This thesis work considers an outlook on classical modernity in
village formation, space, structure and apparance in the frame of
reference of Charlottenhof by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. The architectural
image presented on the Swiss rural way of life and chalet
has been the symbol of national identity since the National Exhibition
1896 in Geneva. The writing of Stanilaus Von Moos in Nicht
Disneyland 2015 opened a discourse of the question of Swiss identity
and architectural image. He presented the term 'classical modernity'
as the advanced way to proceed beyond the architectural image
of the Swiss chalet. An 18th century architect name Karl Friedrich
Schinkel was proclaim as future man of architecture due to his
influence in transformation of Classical architecture with modernity.
With the focus on the idea of classical modernity, could the
new collection depot provide one possibility of an architectural
image in an advance way as Von Moos proclaimed? With the background
on Schinkel and his project in Charlottenhof, Potsdam, four
architectural strategies such as village formation, space, structure
and appearance from four different projects within the Swiss
context relating to the new collection depot were analysed. Theoritical
background on Schinkel and classical modernity will be based
on a collection of essays in Karl Friedrich Schinkel: Drama of
Architecture 1995. The outcome of the strategies were adopted into
the project in relation to the analysis outcome from Charlottenhof.
The analysis in relation to classical modernity from Charlottenhof
give one possibility of advancing a new 'style' in relation to the
farmhouse vernacular.