As a concept, americanisme encompasses all those beliefs, myths. He was a founder of modern objective industrial architecture and modern industrial design. Other buildings by peter behrens for the aeg turbine factory. He was concerned with the relationships of art and design forms to social, technical, and cultural conditions and believed, after architecture, typography was the most characteristic picture of a. The application of new construction materials made the design of new housing concepts possible, and the intention was to restore significance to the room itself, as mentioned earlier. The berlin aeg turbine fitting shop by peter behrens. Great design is more than just good aesthetics, it is also the user experience of the design. Public domain born in hamburg, behrens moved to munich in 1890 where he began his career as. Peter behrens figure 1 was born 14 april 1868 in hamburg and died in berlin 27 february 1940. Peter behrens and a new architecture for the twentieth century.
The deutsche werkbund saw design as a vehicle for societal progression meggs 2012 a similar idea shared by german art critics and behrens in 1900, in that there was a sure relationship between art and design to. An ebook reader can be a software application for use on a computer such as microsofts free reader application, or a. Born in hamburg, behrens studied art in hamburg, karlsruhe, dusseldorf, and munich before establishing himself as a successful painter. However, by about 1890 he was influenced by the arts and crafts movement of. Hans poelzig, peter behrens, and mart stam were invited to put their new ideas about architecture and design into practice in houses and apartment buildings. Aeg turbine factory peter behrens flashcards quizlet. Branding and typification new york institute of technology arch 361 history seminar fall 2016 william fortin. From the very start its distinct and rahter simplified monumental construc tion has shown the way to the principles of both the architectural and the structural design. Construction and design features of the turbine assembly hall. Peter behrens, a german artist, architect, and designer played a major role in the evolution of design during the first decade of the 20th century. We look at the 10 best design philosophies of all time. The ulm school of design at rmit gallery rmit university duration. The results show that nine basic constructs 1 design philosophy, 2 the relationship of designservice, 3 perception of. Peter behrens 18681940 germany the international reform in architecture.
No formal training in architecture worked under peter behrens succeeded gropius as bauhaus director migrated to us and taught architecture at the illinois institute of technology designed skyscrapers of steel and glass which became models of skyscraper design throughout the world. Prominent figures peter behrens with le corbusier walter. Peter behrens, le fondateur du design industriel et le pere. He frequented the bohemian circles the practice of an unconventional lifestyle, the artistic circles of munich jugendstil. Public domain born in hamburg, behrens moved to munich in 1890 where he began his career as a painter, illustrator and bookbinder. Behrens original is an independent watch brand formed by a group of watchlovers from hong kong, mainland and germany, from which our focus is to turn our design concepts and philosophy into real products via our own manufacturing and production facilities. In addition, he was a pioneer in the field of industrial design after attending the fine arts school at hamburg, behrens went to munich in 1897 during the time of the renaissance of arts and crafts in germany. Peter behrens 14 april 1868 27 february 1940 was a german architect and designer. But before he became an architect he was a painter in his youth and.
248 431 755 560 213 977 24 925 987 677 161 688 1464 1232 1198 88 1230 1075 97 579 899 1365 1444 564 1121 740 490 235 986 783 127 285 1353 882 499