After successfully convincing Benscheidt of the value of his approach and that the factory should be planned as an artistic project, he was commissioned in May 1911 to assist with the project. Industrial architect Eduard Werner was already designing a series of buildings, renovations, and additions for the Fagus Factory. Many branches of the Meyer(s) family trace their origins to ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. Le Corbusier, Vers une architecture, Paris: G. Crès et Cie, 1923, 230 pp. As the design was already well underway, Gropius and his collaborator Adolf Meyer adhered to Werner's floor plans and focused on the exterior and interior design of the project. The most innovative feature of the building is the fully glazed exterior corners, which are free of structural elements. Walter Adolph Gropius (Berlino, 18 maggio 1883 – Boston, 5 luglio 1969) è stato un architetto, designer, urbanista e accademico tedesco. Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users. [citation needed], In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:248) in the following states:[2], This article is about the surname and a list of people with the surname. “Each age demands its own form,” the Bauhaus architect Hannes Meyer wrote in his 1926 essay, “The New World.” “Ideally and in its elementary design our house is a living machine.” As the design was already well underway, Gropius and his collaborator Adolf Meyer adhered to Werner's floor plans and focused on the exterior and … Zahlreiche Lehrkräfte verließen daraufhin das Bauhaus, darunter der Architekt Adolf Meyer, der zum Projekt Neues Frankfurt ging, und der Grafiker Karl Peter Röhl, der an die Frankfurter Städelschule wechselte. Am Ausbau und der Einrichtung sind die Werkstätten für Holzbildhauerei, Wandmalerei, Glasmalerei, Tischlerei, Weberei und die Metallwerkstatt beteiligt. Bauhaus grundades av Walter Gropius i Weimar år 1919. The most architecturally-significant aspect of Gropius’ contribution to the project is the office building. 1925 bis 1932 – Dessau [1] The name can also be derived from the German word "meiger", meaning "Mayor"; the name likely traces its origins to a wealthy landholder. Gropius formally expressed his design ideals during a lecture at the Folkwang Museum in April 1911. Gropius explained to Benscheidt that Werner’s design would not provide his factory with the progressive image that Benscheidt had wanted. Gropius emphasized the social aspect to architectural design, suggesting that improving working conditions through increased daylight, fresh air, and hygiene would lead to a greater satisfaction of workers, and therefore, increase overall production. Design elements of the factory, such as its simple geometric forms, generous use of glazing, and perceived weightlessness, became inseparable from the vocabulary of Modernism and remain common principles in contemporary construction. Hierbei wird erstmals versucht, die angestrebte Einheit der Künste am Bau zu verwirklichen. The Bauhaus was many things, ... Adolf Hitler’s paramilitary organization. È stato uno dei fondatori del Bauhaus.Assieme a Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto e Ludwig Mies van der Rohe è ricordato come uno dei maestri del Movimento Moderno in architettura.. GreCon, Hannoversche Straße 58, 31061 Alfeld, Germany. Following his work on the Fagus Factory, Walter Gropius continued designing progressive industrial buildings, and in 1919 established the Bauhaus. The surname Meyer is an occupational-heredity surname that can be derived from the Old English name "Maire", meaning "Mayor", or an officer in charge of legal matters. This article was originally published on March 28, 2015. La Nouvelle Objectivité (traduction de l'allemand Neue Sachlichkeit) est le nom souvent donné à l'Architecture moderne qui a émergé en Europe, germanophone dans un premier temps, dans les années 1920 et 1930. The commission provided Gropius with the opportunity to put his revolutionary ideas into practice, and the stunning rectilinear volume with its primarily glazed façade would guide the course of Modernism through the coming decades. [1]A escola foi fundada por Walter Gropius em 12 de Abril de 1919, a partir da reunião da Escola do Grão-Duque … As of 2014, 41.3% of all known bearers of the surname Meyer were residents of Germany (frequency 1:248), 26.7% of the United States (1:1,727), 11.6% of South Africa (1:592), 7.6% of France (1:1,113), 3.4% of Switzerland (1:310), 1.4% of Brazil (1:18,806) and 1.0% of Canada (1:4,620). In his lecture, ‘Monumental Art and Industrial Construction’, he explained that train stations, departments stores, and factories should no longer be built like those from previous decades and needed to evolve to suit changing societal and cultural dynamics. For other uses, see, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meyer_(surname)&oldid=1005735745, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2019, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 9 February 2021, at 04:51. A series of brick piers suspend iron frames between that supports glass inserts. As a result of his prolific career devoted to the Modern Movement, Walter Gropius is considered to be one of the most important pioneers of Modernism. The surname Meyer is an English, Dutch, German, and Jewish surname. Fagusfabriek van Walter Gropius en Adolf Meyer (Alfeld an der Leine, 1911-1913) Ontwerp glazen wolkenkrabber van Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1920-1921) Het Witte Dorp van J.J.P. The exterior design of the office building effectively demonstrated Gropius’ ambition to improve interior conditions while exposing contemporary construction techniques as an architectural image. The Fagus Factory is a complex with many