For the design of the ADGB Trades Union College in Bernau (1930), Hannes Meyer initially had all of the building’s functions scientifically analysed. The architectural implementation was intended to appear as a logical consequence of these specifications. For example, the entire ground plan was developed from the educational necessity for communal living: there had to be spaces for everyone to learn, live and eat together, as well as for the trade union members’ leisure activities. The sections of the building, which were loosely adapted to the landscape, served for ‘friendly strolling’ (as Meyer put it). The architecture is not merely a vessel here, but a lifestyle. Its frugal effect was deliberate, as a means of breaking with the traditional architectural aesthetic.