A famous German architect Walter Gropius and their famous buildings. In this ppt include their childhood history, their career, and their inspiration, their education journey. In this my ppt i have define their 2 famous buildings. one is BAUHAUS SCHOOL and second is FAGUS FACTORY. this ppt is also include layout planning of these 2 buildings.

2. WALTER GROPIUS
(18 May 1883 – 5 July 1969)
ARCHITECT

3. 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.

4. EDUCATION AND EARLY WORKS
• 1903 He Left School And Went To The Technical University In Munich To Study
Architecture.
• Although He Studied Architecture In Munich And Berlin (1903-1907), He Received No
Degree.
• In 1908,gropius Worked Under The Renowned Architect And Industrial Designer Peter
Behrens Till 1910.
• In 1919, Gropius Transformed The Grand-ducal Saxon School Of Arts And Craft Into The
World Famous Bauhaus.
• In 1934, He Moved And Began To Work In Britain.
• In 1937, He Moved To New York And Taught At The Harvard University.
• In 1946, Gropius Founded The Young Architects Association, The Architects
Collaborative.

5. INSPIRATION
•His father and his great-uncle Martin Gropius were architect, that was why he
wanted to become an architect from his childhood days.
•inspired by William Morris.
•William Morris(24 March 1834 –3 October 1896) was an English textile designer,
artist, writer, and socialist who founded a design firm and associated English Arts
and Crafts Movement.

6. PRINCIPLES
 His Design Has Full Command Of The Elements Of Architecture, Which Were To Constitute The
International Modern Style.
 He Believed That All Initial 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 The Phase Of Industrialisation.
 He Realized The Interdependence Of Machine And Architecture, Thus Encouraged The Use Of
Prefabricated Units

7. Bauhaus
Fagus Factory (1911-1913)
Gropius House (1937-38 )
Josephine M. Hagerty House 1938
J.f. Kennedy Federal Building : 1963-1966
Pan Am Building(now Metlife Building) 1960-1963
Waldenmark 1939
FAMOUS BUILDINGS

8. BAUHAUS

9. 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.
 An Administrative Wing Spanning the Roadway
“The Bauhaus was
not an institution… it
was an idea.”-
Mies van der Rohe, its
last director 1953

10. BAUHAUS
 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.
BAUHAUS SITE PLAN

11. BLOCK VIEW OF BAUHAUS BUILDING:
1. WORKSHOP
2. DINING HALL
3. STUDIO WORKSHOP
4. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE
5. TRADE SCHOOL

12. 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.

13. 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,
Wing On The Right Accommodate The Workshop.
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
GROUND FLOOR PLAN

15. FAGUS FACTORY

16. Fagus Factory
 The Fagus Factory Is A Shoe Last Factory In Alfeld On The Leine In
Germany And Is An Important Example Of Early Modern
Architecture.
 Constructed Between 1911-1913, It Was Walter Gropius' First
Independent Commission
 It Was Called An Artistic And Practical Design By Gropius
 It Was In Collaboration With Adolf Meyer.
 Most Striking Thing: Simplicity And Confidence Of The
Architecture.

17. Fagus Factory
 Fagus Structure Was Actually A Hybrid Construction Of Brick Columns, Steel
Beams And Concrete Floor Slabs And Stairways.
 It Was A Steel Frame Supporting The Floors, Glass Screen External Walls.
 Pillars Are Set Behind The Façade So That Its Curtain Character Is Fully
Realized.
 Glass Screen Was Used All Over The Walls To Have Proper View From Inside.
 Walls Are No Longer Supporters Of The Building But Simple Curtain Projecting
Against Increment Weather.
 It Was Domination Of Voids Over Solids.
 Plane Surfaces Predominate In This Factory.
 The Glass And Walls Are Joined Cleanly At The Corners Without The Intervention
Of Piers.

18. • Use Of Floor-To-Ceiling Glass Windows On Steel Frames That Go
Around The Corners Of The Buildings Without A Visible (most of the
time without any) Structural Support.
• The Other Unifying Element Is The Use Of Brick.
• All Buildings Have A Base Of About 40cm Of Black Brick And The
Rest Is Built Of Yellow Bricks.
• In Order To Enhance This Feeling Of Lightness, Gropius and Meyer
Used A Series Of optical Refinements Like Greater Horizontal Than
Vertical Elements On The Windows, Longer Windows On The Corners
And Taller Windows On The Last Floor.
• The Fagus Factory Is Still In Use Today And Was Included On The
List Of Unesco World Heritage Sites In 2011.
Fagus Factory

19. PLAN OF FAGOUS FACTORY
The Office And Is One Of The Most Important And Characteristic Of The Complex.
OFFICE

20. PLAN OF FAGOUS FACTORY
MAIN BUILDING

21. The Main Building, Rectangular In Shape, Was Designed As
A Structural Framework Without Pillars In The Corners,
With A Front Metal Grid Cut By Glass Covers,
One Of The First Examples Of Curtain Wall.
THE MAIN BUILDING

22. ELEVATION

23. ELEVATION

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