The Bauhaus

The Bauhaus geographically and historically emerged in a key moment of thetwentieth century, determined, no doubt, our present. Wasborn at the crossroads between the two World Wars,reflected the great changes toward modernity.

If in the beginning looked to the craft, later foundin industrial production the best way tobe faithful to its time, seeing in the serial production a social commitment. Underpressure, an exceptional witness the rise of Nazism, the Bauhaus was closed and its members finally wereforced to emigrate from Germany before World War II.

Architecture and interior design, examples.

 Homes for students. University of Burgundy, Dijon, 1990

Tendency to the rationalization of construction processes. The validity of the cube as constructive solution. Basic geometry. Town planning. The concept of 'module', inseparable from that set and repetition, with the Bauhaus acquired a new significance.

Residential Complex in Rotherbaum, Hamburg, 1993

The white, the large windows,  the simple pilotes, non cornices and any type of ornament, are evidence of the current termof the constructive principles of the Bauhaus.

Model of paper, 80 x 90 cm, made in 1928 by astudent at the Bauhaus. Torres Blancas, Madrid, 1968.Sáenz de Oíza.


Constructive utopia,has been renovated in many city-tower projects. Social proposals and technical solutions.

Functional design, and synthetic, promoted by the Bauhaus had a new echo, especially in the genre of science fiction.

Others

Art and design context_timeline 20th.

Activity1 

.What is the relevance of studying the histories of art and design or media and culture?

.What is the relevance of studying the context in which creative artefacts are produced?

.Howis this relevant to your own practice?

This allows to be aware of the fundamentals and factors at each stage motivated to express themselves  indifferent ways  as a result of psycho-social context and political culture that gave rise to each art form. The knowledge of each stage allows us to develop critical thinking and objective about the expression in each case,and manage as a possible toolfor communication in design.

Theart can only be fully understood in its time, each piece of art is only meaningful in the time when it was done.

These will allow us to appreciate each advance, each discovery,each different expression as fundamental step that made possible the evolution of the material, graphic sand communications available to date.

Activity 2

.Does human action and behaviour shape technology?

Or does technology shape human action and behaviour?

What came first the chicken or the egg?

."Unconsciousness," wonderful, is the common denominator of cultures of ancient history,fully before the intellectualize of what was being done andthe discovery of material or economic values ​​ofthis.

.Man has always had the need to communicate with others (person sand gods), exchange information display, capture an ideas, concepts, ideologies,or just interact. Throughout our history the ways of communication have developed, changed and evolved and there have been various means by which to communicate.