Heike Hanada completes New Bauhaus Museum Weimar
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Weimar, the birthplace of the revolutionary design school The Staatliches Bauhaus now houses the new Bauhaus Museum Weimar designed by the German architect Heike Hanada. The museum was opened to the public earlier this month to coincide with the 100th anniverHeike Hanada completes New Bauhaus Museum Weimar
Weimar, the birthplace of the revolutionary design school The Staatliches Bauhaus now houses the new Bauhaus Museum Weimar designed by the German architect Heike Hanada. The museum was opened to the public earlier this month to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus School.According to the dezeen report, the museum is a minimalist, white cube-shaped structure — and home to some of the most prized and informative displays from the world’s oldest known Bauhaus collection. The museum spans five stories and has around 2,000 sqm of exhibition space. A dramatic, cascading staircase connects different levels, and a specially designed lighting illuminates the building’s facade at night.“The role of the museum is defined by its responsibility as a public space in the city,” said architect Heike Hanada. “With elements such as plinths, fasciae, portals, stairways, and a terrace to the park, the architecture incorporates classical themes that underscore its public character.”The Staatliches Bauhaus, commonly known as the Bauhaus School, was a school of Modernist design founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius and developed further in Dessau. The School was functional only for 14 years due to suppression by the Nazis in 1933; but even within those few years, it became one of the most influential art movements of the 20th-century. Its emphasis on functional design and modern architecture sparked innovative works in architecture, design, dance, theater, and more.The starting point of the new Bauhaus Museum Weimar is the historical collections from the Klassik Stiftung Weimar that illuminates the prehistory, history, and after-effects of the Bauhaus School. The gallery on the first floor is dedicated to the school’s origins in Weimar and “the Bauhaus manifesto that Walter Gropius wrote in 1919.” The second floor showcases objects that show how these ideas were implemented. On the top floor, there are galleries dedicated to each of the Bauhaus directors — Gropius, Hannes Meyer, and Mies van der Rohe. https://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more