You know what tif holistic aesthetic that. Freethinking. Honest their fiduciary value credit card bust. German that is about house. After 100 years the ideals of the box house are more relevant today than they were that the spa holes for 100 years ago about house reimagine the future. Event how will we learn we landed in. Both coasts ok im back the boat house influence is everywhere. Oh ho setanta formulate a language of design that was universal. As alice is that everything has an ideal high its an ideal size and thats what optimize its utility but not in the way they want this kind of push to go out from wherever 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 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 all 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 no 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 it moving to the copious statue is a dream there are cameras sure luncher shows them one minute on a huge apartment with a bathroom and everythings all running out of water and unbelievable. Still love the cold be a stand. Your turn vice beca and hand scale meat moved into the o. P. s shot as soon as it was completed. Until i got married in 1959 and there were no apartments to be had anywhere nowadays things that easy in comparison housing was desperately needed back then when will. The mold loons used to shine also moved here in 1006. 107. 00 or 29. 00 applications for apartments i got for offers including this place for you i didnt have a car but i knew there was an underground start here so ours took the offer here. In france to gulf coast the guy in the late 1950 s. And early 1960 s. Solutions to the housing crisis became more ambitious almost on the long run b. S. 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 like to and area new housing projects were to be built in the citys green outskirts to force them to go all saw lunch off the idea of huge urban the states had already been explored on paper as a utopian vision by architects in the 1920 s. Pierces vision of an urban utopia was defeated by circumstances beyond his control in 1961 communist east germany built the belin wall dividing the city into and exacerbating the housing shortage. Called p. S. Ever. Generally 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 a stage and was from his by this point vital p. S. Had long been living in the us but. Didnt have much time. Before you could only be reached by phone. Knowing that he paid a visit maybe 3 times a year or so. It was never in charge of the project 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 pills with him. Did everything in his power to prevent his name being attached to the project he was deeply unhappy about it there was no doubt about it at that because 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 vice becca and tan scale meet her it was home. Alone via peaceful happy here and 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. Today copious that is once again popular with families the area is getting spruced up 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. Still dont. Our work is architects and urban planners is about people. People matter to carolinas. An urban planner for meddling in columbia a city where infrastructure problems have long loomed large. Traffic cloaks the streets and spawning for veils define the cityscape. Its nearly impossible for buses to pass through these narrow steep streets. I 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 comune at reputed to be the most dangerous neighborhood of whats often called the worlds most dangerous city. In the caribbean. This is. My 1st which is many friends of mine lost their lives many neighbors lots of people just disappeared it happened a lot around here over the fiscal. Improving peoples lives this was the vision of about house today that creation also encompasses Infrastructure Projects like these help dont escalate his. Record but its going to escalate or themselves arent even the point the point is what theyve been lifting people in the sense of community. Theyve created a sense of belonging of happiness and pride in the neighborhood on the ships who are your mother 3 or 4 more than 30 families with small shops live near the escalators so thanks to the escalators local businesses are doing much better i mean by that is someone you look at obviously thats going to. Go oh its not our style you know you get it then well. These days consuelo gussie is shop is striving. Times used to be tough. Getting around used to be much harder. Than some other it was very hard terrible as it is here in the roads werent paved. No no they werent then we had streets of mud you out it would be a month thats right but there were lots of houses here back then werent there. Yes many will make a voyage i wouldnt have ones thats right you know what i found there was a narrow path a steep slope sometimes there be water gushing down it. There was a narrow sunken footpath you know. The escalators and the cable cars on the other side of the city that connect it to the fact they does have attracted international attention. In 2013 was named the worlds most innovative city. To tell us who i did as a man. 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 they all tear your motive was to sell the city the city has rebranded itself. But is it will not matter. In doing so it hasnt always put its residents needs front and center a further cable car line is under development. Based together with other Infrastructure Projects has put some 600. 00 families at risk of losing their homes. 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 harness my app received an invitation. He became head of the new institute for urban planning in mexico city. I mean if there arent many buildings by meyer he spent 10 years in mexico but we dont have a single one. Nevertheless harness my influence an entire generation of mexican architects. Seemed to let it influence him as i can say with absolute certainty that both of us had a huge influence on many mexican architects who stuck with the mario party for example. In may he called me and partner has been a major influence on me im sure that one is meyer had a big effect on him. But its one more you have. Architect Tatiana Bilbao is interested in social housing. Less does in the levy when theyre in may he. 