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Competition design for the Petersschule, Basel

Hannes Meyer, Hans Wittwer and the Bauhaus Dessau Architectural Department, 1926

In 1926/27, Hannes Meyer and Hans Wittwer, who later built the ADGB school (Federal School for the German Trade Unions) in Bernau near Berlin together, experimented with constructivist forms and functionalist methods. These formed the basis for their competition designs for the Petersschule (St. Peter’s school) in Basel.

Bauhaus Archiv Berlin / Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau / © (Meyer, Hannes) Erbengemeinschaft nach Hannes Meyer / © (Wittwer, Hans) Wittwer, Sondra
Wettbewerbsentwurf für die Petersschule in Basel, Entwurf: Hannes Meyer, Hans Wittwer und Bauabteilung Bauhaus Dessau, 1926.

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Hannes Meyer and Hans Wittwer’s entry in the architecture competition for the Petersschule building in the old town of Basel was rejected in 1926 in the first round. However, its radical character, which embraced every element of New Objectivity, made it the most important of all the designs submitted.

 

  1. Literature:
  2. Radikale Architektur für die vitale Jugend. Hannes Meyers und Hans Wittwers Beitrag zum Wettbewerb Petersschule (2009), in: Modell Bauhaus, hg. v. Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung, Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau und Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Ausstellungskatalog, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, S. 207ff.
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