The Bauhaus in Weimar. Students (and Female Students) in Search of a Common Goal: Architecture

Abstract

The Bauhaus was created in 1919 in a brand new government which looked for a rapprochement between the people and university elites. A new, modern and democratic perspective where the ideals of collectivism and individualism come together to serve the same cause: architecture, total construction. Previous studies were not necessary to access the Bauhaus, students just needed a artistic predisposition. The Weimar period, subject of the article, lasted until 1925, year in which they were expelled and ended up finding a new headquarters in Dessau. The school appealed especially to young people willing to learn and in need of change. For women marked a double jump, to acquire a profession and feel equal to their peers. Its founder, Walter Gropius, wanted to combine artistic creation of standardized design prototypes looking for a common goal around the architecture. Under the slogan “art and industry, a new unit,” an exhibition from 15 August to 30 September 1923 where the pilot house called “Haus am Horn”, executed and organized by all the school’s workshops and in which some female students were able to demonstrate his extraordinary talent.