You know what teeth holistic aesthetic that. Freethinking. Honest theres a new vite credit card fast. Sherman that is about house. After 100 years the ideals of the bomb house are more relevant today than they were than the spa holes for 100 years ago about house reimagined the future of the event how will we learn. Something else in fact the bell house influence is everywhere. Oh how setanta formulate a language of design that was universal. As the honest thing is that everything has an ideal heights and ideal size and thats what optimize is its utility but not in. They want this kind of place to go where you are properly with your design everywhere when youre an artist. Bell house is a legend the brilliance of the Bauhaus School remains undiminished even today. Even though its existence was short lived it continues to shape the world we live in. New approaches to education and training architecture painting dance and design were explored and developed here. When hitler seized power and forced the school to shut down its artists architects and visionaries emigrated fanning out and spreading the bow house doctrine around the world. What became of the bell house utopia and the principle that good design can improve peoples lives. In the early 1960 s. Vantage o. P. s drew up plans for a large Housing Estate on the outskirts of berlin modern urban planning would tackle the housing shortage nearly all the new homes were earmarked for low income families. 30 years after the closure of the bauhaus the project sought to put the schools vision into action a better life for many people over moving to the copious statue is a dream there are cameras sure luncher shows them one another on a huge apartment with a bathroom and everythings all running out water unbelievable i still love the cold beer stand. Your turn vice beca and hand scale meat moved into the coal ph that as soon as it was completed. Thank you i got married in 1959 and there were no apartments to be had anywhere nowadays things are easy in comparison housing was desperately needed back then one morning. When the old loans used to shine also moved here in 1900. 29 applications for apartments you got for offers including this place for you i didnt have a car but i knew there was an underground start here so i took the offer here. In 50 gulf news sites to go in the late 1950 s. And early 1960 s. Solutions to the housing crisis became more ambitious the whole most on the long. Happiness and his Architecture Firm tech the architects collaborative were tasked with drawing up a master plan of gibbet and i must stop. Even before the war the rear courtyard buildings of many tenement blocks in berlin had been torn down to make the apartments in the front lyta area new housing projects were to be built in the citys green outskirts to forge their own goal saw shocked launch off the idea of huge urban estates had already been explored on paper as a utopian vision by architects in the 1920 stop by to talk. P. S. His vision of an urban utopia was defeated by circumstances beyond his control in 1961 communist east germany built the bell in wall dividing the city into and exacerbating the housing shortage. Called p. S. Originally planned residential blocks with 14500 apartments and a maximum of 14 floors in the end there were 19000 apartments. And up to 30 floors. Gropius his original vision ended up massively compromised. The best. So he didnt want just patches of green he wanted a landscape with green flowing spaces between the buildings and in the. In his vision nature wasnt contained it was an intake all part of the new york state and was from this by this point vital p. S. Had long been living in the us because his quantum on your. Didnt have much time. For you could only be reached by phone call my oh no no he paid a visit maybe 3 times a year so. He was never in charge of the projects one year and it was more of a consultant not the godfather of the. Gropius came to berlin when the Foundation Stone was laid. But he wasnt involved with the construction and there was nothing he could do about the final result all peoples houses with him. Did everything in his power to prevent his name being attached to the project he was deeply unhappy about it there is no doubt about it at that. In after his death the whole complex was named after him which must have made him turn in his grave. By the 1980 s. That had gained a reputation as a troubled neighborhood a rundown concrete jungle with new tenants coming and going all the time and lots of derelict apartments. Or ph that frequently hit the headlines as a crime hotspot. But to use her advice becca and tan scale to meet her it was home. I love im peaceful or happy here and i didnt understand what all the bad headlines were about we didnt see it like hurt at all we lived here with our children and we liked it as a shared. Today gopi a show that is once again popular with families the area is getting screw stuff thanks to renovation work and Community Outreach projects this utopian vision of urban life is still a work in progress. Elsewhere in the world utopias a further out of reach in latin americas major cities theres a lot of room for improvement in housing and infrastructure. Many urban planners there would agree with the bauhaus principle that architects baz social responsibility. Is still only. Our work has architects and urban planners is about people. People matter to carolinas. And urban planner from meddling in colombia a city where infrastructure problems have long loomed large. Traffic cloaks the streets and spawning for bail as defined the city scape. Its nearly impossible for buses to pass through these narrow steep streets. Odd but then the city has an idea. Today 6 outdoor escalators extend 384 meters up the hill side now the 140000 residents of Community One of the citys poorest neighborhoods no longer need to make the climb by foot. Jayco because donna is well aware of how the escalators have affected the district. Im 33 and ive lived here all my life here with my mother sister and son. The escalators are a major tourist attraction a bonus for locals like j. K. Iraq but