Throughout his writings, Henri Lefebvre made sporadic observations on the German art, design, and architecture school Bauhaus. His commentary on the Bauhaus can be read in light of his wider criticism of Modernist architecture and its political project. Despite its revolutionary aspirations, the Bauhaus provided ‘the architectural requirements of state capitalism’. This article argues that looking at Lefebvre’s ambiguous reading of the Bauhaus unveils the more complex trajectory of his thinking on Modernist utopian impulses to change society through design. Alongside his criticism of the Bauhaus as tailor made for what Lefebvre calls the neocapitalist state, his work also includes more positive comments on the school. While Lefebvre rejects the reformist tendencies of the Bauhaus, he acknowledges that the school plays an important, historic role for advancing political change through architecture. As such, Lefebvre’s criticism of the Bauhaus should be reconsidered in terms of offering a lesson in Modernism. Its attempt to create a new space to configure new social relations becomes an unfinished project; it is precisely the failure of Modernism to push this project beyond conformist and reformist agendas that needs to be considered. In conclusion, Lefebvre reads the utopian aspirations of the Bauhaus within and against their actual historical outcome.

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亨利·列斐伏尔在包豪斯的经验

在他的著作中，亨利·列斐伏尔对德国艺术、设计和建筑学派包豪斯进行了零星的观察。他对包豪斯的评论可以从他对现代主义建筑及其政治项目的广泛批评中解读出来。尽管有革命性的抱负，包豪斯还是提供了“国家资本主义的建筑要求”。这篇文章认为，看看列斐伏尔对包豪斯的模棱两可的解读，揭示了他对通过设计改变社会的现代主义乌托邦冲动的思考更为复杂的轨迹。除了批评包豪斯是为列斐伏尔所谓的新资本主义国家量身定制的，他的作品还包括对学校的更多积极评价。虽然列斐伏尔拒绝包豪斯的改良主义倾向，但他承认学校起着重要的作用，通过建筑推动政治变革的历史性作用。因此，列斐伏尔对包豪斯的批评应该从提供现代主义课程的角度重新考虑。它试图创造一个新的空间来配置新的社会关系成为一个未完成的项目；正是现代主义未能将这个项目推向墨守成规和改革的议程，这是需要考虑的。总之，列斐伏尔解读了包豪斯在其实际历史结果中的乌托邦渴望。正是现代主义未能将这个项目推向墨守成规和改革的议程，这是需要考虑的。总之，列斐伏尔解读了包豪斯在其实际历史结果中的乌托邦渴望。正是现代主义未能将这个项目推向墨守成规和改革的议程，这是需要考虑的。总之，列斐伏尔解读了包豪斯在其实际历史结果中的乌托邦渴望。