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Walter Gropius & Adolf Meyer-
Fagus Factory, Leine, Germany,
1925,…
Walter Gropius & Adolf Meyer-
Fagus Factory, Leine, Germany,
1925
About the building
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Both Gropius and Meyer had worked on the AEG Turbine factory. The. Fagus building can be seen as an inversion of the AEG turbine factory.
The Fagus building is a 40-meter high, dark brick base that projects from the facade by 4 meters.
Werner's intended layout for the individual buildings within the complex was carried out; greater uniformity and coherence were achieved, however, through Gropius and Meyer's reductionism in form, material, and color.
Similarities in the buildings: The first one is the use of floor-to-ceiling glass windows on steel frames that go around the corners of the buildings without a visible (most of the time without any) structural support. The other unifying element is the use of brick. All buildings have a base of about 40 cm of black brick and the rest is built of yellow bricks. The combined effect is a feeling of lightness or as Gropius called it "etherealization". In order to enhance this feeling of lightness, Gropius and Meyer used a series of optical refinements like greater horizontal than vertical elements on the windows, longer windows on the corners and taller windows on the last floor.
The Fagus factory in Alfeld illustrates a moment of considerable interchange between different generations of German, European and North American architects, which gave rise to a rational and modernist architecture. It was a site of synthesis of these influences, which were technical, artistic and humanistic; it went on to influence many other architectural works; it was the starting point of the Bauhaus movement.
About the background
The 1920s were a difficult and unstable time for Germany. As well as having to come to terms with the Treaty of Versailles’ punishments, it was a time of invasion, economic decline, putsches (rebellions) but also a huge growth in cultural freedoms and political rights. Given the vast changes and improvements towards the end of the 1920s it is sometimes referred to as Germany’s Golden Age
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Munich Putsch
• In 1923 Germany was having economic problems and many German’s were angry and frustrated with the Government. This led to some rebellions taking place.
• Adolf Hitler and a group of followers tried to launch a rebellion in the city of Munich by storming a local government meeting and demanding power.
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16 Nazis were killed, and the rebellion ended in defeat.
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Bauhaus movement
• The Bauhaus Movement was a group of designers, artists and architects that produced exciting new designs and buildings.
• The first exhibition attracted 15,000 visitors and received interest from all over the world, highlighting Germany as a cultural leader.
• These new designs moved away from the old, traditional designs and styles of Germany which some liked, but others rejected.
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What materials were used in making the Fagus Factory and how they are different from the other buildings in those time.
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Berlin, la cité des millions- Documentary
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Gropius House, Massachusetts
9 Storey house unit, Berlin
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