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 my idea was to design the structure for a house that could be extended to become larger than 43. 00 square metres because thats just too small but i mean we wanted a flexible design that could respond to different needs and climate conditions thats one thats expandable. Said muslims see what that means but i say if. Shes designed a flexible prototype for a. House that can be easily reproduced much like hannis meyers 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 ballot house tatiana bill dallas well designed homes are a progressive and creative solution to the countrys housing shortage. They were there for a map. Maybe its naive entering the idea that architects have the potential to make a difference with. No plan here that i believe we did. To me the most is a vision of the future it demonstrated what architects can do to help people in their lives. So they will mask it and. That its in that receiver 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. That the new york attacks here insisted that architecture was an art form. Nobody and. They were resistant to harness myras hardly a rationalist approach. So. What did meyer accomplish work its a project he planned to build units on every corner. This year my list for 10 years laughs we dont have a single building here in mexico city where he actually designed all story of the media but we do have many buildings that are a testament to his influence over in syria. That. They may have no. Film about house teaches yosef and annie ibos also helped our house ideas spread across latin and south america. The couple traveled extensively through mexico cuba and chile frequently guest teaching. And the albus 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 social project for mayan 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. In some project localness built that meant this project as collaborative and participatory the basic aim is to apply the do it yourself spirit to traditional crafting and the Maker Movement closing the 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 all works with rechargeable batteries but there are other godless. The solar panels are connected to each other using. Inductive steel thread forming an electrical circuit the women combine the conductive thread with henican the type of garvey that grows in the yucatan peninsula. So. Once the solar panel has charge for about 5 hours during the daytime it can provide enough light for 2 nights. But the usable are 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 light and its very useful. Loose. More encourages the women to feel proud of their skills and to find creative ways of using them. But is that theres also 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. See. Its a great advantage for me what ive learned and made will help me in the future with. This in working with new materials and products is providing these women with a new life. Is that. Were thinking of making new products and taking them to market so people can buy them. These days not much traditional hedican is grown in the yucatan region the market is dominated by imported synthetic fiber from china. So not good at most the Current Technology can be used to ensure that all your fashion skills are forgotten it can help keep your craft and a traditional lives so why not use it. A mormon says 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 bauhaus artist annie as i never was any and theres. Any others 1st arrived at Black Mountain college she had to adjust to the circumstances that there were few materials to work with for example that so she began using natural materials like pasture grass shrubs eucalyptus and shoot was coming from at least shed leave them together with industrial materials just as we did with you cuttack 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 to. Learn from them or you dont see the influence of an actual product any more of those a lot of time has passed. 100 years thats a long time. But its philosophy using trends in the way designers are taught and trained in. The laws and saying of us is always the starting point. Is simple. Bauhaus was a movement but it was 1st. And foremost a school its goal is 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 experience things they strew movement an idea that also has roots in the bow house and downs workshops. This is. Like you 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 unband it was. The architecture expresses the open minded identity of the school its almost called. 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 other many of. The buildings each frame and in a courtyard together they form a honeycomb with me she is for students to gather in. The skylights create a play of light and shade. Just like you to do with your concept there are several key factors in the architectural concept one thats very important to us as a school is that it expresses how the separate structures form an ensemble a Community Connected by the courtyards were written. Knowledge classroom windows overlook the surrounding landscape and i know. We are course very fortunate to have such a beautiful Natural Environment the greenery the colors it creates of peace and quiet a sense of longevity all of which is conducive. Learning the lesson hides one. Perspective in dealing with the sticks and. Todays society calls for new approaches to learning which architecture can help consolidate. Density i think foolish and form the architectural forms of the building and clearly have a structural aesthetic and artistic value. Via that was up to us it also has a very pragmatic wral 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 and the board it does inspire the year. By. The site this is shows how meaningful buildings can be and how the building helps 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 is still being purchased. 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 an approach that has little to do with architecture or furniture. Instead it seeks to shake 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 us. With the collapse of the Auto Industry in detroit the city went into decline unemployment is rife. In 2013 the city of detroit filed for bankruptcy. Lease. Detroit has los