Word: gropius
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Most members of the faculty agreed with Gropius in his desire for such a basic course. The point of view was a good one, but the actual course produced a large number of critics, mostly among the Hudnut supporters...
...allow every professor in a school to give a different theory, as some people misinterpret democracy, you will educate cynics," states Gropius...
...Gropius first argued for the course in a 1948 faculty meeting. He was unsatisfied with the basic design course taught by LeBounllen (new reinstated), and he felt that Planning 1, then a required curse for architects, landscapes architects, and regional planners, was taking too much time from the architects. He though there eight to be an equally intensive basic design course. The faculty agreed such a course was needed, and Conant gave him $20,00 to experiment to two years...
...program Gropins bought in Rich and Filipowski, and Rauhans trained designer from Chicago Institute of Design. It would seem that Gropius' enemies, afraid of the given man, feel out then feelings on Filipowski. They co-operated half hearted's, not feeling him what they wanted and criticizing him for not satisfying. If the course was not successful, it was due to lack of time for development and assistance by Filipowski's colleagues. Filopowski left last spring when the grant ran out, and LeBoutillier's course is back again, not covering Design I's material, but costing the school less money...
...While Gropius was at the school, outsiders accused him of forcing students dogmatically into his own discipline. Although this probably was not true and Gropius never had the opportunity to model the courses into what he would consider an ideal framework, he doss believe a school should draw its interpretation of the future from...