PEIPER IN THE BAUHAUS ON ARCHITECTURAL DISCOURSE OF THE 1920S AND MODERN LITERATURE

The paper refers to relations that hold between modern literature and the architectural discourse of the first decade of the Inter-War Years. Tadeusz Peiper's 1927 article W Bauhausie (In the Bauhaus) published in "Zwrotnica" ("The Switch") is made subject of considerations. The piece forms a starting point for presenting the assumptions of functionalistic architecture and its reception in the Second Polish Republic, referring mainly to the works of Szymon Syrkus, one of the leading representatives of function alism in the native architecture. The avant-garde's will to transform reality and conviction about the artist's deliberate need to take part in building new reality besides shaping modern life, both close to Peiper, are conductive in entering into a dialogue between the program texts and Peiper's poetic creation on the one hand and the 1920s architectural and urbanistic discourse, especially with architectural functionalism assumptions formulated by Walter Gropius on the other hand. The author of the paper suggests developing a space for common research reflection between modernist architecture and avant-garde literature.