Walter Gropius and prefabrication - in search of affordable housing architecture

• Autorzy: Tofiluk Anna

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.17388/WUT.2025.0013.ARCH

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Walter Gropius placed special emphasis on the renaissance of craftsmanship already in 1919, when defining the ideas and directions of development of the Bauhaus in his “Manifesto”. At the same time, his views on standardization and prefabrication, of which he was also an enthusiast, are widely known. These seemingly contradictory ideas for shaping architecture were reflected in the “Bauhaus style” (although Gropius himself renounced this term). The article attempts to analyze the coexistence of the Bauhaus idea of returning to craftsmanship and prefabrication, especially in the context of contemporary user needs and the development of construction technology. Today, as 100 years ago, the demand for affordable housing is directing the interest of decision-makers and, increasingly, designers towards prefabricated solutions. In Poland, the idea of prefabrication still evokes bad connotations. After years of mass production of buildings in “house factories” and the subsequent negation of prefabricated and standardized solutions, we are still wary of it. At the same time, the situation on the housing market related to the costs of building objects requires solutions among which prefabrication is just one of the possibilities, but certainly worth considering. In this context, it seems reasonable to trace the views, assumptions and ideas presented by the founder of the Bauhaus, which are related to construction technology. It is worth asking what lesson we can learn today from Walter Gropius and his colleagues, so that the architecture we create is good and also affordable.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Bauhaus; Walter Gropius; prefabrication; prefabricated architecture; modular architecture

• Wydawca: Politechnika Warszawska, Wydział Architektury
• Czasopismo: Kwartalnik Architektury i Urbanistyki
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: T. 66, z. 3
• Strony: 18--25
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 22 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Tofiluk Anna

• Faculty of Architecture Warsaw University of Technology

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5082-6746

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