TINY [BAU]HAUS

“Let us together create the new building of the future, which will be everything in one form: architecture and sculpture and painting.”

— Walter Gropius, founder of Bauhaus (1919)

TINY [BAU]HAUS is the innovative and unique project created by the National Tourism Office of Germany designed by DUS Architects and produced by Aectual on the occasion of 100th anniversary of the creation of the Bauhaus. The building introduces revolutionary mass-customization building techniques. As a main Architect / 3D Print Designer in DUS team I was responsible for creation, development and execution of the final concept.

The project is made of fully recyclable materials printed in 3D from flax seed, and with a surface area of just 8m², perfectly corresponds with the growing global ‘tiny house’ movement. Functional design, linear and geometric shapes and the relationship between interior and exterior are all typical Bauhaus features. With carefully selected ornaments in the interior, the little house is very much a synthesis of the arts or ‘Gesamtkunstwerk’. Canopies, seating and shelving are accounted for in the design and fabrication process; they seem to ‘grow’ from the walls. As a result, installation is fast, easy and error free. In terms of materials, Bauhaus always encouraged innovation and the use of modern materials. In this project, recycled bio-plastics can be added to the existing palette of glass, stone and wood. The material can adapt to any color and appear in many textures.

Inside, it offers visitors a unique experience discovering objects from the Bauhaus with a selection of unpublished objects and films showing the locations of this famous school, as well as the possibility of visiting the architectural office of the director of the Bauhaus Walter Gropius with a VR animation.

In 2019 TINY [BAU]HAUS will be presented in i.a. Rotterdam (at Het Nieuwe Instituut), Barcelona (at Mies van der Rohe Pavilion), Paris, Marseille, Vienna, Prague, Budapest and Copenhagen.