Han Schroeder, Netherlands, 1918-1992. Schroeder's artistic and architectural education began early, when her mother commissioned the architect Gerrit Rietveld to design what is now known as the Rietveld-Schroeder House, completed in 1924. In this house, Rietveld employed the revolutionary concept of movable walls to make the interior flexible, thereby redefining the limits of space. Growing up in this house fueled Hans interest in architecture, and the beginning of her friendship to Rietveld and her devotion to his ideas. In 1936, she entered the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, and graduated in 1940 with the degree of Diplom Architekt. Schroeder opened her own office in 1954. Later, she moved to the United States and taught interior design at Virginia Commonwealth University.