3 - Tassel House - Barbara Franco

I studied this house in my Modern and Contemporary Architecture class. I like this house because of its importance to the period. The Tassel House was designed by Victor Horta in 1892-93, in Brussels, Belgium. In this project, it is notable how Victor Horta inserted the Art Nouveau into architecture and associated with new materials, such as rot iron. In this project, Horta was able to illustrate a balance between the past and the new technologies to create an innovate space as never seen before. Even though the Tassel House looks like a townhouse, especially because its size, shape and even the roof it is possible to notice that this house demonstrates how the details can make a considerable difference. The details are the main points of this project and the shape of some spaces such as the stairs and columns proves how innovative Horta was, adopting organic forms to regular elements. Its design evokes a search for nature, creating a new expression in a sort of a musician way.