The Bauhaus embraced the economy of design. They felt that design should be at the same time functional, innovative, durable, and aesthetic. They believed in establishing standards for design, and integrating all the parts to develop a condition where the sum of the whole is greater than the parts. The Bauhaus felt that this was the approach required to achieve a synergy in design.
From a conceptual standpoint, all this implies a certain desire to achieve efficiency. Efficiency is favorable to sustainability. Minimalism, by its very definition, is also favorable to sustainability, in that resources are kept in reserve and not exploited to the point of overuse. In contrast, excess leads to conditions that are unsustainable. Therefore, the Bauhaus, by promoting the economy of design, also promoted sustainable environments.
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I agree that the principle in itself promotes careful use of resources - and that is part of sustainable thinking. Do you have any evidence though that 80 - 90 years ago they has a notion that we are polluting our environment as a consequence of industrialization and consumer culture?
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