#Industrial and technical building #Weißwasser / Běła Woda #1935
Dr.-Altmann-Straße 2a
02943
Weißwasser / Běła Woda,
Germany
Public transport: Weißwasser / Běła Woda (Train station)
Today's use: abandoned
Description
A storehouse was a perfect type of building, that Neufert was able to show how to standardize architecture. It is made of a steel construction, filled with clinker bricks and glass stones facing north. The steel construction forms a pattern of even squares with one window. Those squares could be extended infinitely, a symbol for standardization.
At the southern end of the property along the rail tracks is situated a second, but smaller storehouse. The combination of architecture and the nearby rail tracks made the storehouses a early kind of logistics centre.
Description
A storehouse was a perfect type of building, that Neufert was able to show how to standardize architecture. It is made of a steel construction, filled with clinker bricks and glass stones facing north. The steel construction forms a pattern of even squares with one window. Those squares could be extended infinitely, a symbol for standardization.
At the southern end of the property along the rail tracks is situated a second, but smaller storehouse. The combination of architecture and the nearby rail tracks made the storehouses a early kind of logistics centre.
History
This storehouse for the local glass industry was built between 1935 and 1937. The town Weißwasser was a centre of German glass production and the famous Bauhaus designer Wilhelm Wagenfeld also worked here. Many iconic glass pieces, mostly related to the Bauhaus School, were stored here.
After the war the building was in use until 1990 as a storehouse of the Konsum company. Since 1990 it is abandonded and in decay. An initiative was founded to save the building. They succeed to repair the roof and occasionaly art events are hosted at the site. Many windows were destroyed during the last years. The group, dedicated to save the building, replaced some windows by pictures, depicting people from local glass history.
Another building from this period, called Wannengebäude, was demolished.
History
This storehouse for the local glass industry was built between 1935 and 1937. The town Weißwasser was a centre of German glass production and the famous Bauhaus designer Wilhelm Wagenfeld also worked here. Many iconic glass pieces, mostly related to the Bauhaus School, were stored here.
After the war the building was in use until 1990 as a storehouse of the Konsum company. Since 1990 it is abandonded and in decay. An initiative was founded to save the building. They succeed to repair the roof and occasionaly art events are hosted at the site. Many windows were destroyed during the last years. The group, dedicated to save the building, replaced some windows by pictures, depicting people from local glass history.
Another building from this period, called Wannengebäude, was demolished.
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