1. Introduction
Walter Gropius
(1883 - 1969)

2. Biography
Who is he ??
Walter Gropius
 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

3. BAROQUE & ROCOCO
ROMANTIC CLASSICISM & NEO-CLASSICISM
COLONIAL
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
BIRTH OF THE SKYSCRAPER
THE INTERNATIONAL STYLE
LATE 20TH CENTURY

4. In 20 century…
EXPRESSIONIS
M, CUBISM,
DADAISM, ART
NOUVEAU
WORLD WAR 1
(1914-1918)
BAUHAUS
MOVEMENT AT
ITS PEAK
WORLD WAR 2
(1939 -1945)
HISTORY
WHAT IS THE REASONS?

6. SIMPLICITY
THINK OF
THE WORLD
DIFFERENTLY

7. 1. BAUHAUS SPIRIT
To defy and challenge norms so that more innovative designs can be
integrated into our lives

8. 2. HARMONY BETWEEN
MASS-PRODUCED AND
CRAFTSMANSHIP
Simple design
“less is more”

9. 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

10. THE INTERNATIONAL STYLE
Bauhaus
Form follows Function :
Combined artistic,
practical, and social
purposes
• flat roofs
• smooth facades cubic shapes
• colours are white, gray, beige or black
• floor plans are open
• furniture is functional

11. Cubic shapes

12. Plane surface without
any ornamentation

13. Floor plans are open
Eg: Glass House Plan by
Philip Johnson
Eg: Floor Plan Bauhaus
Building by Walter Gropius

14. Colours:
white,
gray,
beige
or black

15. New Technology
Uses of :
Concrete Glass Steel

16. Furniture is functional

17. Door knob
VS
Bauhaus
door knob
Early decorative
door knob

18. FAGUS FACTORY
( 1911 – 1925 )
• By Walter Gropius
• An example of solid construction and
clearly defined functionality

19. Open space
Striking, fully glazed
corners
( Glass curtain walls )
Façade of three-storey
Flat-roofed structure
Vaulted entrance

20. The supports of the
building hidden
Slender piers
Iron frame

21. • 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.