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symbol of renewed hope and recovered vitality, as situated amidst century-old buildings which are remnants of the Holocaust times, along the outskirts on the inauguration day, the impression left by the architecture especially the lights illuminating the building was unforgettable because it formed invisible cubes, geometric figures of planes as these gridwalls were penetrated by spotlights Walter Gropius architect and director Bauhaus the art of building the original school had no particular architectural merit, which eventually lost its place when it was shut down by an elected politician. Henceforth, the liberal government of Dessau allotted funds for the new construction of the school.The city in itself with its population is an important industrial center. Its location in Dessau is perfect for the joining of aesthetics and industry. The land chosen was isolated. Yet Gropius designed it according to the needs of the school being both architect and client. bauhaus movement reconcile art and crafts to create a new industrial aesthetics which now came to be known as Design every discipline mobilized Parts: 1. Higher Academy for the Arts Workshop Center ; bare and free to expand; the triumph of architecture is evident inside and outside this element 2. Administrative Department center of building, higher (raised); connect two schools workshops and technical school; the bridge was among the first ideas in his sketch; 2-story housing the most prized workshop in the school architecture workshop; cubist idea; interpenetration of space; 3. Collective Area Theater and Refractory ; where teachers and students meet; performance, leisure;the facade is an interplay of glass and concrete a protected and private area different from work areas 4. Studio Accommodation for Students housing for students; highest section of the building; small room extensions providing a feeling of additional and space and allowing light and shadows; black and white and walls of glass 5. Housing for Teachers 6. Technical School for Young Apprentices no grandiose walls; more private for the students; walls and corners breaking up work areas; less prestigious architecture than other elements each are has coherence and specific design. Incomprehensible at first thru its meaning, motion and form. It can be understood looking at its bird's eye view. It showed modern architecture in its entirety. Gropius gesture on aerial views using planes suggest that seeing from a higher pedestal would be the trend in time. Seeing it isn't enough. It must be experienced by walking through it passageways to understand its meaning, its functionality in every element. It requires movement, not just angles, to be understood. A rocky pedestrian leads the visitors towards its unlikely entrance. Vast surfaces, distant heights according to the needs of the elements of the school. Orientation of the building orient it such that the sun and summer would awaken the young students;first duty towards harmonious relationship of nature and ideal a new world. Main parallel of workshop between east and west, the sunlight flooding the workshops all day. The technical school would receive the rays of the sunset at the end of the day impressing a one final facade of shadow.

Problems encountered though are the heat and cold because of too much bareness of the building, causing them to use curtains and destroying thus the transparency of the workshop buildings. At winter, the steel at the windows would rust that over the years it would have to be replaced with aluminum. Safety elements diminish the original elements of the facade. A facade seemingly a glass curtain was Gropius' eventual solution, unifying still with his original facade. Modern industrial technology was used to make this possible. The surface was then built totally of glass Amerika as inspiration building itself up at the start of the 20th century. Germany had a lead in the field of industrial architecture. One of the most controversial architecture in Europe. A practical project intended to show rationale in this idea. Four pillars allowing surfaces to topple one after another providing for possible extensions up. All the different areas communicate with each other. Staircases are vast and luminous. Movement, encounters, confrontations of and between students and teachers, areas and disciplines. Everythiong is fundtional even the flat roofs meeting places and terraces. No bolts needed, all metalwork revealed, raw material exposed. What is usually hidden must be visible. Door handles and light switches functions and natural constraints determined shape, technique and kind. Separate housing for teachers several yards from the school separate houses isolated due to superior status solo architecture looking like show apartments. Observation discovery invention intuition artistic shape to our environment at present, the bauhaus is preserved as a world heritage site as school and as museum.