who gives guided tools of the areas best graffiti. In the past few visitors would have dead to venture into commune that reputed to be the most dangerous neighborhood of whats often called the worlds most dangerous city. In. The city. Like theres more to many friends of mine lost their lives many neighbors lots of people just disappeared it happened a lot around here but i dont. Improving peoples minds this was the vision of bow house today that nation also encompasses Infrastructure Projects like these help dont escalate. Because theres no money for this guy he has belabors themselves on even the point the point is what theyve been lifting people in the sense of community. Theyve created a sense of belonging happiness and pride in the neighborhood. Market 3 for more than 30 families with small shops live near the escalators so thanks to the escalators local businesses are doing much better because someone you love it obviously loves it it would. Follow that goes 0000000 i thought oh yes theyre real. These days consuelo gussie is shop is trying. Times used to be tough. Right getting around used to be much harder. Than some other it was very hard terrible. These are the roads werent paved. No no they werent we had streets of mud repeal of mud thats right but there were lots of houses here back then werent there. These days yes many will make a voyage and my goodness once thats right is not what i thought it was a narrow path a steep slope sometimes there be water gushing down it. It was a narrow sunken footpath you know. The escalators and the cable cars on the other side of the city that connected to the famous have attracted international attention. In 2013 many misnamed the worlds most innovative city. Cant dana see that it doesnt. Sure its a beautiful city very photogenic very friendly but there is more than one narrative of whats happened here. These Infrastructure Projects were designed to improve public transport like the cable cars but the alter your motive was to sell the city the city has responded itself but is no mark. In doing so it hasnt always put its residents needs front and center a further cable car line is under development. This together with other Infrastructure Projects has put some 600 families at risk of losing their homes. But it is the city for tourists or for those who live here. Urban planners like carolyn do what they can to ensure its for the people who live there. Mexico embraced many of the ideas 1st explored at the battle house as early as the 1920 s. And then in 1939 former bow house director hunted smiler received an invitation. He became head of the new institute for urban planning in mexico city. 7400 my there arent many buildings by meyer he spent 10 years in mexico but we dont have a single one. Nevertheless one as my influence an entire generation of mexican architects. Influenced him as i can say with absolute certainty that bell has had a huge influence on many mexican architects who still go to the mario party for example. In may he will call them my dear bunny and palin has been a major influence on me im sure that hundreds meyer had a big effect on him and his letters from we have no. Architect Tatiana Bilbao is interested in social housing. Less theres a levy in there but theyre not saying situation in mexico is very difficult theres a huge demand for housing. And the housing that is available is poor quality very rundown. She wants to build Affordable Housing that does more than just meet minimum government standards. Im interested in the structure and my idea was to design the structure for the homes that could be extended to become larger than 43 square meters because thats just too small. To meet that we wanted a flexible design that could respond to different needs and climate conditions thats one thats expandable. Said unless lets see what that means but. Shes designed a flexible prototype for a. House that can be easily reproduced much like. Gang houses indes out its intended for the very poorest members of Mexican Society and is subsidized by the government the most affordable version costs just 8000. 00. The core of each house is made of concrete block the innovation is that this can be expanded with flexible modules. The population of mexico is growing rapidly inspired by the utopian vision of the bell house bill dallas well designed homes are a progressive and creative solution to the countrys housing shortage. They were there for a matter. Maybe its naive entering the idea that architects have the potential to make a difference with. No premier but i believe we did. To me the most is a vision of the future they demonstrated what architects can do to help people in their thoughts so they will mask it and that its in that respect that identify most with the movement. In miami and. Spent 10 years in mexico. At a time when its left wing government was introducing sweeping social reforms. To this is not a skill level that the new York Attorney cheer insisted that architecture was an art form. Nobody and. They were resistant to harness meyers hardly a rationalist approach. So. What did miner accomplish work is a project he planned to build units on every corner of the us you remember this for 10 years laughs we dont have a single building here in mexico city already actually designed all stories that made you but we do have many buildings that are a testament to his influence rooms. To me you know. Film about house teaches yosef and annie ibos also helped belle house ideas spread across latin and south america. The couple traveled extensively through mexico cuba peru and chile frequently guest teaching. On the albums fell in love with mexican weaving techniques and traditional south american textiles back at black mounting college she passed on to her students what shed learned. Mexican artist and more munoz sites on the albums textiles and prints as a major influence on her work on the yucatan peninsula she founded tech a social project for my own women that marries tech and tradition. These seamstresses used to work in a textiles factory that closed down. Theyve now found new ways to use their skills. As some project