'Bauhaus' the 'Building House'

'Bauhaus' the 'Building House'


 Bauhaus Movement
Bauhaus was one more the most significant and definitive design movement of the modern age, reaching its peak between of World War I and World War II. The term Bauhaus, derived from the German 'Bauen Haus' which literally means 'Building House' or 'School of Building'.
'Art itself cannot be taught, but craftsmanship can. Architects, painters, sculptors are all craftsmen in the original sense of world' - Walter Gropius'
Back then, European art academies taught each design subject respectively. The Bauhaus, however, was a new kind of school which challenged the past, offered foundation training in many art and design disciplines. Walter Gropius, the founder of Bauhaus, believe in variety and promote the integration of all branched of the crafts which Gropius think it should be the fundamental requirements for all artistic creativity. Understanding mass production was part of the curriculum and the school sought to develop students who could unify art with craft while embracing new technology.

 Bauhaus thinkers believed the world needed to be fundamentally re-thought. They advocate the idea of minimalism where unnecessary ornamentation was eliminated and they believe that good design is essential to simplicity geometric purity. The Bauhaus movement delivered great impact on design and architecture at the international level, as well as revolutionized education concept of design schools as a means of imparting an integrated design approach where 'form follow function'. 
The Wassily Chair designed by Marcel Breuer

One of the best known icons of Bauhaus design is the cantilevered chair. Designed by someone named Breuer, it was inspired by the steel tubes of his bicycle, and ultimately led to the first lightweight, mass-produced metal chair. Despite his success, Breuer concluded that eventually chairs would become obsolete and everyone would soon be sitting on supportive column of air.

 Bauhaus was all about innovation and inspiration. Nowadays, Bauhaus influences can be seen everywhere, from road signs and graphic design, to big windows and even bigger buildings. In architecture, the international style, as it became known, influenced skylines the world over. Bauhaus was about idea, reform, exploration and vitality. It is about making more tidy sense of the rapidly evolving world around us, and giving us more cool stuff for our apartments. How Bauhaus is your house?