Bauhaus Building, Dessau, 1925-1926: View from southwest after 1926

Curator: Klaus Hertig captured the Bauhaus Building in Dessau, sometime between 1925 and 1926. What’s your initial impression? Editor: Stark, functional, and almost…optimistic? It feels like a machine built for living, a radical proposition. Curator: Absolutely! The building’s design stripped away ornamentation, revealing its structural bones. The extensive use of glass freed the interiors. Editor: You see, the Bauhaus was about a new social vision, crafted via industrial techniques. Rejecting tradition, it pursued art for the masses. Curator: It truly embodied a utopian vision. I wonder if the inhabitants ever felt like they were living inside a grand experiment. Editor: Well, the experiment changed the world. It shows the power of design to reshape our lives. Curator: A potent reminder that what we build, builds us in return.