The Bauhaus Dessau
The Bauhaus Dessau
How does the Bauhaus became historical? Had there been any sustainability proofs?
The Bauhaus occupies a place of its own in the history of 20th century culture, architecture, design, art and new media. It became historical because at time when industrial society was in the grip of a crisis, the Bauhaus stood almost alone in asking how the modernization process could be mastered by means of design. It represented a belief in the unifying power of geometry. The building was a peculiar thing with its glass walls, right angle, and flat roofs. It had become a symbol of renewed hope and recovered vitality eight years after the war.
There were many contradictions on the design idea of Walter Gropius, but as said, in order to really comprehend the design, you must walk through the building to see clearly the manifestations of the theories and ideas applied. Some new methods based on specific types and standardization were employed not only to produce new architecture but to anticipate a new lifestyle through this architecture. Some people suggested to renovate its flat roofs, which they said to have appeared as a provocation of the German spirit, and replace it with something more ‘Germanic” like sloping roofs and geraniums, and others suggested structural modification which will be understandable from the skies. But they gave to do these ideas.
The Bauhaus aims to reconcile the art and crafts to create a new industrial aesthetics. The form of the building was actually following the idea “form follows functions”.
The Bauhaus rallied masters and students who sought to reverse the split between art and production by returning to the crafts as the foundation of all artistic activity and developing exemplary designs for objects and spaces that were to form part of a more human future society. Following intense internal debate, in 1923 the Bauhaus turned its attention to industry under its founder and first director Walter Gropius
How does the Bauhaus became historical? Had there been any sustainability proofs?
The Bauhaus occupies a place of its own in the history of 20th century culture, architecture, design, art and new media. It became historical because at time when industrial society was in the grip of a crisis, the Bauhaus stood almost alone in asking how the modernization process could be mastered by means of design. It represented a belief in the unifying power of geometry. The building was a peculiar thing with its glass walls, right angle, and flat roofs. It had become a symbol of renewed hope and recovered vitality eight years after the war.
There were many contradictions on the design idea of Walter Gropius, but as said, in order to really comprehend the design, you must walk through the building to see clearly the manifestations of the theories and ideas applied. Some new methods based on specific types and standardization were employed not only to produce new architecture but to anticipate a new lifestyle through this architecture. Some people suggested to renovate its flat roofs, which they said to have appeared as a provocation of the German spirit, and replace it with something more ‘Germanic” like sloping roofs and geraniums, and others suggested structural modification which will be understandable from the skies. But they gave to do these ideas.
The Bauhaus aims to reconcile the art and crafts to create a new industrial aesthetics. The form of the building was actually following the idea “form follows functions”.
The Bauhaus rallied masters and students who sought to reverse the split between art and production by returning to the crafts as the foundation of all artistic activity and developing exemplary designs for objects and spaces that were to form part of a more human future society. Following intense internal debate, in 1923 the Bauhaus turned its attention to industry under its founder and first director Walter Gropius