Museum of Design
Berlin
Klingelhoeferstrasse 14, 10785
030 25400210 FAX 030 25400210
WEB
More than just function
dal 25/10/2001 al 11/3/2001
030 2540020 FAX 030 25400210
WEB
Segnalato da

Barbel Mees



 
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25/10/2001

More than just function

Museum of Design, Berlin

Mies van der Rohe and the Bauhaus 1930-1933. The exhibition will document this phase of the Bauhaus from 1930-1933 with items from all courses; it will show the differences to the preceding decade and illustrate the time with materials as various as press clippings and photographs. In the center of focus will be the large-size drawings from the architecture classes with their exquisite presentation technique.


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Mies van der Rohe in the early 1930s

"I don't want jam, not workshops and school, just school" - this is how Mies van der Rohe outlined his concept for the Bauhaus when he was appointed its director in 1930. Everything not directly connected with this educational goal was set back; the main emphasis - which until then consisted mainly of the teaching of a methodical approach - now became strictly object-focussed. The rapidly political and economical changing of the depression of the early thirties also contributed to the changes at the school. Nevertheless Mies remained faithful to the original goal of the Bauhaus: to design the "great building" in all its details.

The exchange of the directors was more than a simple change in the management, it meant the restructuring of the school, including a shortened curriculum and a focus on the teaching of architecture. This came in two parts, the first consisted of studies of building types, especially the small dwelling, and city planning under Ludwig Hilberseimer, the other being a seminar directed by Mies himself. He developed the "Hofhaus" ("courthouse") especially for his classes as a teaching tool, which should train his students in the understanding of material, space and nature - his prerequisites of any architecture. These houses should do more than just "function", the aesthetic aspects of their overall composition were equally important.

The exhibition will document this phase of the Bauhaus from 1930-1933 with items from all courses; it will show the differences to the preceding decade and illustrate the time with materials as various as press clippings and photographs. In the center of focus will be the large-size drawings from the architecture classes with their exquisite presentation technique.

A catalogue, 64pp., profusely illustrated, will accompany this exhibition.

Photo: Conversion of the former telephone factory in Berlin-Steglitz into Bauhaus, Berlin Mies van der Rohe shows students how to lay bricks Photo Pius Pahl, 1932

"More than just function" Mies van der Rohe and the Bauhaus 1930-1933

Duration:
26 October 2001 to 11 March 2002

Opening times:
daily, except on Tuesdays, 10 am - 5 pm

Location:
Bauhaus - Archiv / Museum of Design Klingelhöferstraße 14, 10785 Berlin (Tiergarten) Phone: 030 - 25 40 02 0 Fax: 030 - 25 40 02 10 Infoline: 030 - 25 40 02 78

Public relations: Bärbel Mees

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More than just function
dal 25/10/2001 al 11/3/2001

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