GROPIUS
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walter gropius]
early career
!1903
studied architecture
Born Berlin !
1914!
1883!
1907
peter behrens
adolf meyer
war & bauhaus
post bauhaus - usa
!1937
!1938
!1945
marcel bruer
mies van der rohe
harvard university
modernism
modern regionalism
international style
“the blending of the genius loci with my modern concept of !
architecture allowed me to create the house that i never !
would have built under the completely different climatic, !
technical and psychological conditions in europe.”
[groupius house
built in lincoln,ma for his family
!1938
main concepts :!
new england architecture + modern regionalism
cubic form
classic “white modernism”
flat roof + smooth surface
but
retaining regional redwood construction
As to my practice,when I built my first house in the us which was my own. !
I made it a point to absorb into my own conception those features of the New England !
architectural tradition that I found still alive and adequate. This fusion of the regional !
spirit with a contemporary approach to design produced a house that I would never !
have built in Europe with its entirely different climatic, technical and psychological !
background. !
—Walter Gropius
!maximum efficiency + simplicity
bauhaus philosophy :
open floor plan
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landscape were carefully planned into civilised space
large windows !
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close connection between interior+ exterior
functional+ aesthetic furniture