Walter Gropius
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Designer Profile
Walter Gropius
Table of Contents
Introduction | Page 3 |
Design Discipline | Page 4 |
Nature of Work | Page 4 |
Design Cycle | Page 4 |
International Standing | Page 5 |
Examples of Work | Page 5 |
Inspiration | Page 6 |
Impact | Page 6 |
Views | Page 7 |
Manufacturing Methods | Page 7 |
Future | Page 8 |
Conclusion | Page 8 |
References | Page 9 |
Introduction
Walter Gropius was born in Berlin, Germany in 1883. Gropius completed an architecture course in Munich and went on to work in the office of Peter Behrens. In 1910 he formed a partnership with his colleague Adolf Meyer. The next year Gropius designed the Fagus Factory in Alfeld en der Leine. Gropius then went on to design the Werkbund Exhibition Building in Cologne 1914. Walter Gropius was influenced by the concepts of William Morris, then established an Arts and Crafts School in Weimar, which then became the world famous Bauhaus. Gropius used revolutionary methods and courageous use of unusual building resources was sentenced as architectural socialism. Gropius was then widely seen as a pioneer of modern architecture due to his belief in linking the aperture between, technology, industry and architecture. The Bauhaus designed by Gropius is seen as the possibly the most famous monument to modernism.
The school gained fame for merging the teaching of arts, architecture, woodwork, decoration and design. The Bauhaus drew a faculty, which included Paul Klee, Johannes Itten, Josef Albers and Herbert Bayer, who educated students to incorporate modern and innovative materials and mass-produced fittings that were originally anticipated for industrial settings, to create unique furniture and buildings. The Bauhaus was required to move to Dessau where it was accommodated in a building designed by Gropius. Whilst the Nazi’s came to command in 1933, Gropius moved to England before immigrating to the United States in 1937. Gropius then became the professor of...
Walter Gropius
Table of Contents
Introduction | Page 3 |
Design Discipline | Page 4 |
Nature of Work | Page 4 |
Design Cycle | Page 4 |
International Standing | Page 5 |
Examples of Work | Page 5 |
Inspiration | Page 6 |
Impact | Page 6 |
Views | Page 7 |
Manufacturing Methods | Page 7 |
Future | Page 8 |
Conclusion | Page 8 |
References | Page 9 |
Introduction
Walter Gropius was born in Berlin, Germany in 1883. Gropius completed an architecture course in Munich and went on to work in the office of Peter Behrens. In 1910 he formed a partnership with his colleague Adolf Meyer. The next year Gropius designed the Fagus Factory in Alfeld en der Leine. Gropius then went on to design the Werkbund Exhibition Building in Cologne 1914. Walter Gropius was influenced by the concepts of William Morris, then established an Arts and Crafts School in Weimar, which then became the world famous Bauhaus. Gropius used revolutionary methods and courageous use of unusual building resources was sentenced as architectural socialism. Gropius was then widely seen as a pioneer of modern architecture due to his belief in linking the aperture between, technology, industry and architecture. The Bauhaus designed by Gropius is seen as the possibly the most famous monument to modernism.
The school gained fame for merging the teaching of arts, architecture, woodwork, decoration and design. The Bauhaus drew a faculty, which included Paul Klee, Johannes Itten, Josef Albers and Herbert Bayer, who educated students to incorporate modern and innovative materials and mass-produced fittings that were originally anticipated for industrial settings, to create unique furniture and buildings. The Bauhaus was required to move to Dessau where it was accommodated in a building designed by Gropius. Whilst the Nazi’s came to command in 1933, Gropius moved to England before immigrating to the United States in 1937. Gropius then became the professor of...