Adolf Behne and the construction of the Modern Movement – Part 3

Abstract

In the final chapter of the book Der moderne Zweckbau, written in 1923, to be contextualized and partially translated in this paper, the German theorist Adolf Behne presents the rationalist trends that started to reverberate in Germany at that time. The year 1923 makes this book a historical document of the change of thought in course through those years, mainly evidenced in the third chapter through the counterpoint between German functionalism and Western rationalism presented in France and Netherlands. The research procedures to elaborate this paper includes to consult Der moderne Zweckbau in German and Spanish, and the study of architectural, theoretical and historical works to understand the content and context that involves the object of our study.