Dessau — City Notes — Reading the City

Städtebauhaus

Yes, even Berlin--population 4 million in 1925--appears on an outside circle of Dessau--population 70,000 the same year.

UrbanismGabriel FeldMay 1, 2019Dessau, Germany, Europe, BerlinComment

The Bauhaus in Dessau (random musings 1)

When Fritz Hesse, the liberal mayor of the city, invited Gropius to move the Bauhaus to Dessau, he sweetened the deal with the funds for a new building.

UrbanismGabriel FeldMay 1, 2019Dessau, Germany, EuropeComment

The Bauhaus in Dessau (random musings 2)

The comparison may be a little funny but, in a similar vein, when Walter Gropius moves the Bauhaus to Dessau in the mid 1920s, he seems to make every effort to bring with him a lot of Weimar.

UrbanismGabriel FeldMay 1, 2019Dessau, Germany, EuropeComment

The Bauhaus in Dessau (random musings 3)

Which one is the front façade of the Bauhaus?

UrbanismGabriel FeldMay 1, 2019Dessau, Germany, EuropeComment