module to express various functions within the buildings.
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