Introduction

Walter Gropius(1883 - 1969)

Biography

Who is he ??

Born Berlin, Germany (1883 ) German architect Studied at Technical Universities in Münich and Berlin Founder of Bauhaus school Masters of modern architecture along with Mies Van der Rohn &

Les Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright

Walter Gropius

LATE 20TH CENTURY

THE INTERNATIONAL STYLE

BIRTH OF THE SKYSCRAPER

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

COLONIAL

ROMANTIC CLASSICISM & NEO-CLASSICISM

BAROQUE & ROCOCO

EXPRESSIONISM, CUBISM,

DADAISM, ART NOUVEAU

WORLD WAR 1

(1914-1918)

BAUHAUSMOVEMENT AT

ITS PEAK

WORLD WAR 2

(1939 -1945)

HISTORY

WHAT IS THE REASONS?

In 20 century…

SIMPLICITY

THINK OF THE WORLDDIFFERENTLY

1. BAUHAUS SPIRITTo defy and challenge norms so that more innovative designs can be

integrated into our lives

2. HARMONY BETWEEN MASS-PRODUCED AND

CRAFTSMANSHIP

Simple design

“less is more”

3. HARMONY OF

FORM AND FUNCTION

• SPACE > Building

• FUNCTION > Mass (gothic, renaissance)

• FUNCTIONALITY > Ornamentation

• AYSMMETRY & REGULARITY > Symmetry “FUNCTION FOLLOWS FORM”

MORE INNOVATIVE, INSPIRING

MORE TIDY AND CLEAN LOOK

Bauhaus

THE INTERNATIONAL STYLE

• flat roofs

• smooth facades cubic shapes

• colours are white, gray, beige or black

• floor plans are open

• furniture is functional

Form follows Function :

Combined artistic,

practical, and social

purposes

Cubic shapes

Plane surface without

any ornamentation

Floor plans are open

Eg: Glass House Plan by Philip Johnson

Eg: Floor Plan Bauhaus Building by Walter Gropius

Colours:

white,

gray,

beige

or black

New Technology

Uses of :

Concrete SteelGlass

Furniture is functional

Door knob

VS

Bauhaus

door knob

Early decorative

door knob

FAGUS FACTORY ( 1911 – 1925 )

• By Walter Gropius

• An example of solid construction and

clearly defined functionality

Striking, fully glazed corners( Glass curtain walls )

Façade of three-storey

Flat-roofed structure

Vaulted entrance

Open space

The supports of the building hidden

Slender piers

Iron frame

• As a conclusion,

• MYTHS & MISCONCEPTIONS

• Nowadays Bauhaus architecture are no longer representing the original idea of it. It started after World war 2 and the negative effects seem to be rekindled every 20 years. Resulting in the same looking

• WE AGREE.

• because Bauhaus are an architectural principles and philosophy that actually helps modern and contemporary architecture to stand out by applying them into it.