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HANNES MEYER |
 Meyer's
role in the Bauhaus has long been minimized. Especially Gropius
falsified Meyer's contribution until the end of his life. It is only
recently that Meyer's work is once again put into proper perspective. Meyer was a
Communist who politicized the School, much to Gropius' and Mies'
dismay. Eventually, increasingly active Communist students made Dessau's municipal
government afraid of losing votes which led to Meyer's dismissal.
You can read more about it in this essay that includes mention of Meyer's role opposite Mies and Gropius and the trio's political battles. Comrades and Citizens: Hannes Meyer, Ludwig Hilberseimer, and K. Michael Hays. (By Claire Zimmerman, CUNY Graduate Center.) |
 German
Trade Union School (in German, but mainly pictures)
This is a complex of buildings Meyer built in 1930. It is considered Meyer's most important project during his Bauhaus time. Located at the outskirts of Berlin, Germany, the buildings, located in former East-Berlin, are only now on the historic register. Plans for the school's rehabilitation have not yet been finalized. For now, one of the former teacher's apartments houses a small exhibition. The complex is famous for the glass corridor that connects different buildings, such as dormitories and classrooms. Everything in the interior of the buildings was designed in the Bauhaus Workshops. |
| Project List
- an excellent German architectural database, with a list of
projects and references. |
| Books |
 Modernism
and the Posthumanist Subject: The Architecture of Hannes Meyer and Ludwig
Hilberseimer (MIT
Press reprint ed., 1995) |
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