Report: The Idea of the Bauhaus in Mexico

 - Raquel Franklin

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.

Report: The Idea of the Bauhaus in Mexico
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