HSTARC2: Bauhaus

Bauhaus was a school in Germany which was famous for the approach to design it taught. It was opened from 1919 to 1933 and the German term Bauhaus meant “School of Building”. It was founded by Walter Gropius which was a German Architect whom was pioneered as Master of Modern Architecture. In the first year of its establishment it didn’t have an architecture department. Bauhaus style became as one of the most influential currents in Modernist Architecture and Modern Design due to its main idea of creating a total work of art. The idea of total work of art included all arts and architecture being brought together to develop something.

Bauhaus school existed in three German cities namely Weimar (1919-1925), Dessau (1925-1932) and Berlin (1932-1933). There were three different architects that became the directors of the school. Walter Gropius became the director of the school from 1919-1928. Hannes Meyes a Swiss Architect became the director from 1928-1930 while Ludwig Mies van der Rohe a German Architect became the director from 1930-1933. The school was closed because of the pressure from Nazi regime.

Bauhaus had a major impact on art and architectural trends of Western Europe, United States and Canada. The main objective of it was to unify art, craft and technology into a single output. The Cantilever Chair and the Wassily Chair which was designed by Marcel Breuer are two examples of the contributions of Bauhaus in the field of Modern Furniture Design.