I decided to check it out. After all, I have been to at least two other buildings by Mies van de Rohe: the Neue Nationalgalerie (which is currently closed for renovations), and the Mies van de Rohe Haus, which was the architect's own home in the outskirts of Berlin. In both buildings, I had the impression that the space was very wide open and unconstrained. Of course, the same feeling can be had in the German Pavilion.
It isn't a house, so the space doesn't allow for privacy. There's liberal use of marble, and there's also a statue of Georg Kolbe's "Alba" in an inner reflecting pool. It's a very serene place, and is worth checking out for a little bit.
The interesting thing is that when it was built in 1929, less than a year later it was demolished. After all, the International Exposition wasn't meant to be a permanent event, so the pavilions were destroyed afterwards. However, there was a push to make the German Pavilion a permanent structure, so using photographs and other records, the building was reconstructed, and functions a museum currently.
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