Post 2: The Bauhaus

One school of design that we talked in class was about Le Bauhaus that was built in Germany by Walter Gropius in 1926. I think that this building is very interesting from the exterior because of all the glass material it contains and the entire steal that surrounds the glass to provide "firmitas" (firmness) which is one of the 3 principles from Marcus Vitruvius. I like how this texture of the building was made for an intention, which was so that everything from the inside would be reflected from the outside, so that the sun can provide natural light to the building. The people would be able to see what the students inside are doing and that to me seemed very important because the students are able to show the world what it is that they are doing and be proud of it.

Although the building itself from its exterior is nice, I don’t find the building  “the perfect fit” for the arts school that it is. What I mean by “the perfect fit” is that the building is made up of mostly glass and steal and is superficial. I would expect the building to be mostly sculptural because it’s an arts school where arts and color and architecture should be combined and I didn’t see much color or artistic in it but would think the school would look nicer if those things would be added.

  Overall, the school is useful for its purpose but I don’t think that it represents its purpose because I don’t believe that it has any venustas (beauty) in the building-inside and outside.