Studio Instructors Dr. Masooma Shakir Ar. Madihasalam Ar. Noureen Amin

STUDIO INSTRUCTORS
DR. MASOOMA SHAKIR

AR. MADIHASALAM
AR. NOUREEN AMIN
Bauhaus—literally translated to “construction house”—originated as
a German school of the arts operational from 1919 to 1933. Founded
by Walter Gropius in Weimar, the school eventually morphed into its
own modern art movement characterized by its unique approach
to architecture and design.
The Bauhaus was only active for 14 years: as the “State Bauhaus” in
Weimar, as a “school of design” in Dessau and as a private education
institute in Berlin. It evolved out of the arts and crafts movement and
art school reforms. Its ideas had an impact well beyond the school
itself, its locations and its time. It was a lively school of ideas and a field
for experimenting in the free and applied arts, design, architecture and
educational methods.
# BAUHAUS100
• The future of built environments would be
dictated by industry and mass production rather
than individual craftsmanship.
• The school of design was oriented to bring
together arts of painting, sculpture, architecture,
theatre, photography, weaving, typography etc.
into a modern synthesis, disregarding
conventional distinctions between the ‘fine’ and
‘applied’ arts.
• The utopian ideals of the Bauhaus aimed to address
the problems of industrialization in a rapidly changing
social climate and raise fine art and craft to equal
status.
• The Bauhaus school was highly progressive and avant-
garde, embracing “architecture and sculpture and
painting in one unity …of a million workers like the
crystal symbol of a new faith”.
The main principles of the movement that apply today, some of
them are included in its manifesto (1919).
1. NO BORDER between artist and craftsman. In a pamphlet for

an April 1919 exhibition, Gropius stated that his goal was
«to create a new guild of craftsmen, without the class
distinctions which raise an arrogant barrier between
craftsman and artist». It is said in the manifesto, that
«architects, sculptors, painters, we must all turn to the crafts!».
2. THE ARTIST IS AN EXALTED CRAFTSMAN. «In rare moments

of inspiration, moments beyond the control of his will, the
grace of heaven may cause his work to blossom into art. But
proficiency in his craft is essential to every artist. Therein lies
a source of creative imagination».
3. «FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION». According to this idea,
simple but elegant geometric shapes were designed based on
the intended function or purpose of a building or an object.
Though the functionality needn’t be boring as we can see from
the Bauhaus buildings.
4. GESAMTKUNSTWERK OR THE ‘COMPLETE WORK OF ART’.

Gesamtkunstwerk means a synthesis of multiple art forms such as
fine and decorative arts. A building and its architecture was only
one part of the concept. The other part is design.
5. TRUE MATERIALS. Materials should reflect the true nature of

objects and buildings. Bauhaus architects didn’t hide even brutal
and rough materials.
6. MINIMALISM. Bauhaus artists favored linear and geometrical

forms, avoiding floral or curvilinear shapes.
7. EMPHASIS ON TECHNOLOGY. Bauhaus workshops were used for
developing prototypes of products for mass production. The artists
embraced the new possibilities of modern technologies.
8. SMART USE OF RESOURCES. Bauhaus ideology is characterized by the

economic way of thinking. The representatives of the Bauhaus movement
wanted to achieve a controlled finance, productive time-consuming
projects, precise material use, and a spare space.
9. SIMPLICITY AND EFFECTIVENESS. There is no need for additional

ornamenting and making things more and more ‘beautiful’. They are just
fine as they are.
10. CONSTANT DEVELOPMENT. Bauhaus is all about new techniques, new

materials, new ways of construction, new attitude – all the time. Architects,
designers, and artists have to invent something new all the time. Thus
Bauhaus influenced the new forms of arts like graphic design which
emerged 100 years ago. Bauhaus also led to the emergence of new forms
of interior design.
The most famous masters and lecturers
at the Bauhaus were Hannes Meyer,
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Josef
Albers, Anni Albers, Herbert Bayer,
Alfred Arndt, Marlene Brandt, Otti
Berger, Friedrich Engemann, Marcel
Breuer, Carl Fieger, Lyonel Feininger,
Johannes Itten, Wassily Kandinsky,
Paul Klee, Adolf Meyer and others.
The avant-garde In French:
advance guard' or
'vanguard', literally 'fore-
guard') are people or
works that are
experimental, radical, or
unorthodox with respect
to art, culture, or society.
It is frequently
characterized by aesthetic
innovation and initial
unacceptability.
• Bold
• Innovative
• Progressive
• Experimental
All words that describe art that pushes

