Bauhaus and Brutalism

Let's analyse what Bauhaus was first?

The simple fact that I'm posting this online as an academic blog can be credited to the Bauhaus "School of construction" that combined crafts and fine arts. The Bauhaus movement started the format we study in today, at design schools. It influenced every art industry between 1919 and 1933 but its teachings last till today as modern architecture and design was highly influenced by this style. Founded by the Walter Gropius at Weimar, Germany, the school was later headed by Hannes Meyer at Dessau and lastly by Mies Van Der Rohe in Berlin.

Bauhaus and Brutalism:

Bauhaus-

[In 1919, Germany was collapsing after a crushing war. Architect Walter Gropius was appointed to head a new institution that would help rebuild the country and form new social order called the Bauhaus, the institution called for a new "rational" social housing for the workers. Bauhaus architects rejected "bourgeois" details such as cornices, eaves and decorative details. They wanted to use principles of classical architecture in their most pure form: without ornamentation of any kind.

Bauhaus buildings have flat roofs, smooth facades and cubic shapes. Colours are white, grey, beige or black. Floor plans are open and furniture is functional.] ⁽¹⁾

Brutalism-

[As discussed earlier Brutalism is mainly about displaying a building to its core by showing of the the texture of the wooden forms used for the in-situ casting usually formed with striking repetitive angular geometries and experimenting with how concrete can be shaped to its limits. Although there's a difference between the two styles in this sense, Brutalism was a style focused on public housing in post war environment with a touch of progression where functionality played an important role and form was a necessity with changing times.

The fact remains that modernism, brutalism are sub branches of the Bauhaus style as key members from this period played an important role for these new styles to be born.] ⁽²⁾

Reference:

(1) http://architecture.about.com/od/20thcenturytrends/ig/Modern-Architecture/Bauhaus.htm

(2) http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/portfolio/azrul/html/prac1.html