localness beautiful that meant the project as collaborative and participatory the basic game is to apply the do it yourself spirit to traditional crafting and the Maker Movement close him a gap between artists and all creativity and technology. The. Business side on all the cases theyre making here this panel and the electrical sombrero hat it only works with rechargeable batteries but they never got a godless. So i left the solar panels are connected to each other using conductive steel thread forming an electrical circuit the women combine the conductive thread with henican the type of garvey that grows in the yucatan peninsula. Once the solar panel has charged for about 5 hours during the daytime it can provide enough light for 2 nights. But not about that its really useful at night when its pitch dark in my village. Its on all night and its so useful when i need to go to the toilet or hear a strange noise. Its a bright and i look at its very useful. This is more encourages the women to feel proud of their skills and to find creative ways of using them. Both at the pentagon. But at the spa so how does your husband feel about you understanding how solar power and l. E. D. S. Work and what a battery is what youve learned to the basic principles of engineering even if you dont realize it. Look at it and see if its a great advantage for me what ive learned and maybe that will help me in the future with. This in working with new materials and products is providing these women with a new life we have. Is that. Were thinking of making new products and taking them to market so people can buy them have. These days not much traditional hedican is grown in the yucatan region the market is dominated by imported synthetic fiber from china. See not going to most technology can be used to ensure that Old Fashioned skills are forgotten it can help keep your craft and a traditional lives so why not use it. More munozs found a way of Fusing Technology and textiles to secure a professional future for my and crafts women. She was partly inspired by the work of powerhouse artist annie as they identify as any other bears. And the others 1st arrived at Black Mountain college she had to adjust to the circumstances that there were few materials to work with for example so she began using natural materials like pasture grass shrugs eucalyptus and shoot them in them at the earliest shed leave them together with industrial materials just as we did with you cuttack big not. Every day design thats a hybrid of handmade and high tech is this the utopian vision of the bow house in action both houses the press and theres a strong bow house influence in many parts of latin america a strong connection but you see it with a Little Utopia like this one here this little social experiment it may be small scale but its exactly what they were aiming for when they established the bauhaus house. The moment the yearly via lying through his whole family you dont see the influence of an actual product any more of those a lot of times past. 100 years thats a long time. See you but its philosophy using trends in the way designers are taught and trained in the us your love for the most youre the last and seeing of all the grass is always the starting point. Is a. Bauhaus was a movement but it was 1st and foremost a school its goal was to foster a new generation for a new beginning education was of paramount importance. The inauguration of the new campus of the German School in madrid. Students and professional dancers are exploring the premises experiencing space through movement and idea that also has roots in the bow house and downs workshops. This is. A key to the schools architecture is very striking it makes a statement that says loudly and clearly this is the German School this is our identity the minute i entered and saw how open it was i was won over its own bonded. Out the architecture expresses the openminded identity of the school. At the bauhaus the transparency of the architecture was coupled with a fresh open minded approach to education here that signalled by exposed concrete glass and many of. The buildings each frame and in a courtyard together they form a honeycomb with knishes for students to gather in. The skylights create a play of light and shade. Just like you take your concept there are several key factors in the architectural concept thats very important to us as a school is that it expresses how the separate structures form an ensemble a Community Connected by the courtyard the roof. Knowledge classroom windows overlook the surrounding landscape and i know. We are very fortunate to have such a beautiful Natural Environment the greenery colors it creates a peace and quiet a sense of longevity all of which is conducive to learning the lesson height. Of. Perspective in the sticks and. Todays society calls for a new approach is to learning. Which architecture can help consolidate. Density i think cornish inform the architectural forms of the building and clearly have a structural aesthetic and artistic value to it isnt the other was up to us it also has a very pragmatic well you know our teachers use it as a reference for lots of sketching and Creative Work with the students so its also a source of inspiration as im bored it does inspire the year. Was. The site this is shows how meaningful buildings can be and how the building help students identify with their school. How do we want to live in the future this was the central question posed by the bauhaus 100 years later its one that still being posed. Here for example. She cargo birthplace of the skyscraper a city thats always drawn architects from all over the world. The id institute of design was founded in 1037 as the new bauhaus taking up the mantle from the German School. Today it focuses on whats called human centered design and approach that has little to do with architecture or furniture. Instead it seeks to shape peoples lived reality one focus of research is a project called recovery park in detroit michigan. There are more abandoned lots in the inner city here than anywhere else in the u. S. With the collapse of the Auto Industry