WALTER GROPIUS & BAUHAUS

SCHOOL

SUBMITTED TO : Azka Eshita

SUBMITTED BY : Shohana Afrin, Farhana Haque

ID : UG09-46-19-011 , UG09-49-20-023
COURSE CODE : ARC 331
INTRODUCTION
• Pioneer Master Of Modern Architecture.
• Born In Berlin On 18 May 1883.
• Was A German Architect And An Educator.
• Influential Proponent Of Modern Design And Furthered His
Ideas Through Bauhaus School Design.
• He Was Taught By His Father Who Also Was An Architect
And Learned The Study Of Proportions With Actual
Architectural Expressions By His Uncle.
• Gropius Could Not Draw, And Was Dependent On
Collaborators And Partner-interpreters Throughout His
Career. In School He Hired An Assistant To Complete His
Homework For Him.
• Gropius’s Career Was Interrupted By The Outbreak Of
World War-1 In 1914 And Served As A Sergeant And
Then As A Lieutenant.
GEORGE WALTER ADOLF
GROPIUS
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PRINCIPLES
BUILDINGS

"Architecture begins where the

engineering ends" -Walter Gropius
PRINCIPLES
 His Design Has Full Command Of The Elements Of Architecture, Which
Were To Constitute
The International Modern Style.
 HeBelieved That All Init ial Training For Artist And Craftsman
Should Be Same I.e. Introduction To Form, Colour, Nature Of Material.
 • Simple Geometry Often Rectangular.
 • Use Of Modern Materials Like Steel, Rcc And Glass
 • Smooth Surface
 • Primary Colours
 • Linear And Horizontal Elements
 Grid System

 In Those Times The Use Of Machine Was Encouraged Because Of

ThePhase Of Industrialisation.
 He Realized The Interdependence Of Machine And Architecture, Thus
Encouraged The Use Of
 New Technology Uses of :
Concrete Glass Steel

"The ultimate aim of all artistic activity is building! The

artist is a heightened manifestation of the craftsman...
Let us together create the new building of the future
which will be all in one: architecture and sculpture and
painting." -Walter Gropius
 Hobbies and
interests
tea
pots
Vessel
designing

sugar
pot
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 Wine
glasses

peperweig
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 Chair
sr83
designs
4
 ARTWORKS

A GRAPHICS
DESIGN

LOGO OF
BAUHAUS

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 Staircase
design

his famous door handle

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design
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 BAUHAUS
Designed By Gropius And His Partner Meyer
With Certain
Amount of Participation From Students.
Bauhaus, Was An Art School In Germany
That Combined Crafts And The Fine Arts.
It Operated From 1919 To 1933. At That Time
the German Term about This Sound Bauhaus
literally "house Of Construction"—was
Understood As Meaning "school Of Building".
The Complex Consists Of Five Main
Elements Fully Glazed 3 Storeyed:
 Workshop Block.
 Teaching Block.
 Social Areas.
 A 5-storeyed Study Block.
“The Bauhaus was not an
institution… it was an idea.”-
 An Administrative Wing Spanning the
Roadway
Mies van der Rohe, its last
director 1953
 BAUHAUS BAUHAUS SITE
PLAN
To Produce A Separation Of Each
Of These Functions From Others,
At The Same Time Not Isolating
Them But Bringing Them Together
Into Efficient Integration.
Workshops Noticeably More
Industrial, Particularly In Their
Window
 The Square Pedalled Metal
Windows Are Typical Of
Mass Produced Industrial Units.

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 BAUHAUS
Aesthetically Bauhaus Was An Advanced
Building But Technologically- Probably Because
Of The Limited Funds, It Was ,someway Behind
The Contemporary Works.
 Bauhaus Is Enclosed By Glass Curtains

 The Curtain Glass Walling Was First Used In

Fagus Factory -
1911 And Then Used With Certain Refinement.
The Whole Cube Seems Like To Immense
Horizontal Plains Floating On The Ground.
 Giant Light Cube Dazzling White Light From
Every Wall.
The High Glass Walls Revealing The Light Steel
Structure…. Delineated In All Its Transparency
By The Iron Grid Of Its Exterior Structure.
 BAUHAUS
 Plan Show The Linear Nature Of The Individual
Structures.
 The Complex Is Divided Into Three Main Wings.
 The Studio Apartments Are Connected By
Auditorium, Canteen,
Kitchens And Gymnasium To The Long Narrow
The Wing On Left Is The School Of Arts And Crafts,
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
Wing On The Right Accommodate The Workshop.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

Form follows Function :
• Flat Roofs
• Smooth Facades Cubic Shapes
• Colours Are White, Gray, Beige
Or Black
• Floor Plans Are Open
• Furniture Is Functional
 Door
knob Bauhau
s door
knob

V
Early S
decorative
door knob
 FACADE OF THE STUDENTS
GENERAL VIEW OF STUDIO APARTMENTS
THE BAUHAUS WITH THEIR
BUILDING CANTILEVERED BALCONIES
AND LARGE OPENINGS