Analysis on the integrated design of architecture and furniture: Taking the Farnsworth House as an example

Abstract

There has always been a connection between architecture and furniture in the construction of Chinese and Western architectural space throughout history. It reflects the inherent relationship between architecture and furniture in Farnsworth House which is designed by Mies Van Der Rohe who is one of the masters of modernism architecture, and it also conveys the design philosophy of “truth is the meaning of fact”. This article tries to analyse the correlation between architecture and furniture from the angles of design idea, space modulus, structure system, material and the texture and node processing in Farnsworth House, and research the philosophy of design of Mies and his related works. The method which is based on integrated design has a positive meaning to deepen the space expression, strengthen the spatial perception, improve the whole space quality, and it also has the important inspiration and the reference value for the contemporary cooperative design between furniture and architectural space.