Report: The Idea of the Bauhaus in Mexico

Issue
07-08/2019 Architecture and Water
Author
Raquel Franklin
Source
DETAIL
Hannes Meyer, urban planning study for Manzana de Corpus Christi on Avenida Juarez, Mexico City (1942).
© Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau (I 1934 D) / © (Meyer, Hannes) Erbengemeinschaft nach Hannes Meyer
Is the Bauhaus a failed utopia? Raquel Franklin reflects on its history and heritage in Mexico, where Hannes Meyer became director of the freshly founded Institute of Urban Planning in 1939.
Hannes Meyer, urban planning study for Manzana de Corpus Christi on Avenida Juarez, Mexico City (1942).
© Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau (I 1934 D) / © (Meyer, Hannes) Erbengemeinschaft nach Hannes Meyer