ARCH 3313.D05:  Modern Architecture

Assignment 3:  Summary

Walter Gropius, “Programme of the Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar” and “Address to the Bauhaus Students”

Read the following two assigned readings:

Walter Gropius, “Programme of the Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar” (1919), in Programs and Manifestoes on 20th-Century Architecture, edited by Ulrich Conrads, rev. ed. (Cambridge, MA:  The MIT Press, 1970), 49-53.

Walter Gropius, “Address to the Bauhaus Students” (July 1919), in Form and Function:  A source book for the History of Architecture and Design, 1890-1939, edited by Tim and Charlotte Benton (London, 1975), 79-80.

In two to three pages, write a clear and succinct summary of Walter Gropius’ intentions for the Bauhaus school, as expressed in both readings (in Gropius’ program for the school’s curriculum and in his address to the new students).

Try to place the ideas into your own words, and do not rely upon quoting the text (only do so sparingly).  But remember, you still must cite all ideas from the text with in-line citations.