The Advanced School of Collective Feeling: Inhabiting Modern Physical Culture 1926-38

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Nile Greenberg Matthew Kennedy

The Advanced School of Collective Feeling

Inhabiting Modern Physical Culture 1926-38

Nile Greenberg, Matthew Kennedy

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Park Books
01 April 2021

Individual architects & architectural firms

In 1928 Swiss architect Hannes Meyer (1889-1954) succeeded Walter Gropius as director of the Bauhaus in Dessau, where he had started teaching at the Architecture Department the previous year. Yet allegations of communist activity in the volatile political climate of the Weimar Republic lead to Meyer's dismissal in 1930. During his tenure at Bauhaus Meyer proposed the concept of the 'Advanced School of Collective Feeling'. It was based on his belief that the gymnasium was overtaking the museum as the great public space. American architects and designers Matthew Kennedy and Nile Greenberg have undertaken a reconstruction of Meyer's 1928 concept by building models, redrawing plans and examining types of activity that took place in the context of this experiment which had been little discussed at the time. Kennedy and Greenberg believe that this series of houses, apartments and exhibitions, merging physical culture with the home, left an indelieble mark on the modern, domestic aesthetic as we know it. Their new book brings to light again Meyer's nearly forgotten concept and features the contemporary reconstruction of the 'Advanced School of Collective Feeling' through texts and illustrations.

AUTHOR: Nile Greenberg is the founder of NILE, a New York-based design studio. Matthew Kennedy is an architect based in Mexico City.

SELLING POINTS: .

Documents the reconstruction of a little-known visionary concept by renowned Swiss architect Hannes Meyer that has left a lasting mark on modern, domestic aesthetic .

Features a contemporary reconstruction of Meyer's Advanced School of Collective Feeling .

Demonstrates the concept's significance for contemporary architecture and design

140 b/w illustrations

Edited by: Nile Greenberg, Matthew Kennedy
Imprint: Park Books
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 170mm,
Weight: 370g
ISBN: 9783038601074
ISBN 10: 3038601071
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 01 April 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

6 Archival Index 9 A Critical History 16 Bibliography 19 Archival Images 25 Reconstructed Plans 31 Sport 35 Furniture 38 Credits

Nile Greenberg is an architect and founder of NILE as well as a co-founder of ANY, two New York based design studios. Matthew Kennedy is an American architect, writer, and educator based in Mexico City. He also serves as assistant teaching professor at the Department of Architecture, Penn State University.

Reviews for The Advanced School of Collective Feeling: Inhabiting Modern Physical Culture 1926-38

"""This jog through the history of physical culture vis-à-vis modern architecture features a series of drawings (beautifully rendered in metallic ink over black paper) and an impressive assortment of archival imagery. Taking the book over the finish line: a collection of somersaulting, weight-lifting, and jeté-ing silhouettes that are bound to elicit more than a few smiles."" - Architectural Record"