DOI Heft:
No. 178 (January, 1908)
DOI Artikel:Deubner, L.: Professor Läuger's gardens at Mannheim
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20776#0335
Prof. Lauger s Gardens at Mannheim
BATH-HOUSE, MANNHEIM EXHIBITION DESIGNED BY PROF. MAX LAUGER
The bath-house (see above and p. 299) formed the level of the ground in different parts of the
the central point of the entire scheme. The idea garden, in consequence of which they appeared
of the architect was to provide the possessor to be more sharply divided than if they had been
with the amenities of open-air bathing combined of uniform level. Thus the innermost portion
with the assthetic gratification afforded by the with the fountain was on the same level as the
garden environment. In addition to a domed peripheral sections, while surrounding the inner-
apartment which serves as a bath-room, the house most portion the ground was raised so as to form
contains a comfortably equipped dressing-room a terrace from which the whole of the garden could
and a pleasant sitting - room. Communication be surveyed.
with the outside bath, which is a rectangular Professor Lauger has without doubt provided a
basin without covering, is through a forecourt, fruitful source of suggestion in these Mannheim
the columns of which, like the entrance - lobby, gardens. But the problem of artistic garden-
are decorated with brightly - coloured Lauger planning, as it presents itself at the present day,
tiles. cannot be entirely solved by exhibition gardens. The
The two rose-gardens which Professor Lauger garden which is to conform to the conditions of life
designed for the exhibition (see pp. 298, 300 ) were nowadays cannot be moulded on the formal French
additional to the fifteen above mentioned, and were garden of the 17th and 18th centuries,, nor must it
intended less as adjuncts to a dwelling-house than follow the garden of the so-called Biedermeyer period,
as independent ornamental gardens. In that to with its flavour of sentimentalism, however much
the left of the main entrance (p. 300) the may be learned from them both. The condition
effect, as carried out, in spite of the almost which the modern garden has before all to fulfil is
perplexing display of architectural accessories, that of a pleasant out-of-door habitation, and the
is much more subdued than would appear from needs of everyday life must determine its develop-
the drawing. This result was reached by varying ment. L. Deubner.
301
BATH-HOUSE, MANNHEIM EXHIBITION DESIGNED BY PROF. MAX LAUGER
The bath-house (see above and p. 299) formed the level of the ground in different parts of the
the central point of the entire scheme. The idea garden, in consequence of which they appeared
of the architect was to provide the possessor to be more sharply divided than if they had been
with the amenities of open-air bathing combined of uniform level. Thus the innermost portion
with the assthetic gratification afforded by the with the fountain was on the same level as the
garden environment. In addition to a domed peripheral sections, while surrounding the inner-
apartment which serves as a bath-room, the house most portion the ground was raised so as to form
contains a comfortably equipped dressing-room a terrace from which the whole of the garden could
and a pleasant sitting - room. Communication be surveyed.
with the outside bath, which is a rectangular Professor Lauger has without doubt provided a
basin without covering, is through a forecourt, fruitful source of suggestion in these Mannheim
the columns of which, like the entrance - lobby, gardens. But the problem of artistic garden-
are decorated with brightly - coloured Lauger planning, as it presents itself at the present day,
tiles. cannot be entirely solved by exhibition gardens. The
The two rose-gardens which Professor Lauger garden which is to conform to the conditions of life
designed for the exhibition (see pp. 298, 300 ) were nowadays cannot be moulded on the formal French
additional to the fifteen above mentioned, and were garden of the 17th and 18th centuries,, nor must it
intended less as adjuncts to a dwelling-house than follow the garden of the so-called Biedermeyer period,
as independent ornamental gardens. In that to with its flavour of sentimentalism, however much
the left of the main entrance (p. 300) the may be learned from them both. The condition
effect, as carried out, in spite of the almost which the modern garden has before all to fulfil is
perplexing display of architectural accessories, that of a pleasant out-of-door habitation, and the
is much more subdued than would appear from needs of everyday life must determine its develop-
the drawing. This result was reached by varying ment. L. Deubner.
301