Philosophies of walter gropius

TIME , LIFE, WORKS AND
PHILOSOPIES OF WALTER
GROPIUS
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•German Architect
•Worked under Peter Behrens
•Influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright
•Founded the Bauhaus
•Migrated to US and taught at the
Harvard School of Architecture
Walter Adolph Georg Gropius
(May 18, 1883 – July 5, 1969)

Walter Adolph Georg Gropius
 He was a German architect and founder of the
Bauhaus School who, along with Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe and Le Corbusier, is widely
regarded as one of the pioneering masters of
modern architect.

CHARACTER OF WORKS:
•Simple geometry, often rectangular
•Use of modern materials like steel and
glass
•Smooth surfaces
•Primary colors
•Linear and horizontal elements

“To build is to create events.”
- Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius
about ARCHITECTURE
“Architects, sculptors, painters, we must all return to the crafts!
For art is not a ‘profession.’ There is no essential difference
between the artist and the craftsman.
The artist is the exalted craftsman.”
Walter Gropius

"The final goal of all artistic
activity is architecture.“
-Walter Gropius

Walter Gropius
(w/ Adolf Meyer),
WERKBUND PAVILION,
Germany, 1914
Walter Gropius, The BAUHAUS BUILDING,
Dessau, Germany, 1926

Walter Gropius, The Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany

Bauhaus
 School of architecture and design, Germany,
1919 - 1933
 All art forms should be designed as a unit
 Technology embraced
 Economy in the use of space, materials,
time, and money
 Avoid Romantic embellishments

Walter Gropius,
GROPIUS RESIDENCE,
Massachusetts, 1937

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GROPIUS RESIDENCE

Fagus Factory
Alfeld an der Leine, Lower Saxony, Germany
The Fagus Factory is today considered as one of the most important industrial
structures of modern architecture. It is considered as a blue-print of the functional
design style that later became later associated with the Bauhaus.

Fagus Factory
The facade is articulated with
narrow brick pillars, slightly
recessed, which were placed
between the iron frames sticking
out of the building and housed the
large windows creating a light
curtain wall
It is particularly striking resolution of
the corners of the block as they
converge on two windows
perpendicular to the unique
presence in them of the light metal
support bar.

Fagus Factory

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