a university in berlin. we have my desk up there our building is very sculptural and made of in for lightweight concrete contains from glass gravel and clay aggregates to improve the concrete insulation capacity of the press or so we ll have a fossil free for some without polystyrene and additional insulation. it ll be a very low maintenance building their bathrooms almost always. at the balham gropius also experimented with new forms and materials. if he was still designing buildings perhaps they would look like you re going my own hoss sculptural but also practical. the bell house is a thing of the past. as is the flowering of reconstruction and the abundance that marks the post-war years in the west.
had long been living in the us but. didn t have much time or. you could only be reached by phone. now and then he paid a visit maybe three times a year or so. he was never in charge of the project this one year and it was more of a consultant not the godfather of the planet as you take to it. gropius came to berlin when the foundation stone was laid. but he wasn t involved with the construction and there was nothing he could do about the final result all peoples with ten years did everything in his power to prevent his name being attached to the project he was deeply unhappy about it there was no doubt about it at that. in after his death the whole complex was named after him which must have made him turn his grave. by the one nine hundred eighty s.