La bauhaus, de dessau a ulm: Ensayos sobre el espacio docente de alto rendimiento

Abstract

In reviewing the Bauhaus, from its consolidation and its climax in Dessau, there is a need to formulate a more lengthy observation of this architecture and to recognize how the building was used as a didactic instrument. Histories may be revised, but they consistently recognize the Dessau building as an exemplary work. Discrepancies with Gropius's idea of architecture are seen through the work of Hannes Meyer and the link is found with the experience of the Holtschule für Gestaltum (HfG-School of Design) in Ulm. This school was devised and executed by Max Bill in support of an educational project, undertaken in 1950, that tried to reanimate the spirit of the Bauhaus in Germany, which had been cut short by World War II. The Ulm school started operations in 1955 when the building was constructed. Within a few years, the controversy between artists and technicians caused the departure of Max Bill in 1957. With great difficulty, the HfG survived until 1968. The building has survived.