Hans Wittwer was a Swiss architect who worked in Germany and who taught architecture at the Bauhaus art school in Dessau.
14 Facts About Hans Wittwer
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Hans Wittwer was a proponent of functionalist architecture; the idea that form follows function.
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Hans Wittwer worked with the Bauhaus director Hannes Meyer both at the school and in a joint architectural practice in Basel.
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Hans Wittwer taught at the Kunstgewerbeschule Burg Giebichenstein in Halle.
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Hans Wittwer began studying architecture at ETH Zurich, a technical college, in 1912 under Karl Moser and Friedrich Bluntschli, completing his course in 1916.
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Hans Wittwer then moved to Basel where he completed his professional internship.
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In 1926, Hans Wittwer founded his own architectural practice in Basel, which he co-directed with Hannes Meyer.
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When Meyer was invited to lead the newly formed Building department at the Bauhaus in 1927, Hans Wittwer joined him, teaching building theory and technical design, where he introduced new teaching practices.
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In Meyer and Hans Wittwer's building theory classes, students were taught to scientifically analyse both the client's requirements and the site conditions.
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Hans Wittwer was offered the post by the former Bauhaus teacher Gerhard Marcks, who was the Rector of school.
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Hans Wittwer managed the Interior Design studio at school, which operated separately from the Architecture Department.
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Hans Wittwer was employed as an architectural consultant to the municipality of Merseburg.
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In 1933, when the Nazis came to power, Hans Wittwer was dismissed from both the art school and his consultant role to Merseburg city council.
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Hans Wittwer stayed in Halle for another year, working as a self-employed architect.