The curved roofline of the Bauhaus-Archiv in Berlin

Berlin modernism · three scales

Berlin Bauhaus Lineage Map

Read an archive, a house and a public hall as three different Berlin connections to Bauhaus ideas and Mies van der Rohe.

CollectionDomestic spacePublic hall

Use this as a reading board, not a route. Tap a place to move the map, see one photograph and learn what to notice there. The three points are deliberately spread across Berlin.

Three real Berlin coordinates

Follow the thread across the city

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The curved roofline of the Bauhaus-Archiv in Berlin

The original museum building makes its roofline visible before you enter.

01 · Collection

Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung

Knesebeckstraße 1 · Charlottenburg

Use the temporary museum when you want the movement's ideas and objects before you start matching labels to buildings.

What to notice

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Keep the distinction

One thread, three different questions

  1. 01Archive

    What did the movement want objects and rooms to do?

  2. 02House

    How can material and a garden change daily space?

  3. 03Hall

    How can a structure hold a public room open?

Three photographs rendered in this tool

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