BAUHAUS

In 1919 founded by Walter gropius in Weimar in Germany

AIM isolation of arts from one another
Training of craftsman and artist in cooperative projects and workshops
Cooperative projects and workshops main vehicle for learning and exchange
of ideas
Elevate the status of arts to fine arts
Nine masters of form
Lyonel feininger
Johannes itten
Paul klee
Wassily kandinsky
Laszlo moholy nagy

Bauhas architecture house

Most influential in modern architecture & new objectivity
The school existed in three German cities
Weimar from 1919 to 1925,
Dessau from 1925 to 1932
Berlin from 1932 to 1933),
Three different architect-directors
Walter Gropius from 1919 to 1927,
Hannes Meyer from 1928 to 1930,
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe from 1930 to 1933 wanted the school from free
of politics
Architecture begun to play central role in the school and workshops stopped
produced goods, sociological subjects eroded
Bauhaus became a traditional architectural school.
In April 1933 the school closed

Eight workshops of bauhaus

1.

Furniture

2.

Metal work

3.

Print and advertising

4.

Photography

5.

Theatre

6.

Mural painting

7.

Ceramics

8.

weaving

Prominent students
Josef albers, marcel breuer,
Versatility of students to perform well different discipline
Exhibition of works in 1923 attracted huge attention from the public

Germans nationalist party cut

the funds for the school forced
bauhaus to move to Dessau
Bauhaus school at Dessau
designed by walter gropius
Clean lined functional assertive
making statement of period of
experimentation was over and
time now for serious, practical
and effective
Change of directorship hannes
meyer(1928)
Mural,painting,weaving and
furniture department were very
much profitable

It consists of three connected wings or bridges...School and workshop are

connected through a two-story bridge, which spans the approach road from
Dessau.
The administration was located on the lower level of the bridge, and on the
upper level was the private office of the two architects, Walter Gropius and
Adolf Meyer, which could be compared to the ship captain's 'command
bridge' due to its location.
The dormitories and the school building are connected through a wing where
the assembly hall and the dining room are located, with a stage between
The basic structure of the Bauhaus consists of a clear and carefully thoughtout system of connecting wings, which correspond to the internal operating
system of the school.
The technical construction of the building... is demonstrated by the latest
technological development of the time: a skeleton of reinforced concrete
with brickwork, mushroom-shaped ceilings on the lower level, and roofs
covered with asphalt tile that can be walked upon.
The construction area consisted of 42,445 [cubic yards] (32,450 [cubic
meters]) and the total cost amounted to 902,500 marks.