BAUHAUS
The House Of Construction Founded in
Weimar 1919-1925, Dessau 19251932 Berlin 1932 -1933
1919
bau·haus /’bou,hous/
FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION.
W A LT E R GROPIUS GROPIUS GROPIUS GROPIUS GROPIUS GRO I
DIRECTOR: 19191928.
The workshops were laboratories for developing models “ripe for mass production, implements typical of the present day”.
The National Socialist German Workers’ Party The nazi party formed
until 1945- strongley opposed beliefs and teachings of the Bauhaus.
1920
na·zi /’nätsē/
THE CATHEDERAL OF SOCIALISM
The First BMW Factory Is Built Built in Neulerchenfeldstrasse
German car manufactor is on the rise. Mimicing the trend of mass production practiced at the bauhaus.
1922
au·to·mo·bile /’ôtəməˈbēl/
BAUHAUS
PIECE
OF.
CAPABLE
CHESS
THAT IT IS
HARTWIG
THE
MOVEMENT
JOSEF
1922
INDICATES
CHESS SET
EACH
GOD IS IN THE DETAIL
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WASSILY CHAIR MARCEL BREUER WASSILY CHAIR
1925-1926
TUBULAR STEEL MASS PRODUCTION
Einheitslok Standard Steam Locomotive Standardised rail transport
Steam engines built in Germany after 1925 under the direction of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft were manufactured making extensive use of standard design features and components.
1925
lo·co·mo·tive /,loke’motiv/
A HOUSE IS A MACHINE FOR LIVING IN.
JOSEF ALBER NESTING TABLES
BAUHAUS NESTING T A B L E S
DESIGNED IN 1926 FIT IN TO THE FOOTPRINT OF ONE SPACE SAVING AND FUNCTIONAL.
HANNES MEYER DIRECTOR: 19281930.
Meyer brought his radical functionalist viewpoint, in 1929, which he named: Die neue Baulehre (the new way to build), that architecture was an organizational task with no relationship to aesthetics, that buildings should be low cost and designed to fulfill social needs.
LESS IS MORE
Futura font The most Influencial San serif Type Design Futura font design
Created in Germany in 1928, it displayed the core of the Bauhaus ideology: strictly geometric outline, lacking any embellishments and just barely conforming to the historical shapes of letters.
1928
ty·pog·ra·phy / ti’pägrəfē/
MIES V AN DER ROHE.
“God is in the details”.
DIRECTOR: 19301932.
Closure Of The Bauhaus The bauhaus is closed
The school was closed under pressure from the Nazi regime. Equipped with the teachings of the Bauhaus many artist fled the country and spread the modernist movement globally.
1933
na·zi /’nätsē/