Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the Landhaus Lemke in 1932. Lilly Reich, at that time head of the weaving mill and of the Bauhaus's construction/development department, was involved in furnishing the house. And for Mies' students in architecture lessons at the Bauhaus, the simple, L-shaped brick building on the Obersee was a welcome object of study. 

Pius Pahl, Eduard Ludwig or Rudolf Ortner, to name just three of Mies' students, drew comparable house types with flat roofs. The architecture of Haus Lemke, with its beautiful proportions, the attention to detail and the staged opening to nature, is almost timeless and still stimulates architects, artists and designers. This authentic place still conveys a vivid picture of the dawn of modernity. 

In this spirit, the Mies van der Rohe House celebrates "100 Years of the Bauhaus" with four exhibitions, a research project - sponsored by the Federal Foreign Office - and two Bauhaus festivals. The theme for the year is AVANTI-AVANTI 100, because it goes on and on, with humour, criticism and Dada. 

Exhibition Program 2019 

In the exhibitions, the continuing relevance and the multifaceted paths of further development of the Bauhaus concepts will be examined. On the occasion of its anniversary, the building is once again presenting a new exhibition format: Three artists per exhibition will be invited by the house's director to present a contemporary image in the famous "Rear View Mirror of Modernity" on the themes of Delighting the World, Movement as a Dream, Innovations and Prescriptions, and White Cube. A wide variety of artistic positions will take shape and interact with the rooms of the Mies van der Rohe Haus.

Delight in the World
27 January - 14 April 2019
Artists: Joachim Grommek, Jan van der Ploeg and Jill Baroff

White Box
28 April - 7 July 2019
Artists: Thomas Rentmeister, Rakuko Naito and Michel Verjux

Innovations and Prescriptions
21 July - 29 September 2019
Artists: Daniel Buren, Günther Fruhtrunk and Sabine Boehl

Movement as Dream
13 October - 22 December 2019
Artists: Heike Mutter & Ulrich Genth, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov and Sergei Tchoban

In addition to the exhibitions, there will be two Bauhaus festivals and a research project about the Japanese Bauhaus student Michiko Yamawaki.

Video courtesy of Greg Bannan

Research Project 2019 Michiko Yamawaki - A Japanese woman at the Bauhaus Project funding by the Federal Foreign Office The Bauhaus, founded in Weimar in 1919 by the architect Walter Gropius, celebrates its 100th anniversary. Although the Bauhaus was forced to close in 1933 by the National Socialists after only 14 years, and after three changes of management and location, it has shaped the international understanding of design and architecture more than almost any other educational institution. 

Interest in the Bauhaus continues unabated. With various emphases and perspectives, the Bauhaus became the subject of research and exhibitions. It seems to be an almost inexhaustible source. The fact that four Japanese students studied at the Bauhaus is a topic that has so far been treated rather sparsely outside Japan. Takehiko Mizutani was the first Japanese to enrol at the Bauhaus. Shortly after Mizutani's return to Japan, the couple Iwao and Michiko Yamawaki studied in Dessau. Tamae Ono, the second Japanese Bauhaus student, was able to study at the Bauhaus in Berlin for only a few months until its final closure.

See the detailed info about the events from here. 

Event facts

Event name: Mies van der Rohe House in Berlin celebrates 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus with four themed exhibitions

Organizers: Mies van der Rohe - House

Date start: January 27, 2019 02:00 PM

Date finish: December 22, 2019 06:00 PM

Venue: Mies van der Rohe House

Location: Oberseestraße 60 13053 Berlin, Germany

Top image courtesy of Mies van der Rohe House

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