buildings, which contain various functions such as manufacturing, storage, and offices, and Gropius felt it was important to design an exterior design aesthetic that could be applied to various structures. Instead, Gropius felt that exterior design should reveal the construction logic of a building. The New Objectivity (a translation of the German Neue Sachlichkeit, sometimes also translated as New Sobriety) is a name often given to the Modern architecture that emerged in Europe, primarily German-speaking Europe, in the 1920s and 30s.It is also frequently called Neues Bauen (New Building).The New Objectivity remodeled many German cities in this period. It would become his mandate to discover artistic solutions of constructing industrial buildings in a variety of contexts. Before working on the Fagus Factory, Gropius was working under Peter Behrens, the architect who designed the AEG turbine building. Instead of conventional load-bearing exterior walls, Gropius had made the bold and innovative decision to place reinforced concrete columns inside the building to free the façade. Das Bauhaus Dessau, auch Bauhausgebäude Dessau, ist ein Gebäudekomplex in Dessau-Roßlau.Das Gebäude entstand von 1925 bis 1926 nach Plänen von Walter Gropius als Schulgebäude für die Kunst-, Design- und Architekturschule Bauhaus.Der Bau selbst und die in unmittelbarer Nähe errichteten Meisterhäuser begründeten den Ruf des Bauhauses als „Ikone der Moderne“. Walter Gropius (18 mai 1883 à Berlin – 5 juillet 1969 à Boston, États-Unis) est un architecte, designer et urbaniste allemand, naturalisé américain en 1944. Casa de los maestros en Dessau. Many branches of the Meyer(s) family trace their origins to ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. While Behrens introduced a sense of nobility to industrial architecture with the AEG building, Gropius was critical of the project and felt that it lacked authenticity with regards to the exterior design masking its construction elements. (French) A collection of articles written for the avant-garde magazine L'Esprit Nouveau he co-edited. Walter Gropius var skolans rektor 1919–1928; därefter var Adolf Meyer, Hannes Meyer och Ludwig Mies van der Rohe rektorer. A Staatliches Bauhaus, comummente conhecida como Bauhaus, foi uma escola de arte vanguardista na Alemanha.A Bauhaus foi uma das maiores e mais importantes expressões do que é chamado Modernismo no design e na arquitetura, sendo a primeira escola de design do mundo. Metal panels were placed within the iron frame to conceal the floor slabs behind. Unlike the other buildings, this flat-roof, three-story building features a façade that is comprised of more glass than brick. Shortly after his lecture, Gropius met with Carl Benscheidt, the owner of the Fagus Factory. Located in Alfeld, Germany, Benscheidt’s factory, which produced wooden ‘lasts’ for the manufacturing of boots, was in the process of an ambitious expansion project. Among German Jews, the surname "Meyer" can sometimes be converged with the similar sounding Hebrew name "Meir", which means "one who shines" in Hebrew. The surname Meyer is an English, Dutch, German, and Jewish surname. Image Courtesy of Wikimedia user … The use of brick — more specifically, a 40-centimeter high, dark brick base which projects 4-centimeters from the facade — can be seen repeatedly throughout the complex. Fagus Factory / Walter Gropius + Adolf Meyer; De Stijl. ... 1911/1912: nueva construcción de la fábrica Fagus en Alfeld por Walter Gropius y Adolf Meyer en una fotografía de Edmund Lill. Walter Gropius llamó a la nueva escuela Staatliches Bauhaus. ArchDaily 2008-2021. The most famous masters and lecturers at the Bauhaus were Hannes Meyer, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Josef Albers, Anni Albers, Herbert Bayer, Alfred Arndt, Marlene Brandt, Otti Berger, Friedrich Engemann, Marcel Breuer, Carl Fieger, Lyonel Feininger, Johannes Itten, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Adolf Meyer and others. To read the stories behind other celebrated architecture projects, visit our AD Classics section. AD Classics: Fagus Factory / Walter Gropius + Adolf Meyer, © All rights reserved. The Fagus Factory was architecturally completed in 1911, though the interiors were not completed until 1925. The surname Meyer is an occupational-heredity surname that can be derived from the Old English name "Maire", meaning "Mayor", or an … The Bauhaus Building was designed by Gropius himself and remains his best known work of architecture. Reference: Lupfer, G., and Sigel, P. Gropius (Cologne: Taschen, 2005). All images are © each office/photographer mentioned. Although both of the German architects were very interested in industrial architecture, their design philosophy differed. You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! The Fagus Factory is one of the earliest built works of modern architecture, and the first project of Walter Gropius. There are various names that are connected by cognation in many instances (albeit not all), such as Myer, Meyr, Meier, Meijer, Mayer, Maier, Mayr, and Mair). It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011 for its early influence on the development of modern architecture. Skolan flyttades 1925 till Dessau och 1932 skedde en ny flytt till Berlin innan nazisterna tvingade den att stänga. Hannes Meyer removed when it became evident that he was allowing communist elements to thrive in the student populace. Gropius und Adolf Meyer bauen das expressionistische Haus Sommerfeld in Berlin. Save this picture! These are the theories that would guide his design of the Fagus Factory. Construcción de fachada circular en el Großen Tiergarten, Berlín. Café L’Aubette/ Theo van Doesburg.

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