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Axonometric drawing of the Residential buildings at Törten by Walter Gropius and Building department of Bauhaus, 1927
Masters' House Kandinsky-Klee from North-West, architect Walter Gropius, 1926
Photo by Lucia Moholy © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Törten Housing Estate
or Dessau, Gropius designed three structures in total: the school itself, a residence for faculty, and a workers’ village, Toerten. The latter was considered by Dessau authorities as a model for further planned development in the city. Gropius’ “languages” for the three are quite different: ascetic-grand for the school, imposing and strictly ordered for the residence, and almost crudely simple for Dessau-Toerten.
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The cover of the Sovremennaia Arkhitektura (Contemporary Architecture) magazine, 1926
Vkhutemas metalworking factory
he Constructivists began publishing a journal, Sovremennaia Arkhitektura (Contemporary Architecture), showcasing Constructivist work as well as articles by opponents and articles about the avant-garde in other countries, including the Bauhaus.