Posted on 01/15/2019 6:40:28 AM PST by C19fan
A century ago, as Germany was still licking its wounds from World War I, the Bauhaus school of design opened its doors in the eastern city of Weimar. The legendary name still resonates: If you have €237,000 ($273,000) in spare change, you can buy yourself a turnkey “Bauhaus” home, all set to be constructed on a piece of empty land.
The ready-made abodes – prefabricated, modern, stylish and typically bright white in color – vaguely reflect the popular conception of the Bauhaus label. But what does it actually stand for today?
(Excerpt) Read more at handelsblatt.com ...
So, they invented the Mobile Home..........................
Bauhaus unleashed on the world the tyranny of modern architecture and spawned architectural oppression and ugliness in place of the beauty, harmony and symmetry of the earlier style.
The second Bauhaus director, Hannes Meyer, had his own slogan: “The needs of the people instead of the need for luxury.”
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Gropius, the school’s first director, was a terrible draughtsman, a major disadvantage for an architect 100 years ago. But he had a genius for communication and propaganda. If Bauhaus remains a powerful brand, it may be down to Gropius’ instinct for slogans and inspirational formulations.
Anyone catch the gist of the above?
Like I said, they invented the Mobile Home. 20,000,000 rednecks celebrate..................
I think some of the Bauhaus designs are very interesting but as with other modern art movements the next school had to push the envelope even more so it turned ugly.
A lot of Victorian houses tend to be asymmetric but they are still very appealing.
There ain’t a lot of Victorian houses here in NW Florida....................
That makes me feel old, that was the first concert I ever went to.
LOL!
Yeah. Read Tom Wolfe’s “From Bauhaus to Our House”. A great little book that savages the architectural field for it’s idiocy.
When I was first married, a family in eastern Connecticut rented their 1949 Bauhaus to us in eastern Connecticut. It really stood out, as it was among mostly older Colonials. Being of a traditional bent, and finding the rent very affordable, I thought of it as an in-joke. I was grateful that it was at least unobtrusively nestled behind a lot of foliage, making it overall effect less obnoxious.
But after I carried my bride over the threshold, we realized that the floor plan was great, and the house was easily maintained. Our cat didn’t like being forced to move, but loved that the windows went all the way to the floor. It didn’t hurt that my well off landlord had appointed the kitchen with Gaggenau appliances, which were finicky, but artful and cleverly designed.
I would still prefer a Colonial, or a simple Four-Square or Ranch, but I would take that Bauhaus design over a Cape Cod and a number of modern designs.
Awesome!
I love it - clean, simple, functional and timeless design. I’m a fan of modernism.
The post-World War I Bauhaus changed everything and a century later, it still feels contemporary and fresh.
Keep It Simple, Stupid.
Ugly. And they threw functionality out the window. When I was in restoration, I would pass on this kind of cr@p. It was all poorly engineered, used cheap materials, and was ugly, ugly, ugly.
Flat roofs, exposed iron, cinder block .... it lasted about ten years before it started to leak, rust, and crack apart. If you did a perfect restoration, it would last another ten years.
Did I mention it is ugly?
“The needs of the people instead of the need for luxury.”
The needs of the people are best served by letting them buy what they want in a free market.
I keep thinking of Dieter Rams design of Braun products. They never feel dated and are functional as well.
You can design something that never needs to keep up with the trends. Bauhaus, Art Deco and the Mid Century Modern all evoke a feel of the classic as opposed to vintage and the future.
I go for the middle instead of the extremes.
Um, dude, that looks like a prison.
If modernism isn’t your style, you’d probably want something else.
I like functional and timelessness in a design and I always want it to look like its always meant to be there.
I could live in any century and when I’m in a place full of modernist furniture and design touches, I feel right at home.
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