# Hannes Meyer **Born:** November 18, 1889 **Died:** July 19, 1954 **Domain:** Architecture / Social Design / Education **Doc Type:** Person Node **Maturity:** Developed **Related:** [[Bauhaus]], [[Design for Dignity]], [[Human Factors]], [[Modern Movement]] --- ## Definition **Hannes Meyer** was a Swiss architect and the second director of the [[Bauhaus]], serving from 1928 to 1930. He established the school’s separate architecture program and insisted that design begin with users’ needs, social function and material conditions rather than formal style alone. Meyer criticized earlier Bauhaus work for serving bourgeois markets and sought design for broader sections of society. His tenure also intensified the school’s political conflicts; he was dismissed by the city of Dessau amid controversy over Communist affiliations and student politics. ## Corpus Function Meyer is essential to the [[Design for Dignity]] lineage because he makes the user and social distribution explicit. He also establishes an evidence boundary against treating Bauhaus as a single aesthetic doctrine. ## Sources / Provenance - [Bauhaus-Archiv — Architecture](https://www.bauhaus.de/en/bauhaus-archiv/211_architektur/) - [Bauhaus-Archiv — 14 Years of Bauhaus](https://www.bauhaus.de/en/discover/article/14-years-of-bauhaus/)