Villa Göth

Coordinates: 59°50′38″N 17°37′47″E / 59.843981°N 17.629794°E / 59.843981; 17.629794
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59°50′38″N 17°37′47″E / 59.843981°N 17.629794°E / 59.843981; 17.629794

Villa Göth in 2008

Villa Göth is a house on the street of Döbelnsgatan in the Kåbo neighborhood of

brutalism.[1]

Villa Göth has two floors and a basement and is built in dark brick. The windows are plain but form partial rows in the façade. The visible

tongue-and-groove pattern of the boards used to build the forms for the poured concrete is visible in the ceilings. Several interior walls are of the same dark brick as the exterior. The bathrooms on the first floor are formed of raw concrete (béton brut) in the form of Alvar Aalto's famous Aalto Vase. Centrally located in the house is the open stairway that connects the floors.[2][3][4][5]

Villa Göth and brutalism

The term

The Architectural Review
, published in August 1956, Asplund describes how he first used the term. The letter is reproduced in Reyner Banham's New Brutalism.

New brutalism is not only an architectural style; it is also an approach to architecture, a striving to create simple, honest, and functional buildings by, for example, not allowing them to create associations or emotions. Stylistically, brutalism, with its strict, modernistic design language, is said to be a reaction to the architecture of the 1940s, much of which was characterized by a retrospective nostalgia.[7]

Brutalism is an expression often used derogatorily to denote largeness of scale, insensitivity, and the use of raw materials. Villa Göth may make a severe, aloof impression, but it is, at the same time, a simple and carefully prepared building with great architectonic qualities. This well-preserved and culturally interesting house was listed as historically significant by the Uppsala county administrative board on March 3, 1995.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Villa Göth". lansstyrelsen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  2. ^ Printout from Arkitektmuseet's picture bank (id 199030)[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Printout from Arkitektmuseet's picture bank (id 199028)[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ External and internal photos from 1952 by Sune Sundahl
  5. ISSN 0280-2686
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  6. ASIN B0000CN9HJ
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  7. ISBN 9789186050559
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  8. ^ "Villa Göth". lansstyrelsen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 April 2020.
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