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history characteristics Bauhaus in Dessau Bauhaus worldwide
1. HISTORY WALTER GROPIUS born in Berlin 1883 – 1969 architect and designer since 1910 self-employed person
2. HISTORY founded 1919 in Weimar by Walter Gropius as an art school Dessau (1925-1932) Berlin (1932-1933) canceled/closed April 1933 by the Nazis
2. CHARACTERISTICS combines art and trade and technology teaches knowledge about combining forms colors and materials working with industry WASSILY KANDINSKY: "The school’s curriculum was based on the principle that the crafts were equal to the traditional arts and was organized according to a medieval-style guild system of training under the tutelage of masters" tutelage - guidance
2. CHARACTERISTICS “Less is more“ functional, minimalistic, clean modern a lot of glass, steel, metal and wood cubistic, straight, geometric simplicity at that time shocking famous Bauhaus designers: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Paul Klee Wassily Kandinsky László Moholy-Nagy “Less is more“
2. CHARACTERISTICS own font: Universal from created typography today re-issued drawn from sketches vertically layouts re-issued version of “Architype Bayer“
FAMOUS FURNITURES Wilhelm Wagenfeld: “Wagenfeld Lamp“ Marcel Breuer, 1925: “Wassily Chair“ 1930: “Freischwinger S 32 N“
3. BAUHAUS IN DESSAU main time from 1925 – 1932 most buildings World Heritage Site since 1996 first steel tube furnitures
Masters‘ House “Klee“ Masters‘ House “Schlemmer“
settlement „Törten“
KORNHAUS next to the river Elbe
BAUHAUSFEST since 1997 combines music, food, university, lights, installations, art and colors
BAUHAUS MUSEUM will be built in urban park till 2019 to mark the 100th anniversary competition is running two first proposals Young & Ayata, New York
4. BAUHAUS WORLDWIDE “White City“ in Tel Aviv built in 1930‘s today in need of rehabilitation
4. BAUHAUS WORLDWIDE Guggenheim Museum New York Villa Tugendhat
4. BAUHAUS WORLDWIDE Fallingwater house