WALTER GROPIUS

1. walter gropius]

2. earlycareer

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1903
studied
architecture
Born
Berlin
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1914
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1883
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1907
peter
behrens
adolf
meyer

4. war&bauhaus

6. postbauhaus-usa

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1937
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1938
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1945
marcel
bruer
mies
vanderrohe
harvard
university

8. modernism

9. modern
regionalism
international
style

10. “the blending of the genius loci with my modern concept of
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architecture allowed me to create the house that i never
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would have built under the completely different climatic,
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technical and psychological conditions in europe.”

11. [groupius house

12. built in lincoln,ma for his family
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1938

13. main concepts:!
newenglandarchitecture + modern regionalism

14. cubic form
classic “white modernism”

15. flatroof+smoothsurface

16. but

17. retainingregional
redwoodconstruction

18. As to my practice,when I built my first house in the us which was my own.
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I made it a point to absorb into my own conception those features of the New England
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architectural tradition that I found still alive and adequate. This fusion of the regional
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spirit with a contemporary approach to design produced a house that I would never
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have built in Europe with its entirely different climatic, technical and psychological
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background.
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—Walter Gropius

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maximum efficiency + simplicity
bauhausphilosophy:

20. open floorplan

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landscapewerecarefully
plannedintocivilisedspace

22. largewindows
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closeconnectionbetween
interior+exterior

23. functional+aesthetic
furniture