boundaries and creates change. These
characteristics are also all associated
with the term—avant-garde.
Brandt's tea infuser is the quintessential Bauhaus object. Only three
inches high, its diminutive size results from its function. Unlike
conventional teapots, it is intended to distill a concentrated extract,
which, when combined with hot water in the cup, can produce tea of
any desired strength. Here, the usual elements of a teapot have
been reinvented as abstract geometric forms. The handle, a D-
shaped slice of ebony set high for ease of pouring, provides a strong
vertical contrast to the object's predominant horizontality. Although the
pot’s functionality is carefully resolved, its visual impact lies in the
uncompromising sculptural statement it makes. It is defiantly modern.
• Nesting Tables 1927 but still in use today!
• Use of lines, colors and forms
• one measurement was exactly half or double another.
Everything is incremental with the same core measurements.
• Wassily Chair
• Materials: tubular steel
frame and leather
2021
OBJECTIVES
• Taking inspiration from the ideas, theories and design
lines of Bauhaus to make product/ furniture design
• Questioning the avant garde of today in material and
design
Abdul Basit
Abdul Basit
Hasham Ali
Haya Arish
Manal Maqsood
Hamza Ali
Astle Gill
Javeriya Amin
Maheen Iftikhar
Zain
Lamiah Nasir
Namrah Irfan
Hira Fatima
Rabi Siddiqui
Zainab Shahid Nida Zaheer
Simrah Razzak
Wafa
HISTORY COURSE
“I work on a grid and I

develop ideas. My
buildings are very
sculptural. I’m interested
in pure forms, I don’t
distort forms.”
Habib Fida Ali
Shell House, Karachi

Architect: Habib Fida Ali
Habib Fida Ali known and

embraced as Pakistan's very
own Mies Van Der Rohe
“ Less is more ’’
HISTORY COURSE
Milwaukee Art Museum

Architect: Santiago Calatrava
HISTORY COURSE
Pompidou Center, Paris

Architects:
Renzo Piano, Richard
Rabi Siddiqui Rogers
HISTORY COURSE
Madhya Pradesh State Assembly Building

Architect: Charles Correa
HISTORY COURSE
Viipuri Library
Architect: Alvar Aalto
HISTORY COURSE
HISTORY COURSE
Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt

Architect: Richard Meier
HISTORY COURSE
Vitra Design Museum

Architect: Frank Gehry
HISTORY COURSE
Robie House
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
HISTORY COURSE
Faisal Mosque, Islamabad

Architect: Vedat Dalokay
HISTORY COURSE
Bauhaus Building, Dessau

Architect: Eero Saarinen
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
Architect: Eero Saarinen
A sustainable built environment
is circular, designed for
longevity, flexibility,
adaptability, assembly,
disassembly, reuse and
recoverability, and considers
future climate risks. It uses low-
carbon, low-impact, non-toxic
materials and it recovers used
resources (materials and
products on-site or from other
sites).
A design which is energy
efficient by itself,
environmentally healthy,
respectful for the natural
environment, comfortable for
users' life, in other words to
be sustainable designed,
built of green or recycled
materials, and this design
should use alternative
energy resources.
7 components of sustainable building?
1.Life cycle assessment.

2.Siting and structure design efficiency.
3.Energy efficiency.
4.Water efficiency.
5.Materials efficiency.
6.Indoor environmental quality enhancement.
7.Operations and maintenance optimization.
8.Waste reduction.
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DR. MASOOMA SHAKIR

1. NO BORDER between artist and craftsman. In a pamphlet for

2. THE ARTIST IS AN EXALTED CRAFTSMAN. «In rare moments

4. GESAMTKUNSTWERK OR THE ‘COMPLETE WORK OF ART’.

5. TRUE MATERIALS. Materials should reflect the true nature of

6. MINIMALISM. Bauhaus artists favored linear and geometrical

8. SMART USE OF RESOURCES. Bauhaus ideology is characterized by the

9. SIMPLICITY AND EFFECTIVENESS. There is no need for additional

10. CONSTANT DEVELOPMENT. Bauhaus is all about new techniques, new

All words that describe art that pushes

“I work on a grid and I

Shell House, Karachi

Habib Fida Ali known and

Milwaukee Art Museum

Pompidou Center, Paris

Madhya Pradesh State Assembly Building

Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt

Vitra Design Museum

Faisal Mosque, Islamabad

Bauhaus Building, Dessau

1.Life cycle assessment.

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