Walter Gropius designed the iconic Bauhaus building in Germany. As both an architect and founder of the Bauhaus school, Gropius believed that form should follow function. The modernist Bauhaus building had a straightforward design with flat roofs, cubic shapes, and smooth facades made of glass, steel, and light colors that separated functions internally while allowing them to interact. The building pioneered open floor plans and mass production techniques that went on to influence modern architecture globally.

1. BAUHAUS
PRESENTED BY-
ANANYA SREYANSRI NANDA
3RD YEAR, B.ARCH

2. ARCHITECT
1. AR. Walter Gropius designed this iconic
building.
2. He was a pioneer of modern
architecture.
3. He studied architecture in Munich yet
didn’t receive any degree.
4. He was a German architect.
5. He believed in the famous saying , ’form
follows function’.
6. He had a straight forward design
approach.

3. FORM FOLLOW FUNCTION
AR. Walter Gropius believed in this famous saying.
Characteristics –
a. Flat roofs
b. Colors used- white , black , grey or beige
c. Functional
d. Smooth facades
e. Cubic shapes
f. Open floor plans

4. BAUHAUS
 Designed by famous German architect AR. Walter Gropius along with
Adolf Meyer.
 Basically Bauhaus was an art and crafts school in Germany.
 In German , Bauhaus meant ‘house of construction’.
 Bauhaus was so designed not to isolate the functions from each
other and also had a separation between them.
 The whole building had a straight forward design approach.

6. BAUHAUS
PLAN-
 The whole building was made of glass windows.
 The glass curtain wall was used here.
 The building had a light color which allowed huge amount of light on
the wall.
 The whole cube seems like it was floating on the ground.
 Bauhaus is a steel structured building.
 It is a three storey building.

8. BAUHAUS
 The building comprises of five main functional elements-
• Workshop block
• Social area
• Administrative wing
• Studio workshop
• Trade school
 The mass production of various parts like windows, etc. started after
this.

9. BAUHAUS
The studio blocks are connected by auditorium, canteen,
gymnasium.
Left wing- school of arts and crafts
Right wing- workshop
Linear structure.
The building was aesthetically advanced whereas
technologically far behind the contemporary works.

11. BAUHAUS AS A MOVEMENT-
 This piece of architecture gave rise to modernism.
 This had minimalism and functionality.
 Buildings made after this were always cubic in shape.
 ‘Less is more’ holds true.
 Open floor plan became famous.
 Flat roofs, cubic shapes became popular.
 Use of glass and steel increased.

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