Philosophies of wgropius

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TIME , LIFE, WORKS AND

PHILOSOPIES OF WALTER GROPIUS


Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (May 18, 1883 – July 5, 1969)

•German Architect •Worked under Peter Behrens •Influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright •Founded the Bauhaus •Migrated to US and taught at the Harvard School of Architecture

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Walter Adolph Georg Gropius ď Ž He was a German architect and founder of the

Bauhaus School who, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architect.

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CHARACTER OF WORKS: •Simple geometry, often rectangular •Use of modern materials like steel and glass •Smooth surfaces •Primary colors •Linear and horizontal elements

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Walter Gropius about ARCHITECTURE

“To build is to create events.” - Walter Gropius

“Architects, sculptors, painters, we must all return to the crafts! For art is not a ‘profession.’ There is no essential difference between the artist and the craftsman.

The artist is the exalted craftsman.” Walter Gropius

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"The final goal of all artistic activity is architecture.“ -Walter Gropius

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Walter Gropius (w/ Adolf Meyer), WERKBUND PAVILION, Germany, 1914

Walter Gropius, The BAUHAUS BUILDING, Dessau, Germany, 1926 http://www.frontdesk.co.in/forum/


Walter Gropius, The Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany http://www.frontdesk.co.in/forum/


Bauhaus  School of architecture and design, Germany,

1919 - 1933  All art forms should be designed as a unit  Technology embraced  Economy in the use of space, materials, time, and money  Avoid Romantic embellishments

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Walter Gropius, GROPIUS RESIDENCE, Massachusetts, 1937

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GROPIUS RESIDENCE PLAN

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GROPIUS RESIDENCE

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GROPIUS RESIDENCE

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Fagus Factory Alfeld an der Leine, Lower Saxony, Germany

The Fagus Factory is today considered as one of the most important industrial structures of modern architecture. It is considered as a blue-print of the functional design style that later became later associated with the Bauhaus. http://www.frontdesk.co.in/forum/


Fagus Factory Alfeld an der Leine, Lower Saxony, Germany The facade is articulated with narrow brick pillars, slightly recessed, which were placed between the iron frames sticking out of the building and housed the large windows creating a light curtain wall It is particularly striking resolution of the corners of the block as they converge on two windows perpendicular to the unique presence in them of the light metal support bar.

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Fagus Factory Alfeld an der Leine, Lower Saxony, Germany

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