Bauhaus Dessau Plan

Bauhaus building by walter gropius 1925 26 the building was designed by the founder of the bauhaus walter gropius and commissioned by the city of dessau.
Bauhaus dessau plan. The bauhaus building the masters houses the dessau törten housing estate the kornhaus house fieger the steel house and the employment office. ˈʃtaːtlɪçəs ˈbaʊˌhaʊs commonly known as the bauhaus german. Introduction bauhaus etymologically meaning house of construction was founded in 1919 in weimar germany by walter gropius moved to dessau in 1925 and disbanded in 1933 in berlin. Bauhaus architecture rationalism building construction dessau deutschland dynamic europe german germany gropius landmark modern rationalist unesco world.
The bauhaus dessau includes many of the 5 points of modern architecture which french architect le corbusier described at about the same period. The interior fittings were made in the bauhaus workshops. The plans were drafted in gropius s private office the bauhaus did not have its own department of architecture until 1927. The total cost was around 902 500 marks or 27 8 mars per cubic.
Therefore most of the bauhaus buildings are located in dessau. Description for this autocad block. The fifth point calling for. Building house was a german art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts.
The spirit and teachings of the institution can be said to have extended throughout the world. Gropius extensive facilities for the bauhaus at dessau combine teaching student and faculty members housing an auditorium and office spaces. The staatliches bauhaus german. The pinwheel configuration when viewed from the air represents in form the propellers of the airplanes manufactured in the dessau area.
With the move from weimar to dessau the bauhaus had the. The school became famous for its approach to design which attempted to unify the principles of mass production with individual artistic vision and strove to combine. The total area for construction of the dessau bauhaus was 113 400 sq ft the building itself containing approximately 250 600 sq ft. It includes a prominent curtain wall window horizontal bays of windows a relatively open floor plan and a few pilotis small concrete columns supporting upper floors.
Hinnerk scheper 1926 translate to english text the colour plan designed for the outer shell of the building complex corresponds with scheper s concept that colour could and should support the structural effect of the architecture. Colour plan of the bauhaus author. It is regarded as a built manifesto of the bauhaus s ideas in which the functionality and aesthetics of the design coalesce to form a single entity. Bauhaus dessau walter gropius ground floor in top or plan view.
Bauhaus buildings in dessau.
