Tag: bauhaus

Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld

a meeting of purpose and the Fagus-Werk

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three exceptional persons met in time and place in Alfeld, Lower Saxony in 1910 to create and build a dream; the Fagus-Werk. In one side the experienced 52 years old Carl Benscheidt believed that people’s feet deserved healthier shoes, in the other side Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer on their late twenties believed that architecture must and can enlighten the job of people and organisations. These people seemed to me as leaving reasons of profit aside and focusing on better health for everyone, and enlightment for the those who will design and produce the lasts to make the shoes.

Being within these Bauhaus styled premises, one feels that economical success is a consecuence rather than the motive of this project that emerged from these three outstanding persons together and ultimately brought better feet health to mankind.

Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld
Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld
Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld
Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld
Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld, stairways to the offices
Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld, stairways to the offices
Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld
Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld
Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld
Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld
Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld
Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld
Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld
Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld
Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld
Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld
Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld
Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld, register of lasts
Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld, register of lasts
Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld
Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld, old machinery for lasts
Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld, register of lasts
Fagus Werk, Walter Gropius, Alfeld
The unmistakeable Bauhaus styled housing settlement Georgsgarten in Celle.

Celle and suddenly Bauhaus

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Landmarks of Bauhaus architecture and lifestyle mix with the traditional timber framed houses of the old city center in Celle, Lower Saxony.

The principal’s villa was about to be demolished to extend a parking building. Now turned into a museum.

The principal's villa that was about to be demolished to extend a parking building.
The principal's villa that was about to be demolished to extend a parking building.
The principal's villa that was about to be demolished to extend a parking building.
The principal's villa that was about to be demolished to extend a parking building.
The principal's villa that was about to be demolished to extend a parking building.
The principal's villa that was about to be demolished to extend a parking building.
The principal's villa that was about to be demolished to extend a parking building.
The principal's villa that was about to be demolished to extend a parking building.
The principal's villa that was about to be demolished to extend a parking building.
The principal's villa that was about to be demolished to extend a parking building.
The principal's villa that was about to be demolished to extend a parking building.

The first attempts to use color in housing facades at the “Italian Garden” houses. Nearby the central services house at the Blumläger Feld that shows the attempts in the 30’s to provide affordable housing at the lowest cost and the Otto Haesler Museum, and details of the preserved Kitchen at one of the workers houses.

Closing the day in late afternoon in the streets of the old town in Celle and yet a Bauhaus styled Cafe.

The first attempts to use color in housing facades at the "Italian Garden" houses.
The first attempts to use color in housing facades at the "Italian Garden" houses.
The first attempts to use color in housing facades at the "Italian Garden" houses.
The unmistakeable Bauhaus styled housing settlement Georgsgarten in Celle.
The central services house at the Blumläger Feld that shows the attempts in the 30's to provide affordable housing at the lowest cost.
The central services house at the Blumläger Feld that shows the attempts in the 30's to provide affordable housing at the lowest cost.
The central services house at the Blumläger Feld that shows the attempts in the 30's to provide affordable housing at the lowest cost.
The central services house at the Blumläger Feld that shows the attempts in the 30's to provide affordable housing at the lowest cost.
The central services house at the Blumläger Feld that shows the attempts in the 30's to provide affordable housing at the lowest cost.
The central services house at the Blumläger Feld that shows the attempts in the 30's to provide affordable housing at the lowest cost.
The central services house at the Blumläger Feld that shows the attempts in the 30's to provide affordable housing at the lowest cost.
The Otto Haesler Museum, and details of the preserved Kitchen at one of the workers houses.
The Otto Haesler Museum, and details of the preserved Kitchen at one of the workers houses.
The Otto Haesler Museum, and details of the preserved Kitchen at one of the workers houses.
The Otto Haesler Museum, and details of the preserved Kitchen at one of the workers houses.
The Otto Haesler Museum, and details of the preserved Kitchen at one of the workers houses.
The Otto Haesler Museum, and details of the preserved Kitchen at one of the workers houses.
The Otto Haesler Museum, and details of the preserved Kitchen at one of the workers houses.
The Otto Haesler Museum, and details of the preserved Kitchen at one of the workers houses.
The Otto Haesler Museum, and details of the preserved Kitchen at one of the workers houses.
The Otto Haesler Museum, and details of the preserved Kitchen at one of the workers houses.
A late afternoon closure to the day in the streets of the old town in Celle and yet a Bauhaus styled Cafe.
A late afternoon closure to the day in the streets of the old town in Celle and yet a Bauhaus styled Cafe.