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Farnsworth House Interior Elements

Plasm.js 3D model of interior elements from Ludwig van der Rohe's Farnsworth House by Antonello Gatto

Farnsworth Desk

Description

The desk is a modified version of the desk that Mies van der Rohe designed in 1928 for the owners of the Tugendhat House in Brno in today’s Czech Republic. The modification consists of the addition of two cantilevered book shelves attached to the underside of the desk to hold books and other objects. This feature was created to provide some space, for books, etc.

Legs

The legs are built with the proper function CYLINDER, translated and then structed.

Plane

The main plane is a CUBOID([4, 7, 0.35]), the lateral ones are CUBOID([3.7, 2, 0.15]).

Shelves

The shelves are three thinnest CUBOIDs of depth 0.1 properly translated, cloned and structed.

Complete model

Legs, plane and shelves are then structed. The result of the function farnsworth_desk() is a perfect Plasm.js 3D model of the Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth Desk.

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Sources: dirklohandesigns.com