Bruno Taut Glass Pavilion Interior
Walls of luxfer prisms enclosed the interior.
Bruno taut glass pavilion interior. Interior of bruno taut s glass pavilion 1914 image via architectuul a fun mystery surrounding the glass pavilion is the question of taut s precise use of color. Only a few black and white photographs of the glass pavilion were taken. Taut and others described in detail one s passage through the glass house. The dome had a double glass outer layer with colored glass prisms on the inside and reflective glass on the outside.
24 04 2012 bruno taut the glass pavilion interior cologne deutscher werkbund exhibition 1914. There were glass treaded metal staircases inside that led to the upper projection room that showed a kaleidoscope of colors between the staircases was a seven tiered cascading waterfall with underwater lighting. None exist in color. One of my favorite topics german expressionism in architecture was the theme of class held this morning.
In the first werkbund exhibition held in july of 1914 in cologne bruno taut designed his famed and ultra influential fairy tale pagoda glass pavilion a small structure in glass and steel set on a concrete base. It was a fourteen sided base constructed of thick glass bricks used on the exterior walls devoid of rectangles taut s glass pavilion was the first building of glass bricks of importance. Concrete steps led to a terrace. Built by bruno taut in 1914 the glass pavilion is a glass dome structure resembling a prism exhibited in the cologne deutsche werkbund exhibition.
The pavilion was constructed with concrete and glass and is best known for its bright colors. The structure was a brightly colored landmark of the exhibition constructed using concrete and glass. The construction of the glass pavilion set the first example of the use of glass bricks. German werkbund was an association of artists designers and architects that preceded the bauhaus to it among others belonged bruno taut in the statement of colonia 1914 the werkbund provided an architect s work glass house a successful fusion of technical and commercial aesthetic elements.