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The »Gewohnter Wandel. Gesellschaftliche Transformation und räumliche Materialisierung des Wohnens« joint research training group from the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt began their work on 1 October 2024. The research training group will be presenting itself during the winter semester to the public in a lecture series providing insights into current international housing research.

The rural Thuringian Forest is facing major challenges in managing the current social and ecological crises. But impending change provides opportunities. To identify these, many of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar’s Institute for European Urban Studies (IfEU) planning projects from October 2024 to July 2025 are focussing on the Thuringian Mittelgebirge, an area rich in tradition. Under the title »Räume in Transformation Thüringen« (RiTT), students from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism are working closely with local partners to develop ideas on how sustainable and geographically equitable development in the region could succeed.

Book Launch on Thursday, 24 October 2024 at 6 pm in the Lounge of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar University Library

The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar Matriculation Ceremony welcomes new students in the upcoming 2024/2025 winter semester. The start of the new semester marks not only the return of already-enrolled students back to campus, but also the beginning of an exciting new phase for many first-year students.

The head of »Experimental Radio« at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is publishing a new kind of website in the form of a »Transcultural Listening Map«. The Map makes the interactive exploration of international projects based on cultural techniques of hearing and listening to radio possible. Artists and researchers are invited to participate by adding their own projects to the platform.

In October 2024, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and the Fachhochschule Erfurt University of Applied Sciences will be showcasing student projects dedicated to questions of (re)building existing structures during a joint »Hochschulmonat« (university month). The projects are part of the »Sorge um den Bestand« exhibit, which the »Bund Deutscher Architektinnen und Architekten« (Association of German Architects) has been running in Erfurt’s »Bahnhallenquartiers« since August.

Once a year, the chancellors of Germany’s universities convene for their annual conference in order to address current professional challenges within their areas of responsibility. This year’s conference is scheduled for 19 to 21 September at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and is dedicated to the keynote topic of »University Construction Despite/in Defiance of Crises«. Some 100 participants from across Germany are expected to attend the conference, which will focus on pioneering university construction initiatives and the concept of the »campus of the future«.

Prof. Jan Willmann und Jun.-Prof. Lars Abrahamczyk haben sich mit ihrem Projekt »Robotic Tectonics – Roboterbasierte Lehr- und Lernumgebung für automatisierte Bauprozesse« (RoboTec) erfolgreich um eines von neun Fellowships des Stifterverbands und des Thüringer Wirtschaftsministeriums beworben. Rund 50.000 Euro stehen nun für ein interdisziplinäres Lehrformat zur Verfügung, das den Studierenden den Umgang mit Roboterarmen praktisch beibringen soll. Bereits mehrfach profitierte die Bauhaus-Universität Weimar von den Förderungen für Innovationen in der Digitalen Hochschullehre Thüringen, um neue Lehrvorhaben zu entwickeln.

The joint BMBF-funded MOVEwell project is scheduled to begin in September 2024 under the leadership of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. The goal of the project is to make rural areas more accessible, thus increasing the attractiveness of the regions as business locations – in particular for skilled workers. Using three model regions in Thuringia as examples, innovative and sustainable public transport concepts will be developed, tested and integrated with workplace mobility management concepts. Nearly 4.6 million euros are being provided by the federal government for this project over the next five years.

After several years in development, the prototype for a new type of façade greenery system integrated with solar panels is being tested under real conditions at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) funded »Vertikale Klima-Klär-Anlage« (VertiKKA for short) project will be installed on the façade of the Bauhaus-Institute for Infrastructure Solutions (b.is) at Coudraystraße 10. The prototype will be presented to the public for the first time during the grand opening on 5 September 2024 starting at 4 pm.

Im Sommersemester 2024 hat die Professur »Fotografie« ein besonderes Projekt angeboten: Unter dem Titel »MULTIPERSPEKTIVITÄT« haben Studierende der Visuellen Kommunikation mit Kindern und Jugendlichen aus Weimar-West zusammengearbeitet. In zahlreichen Workshops und bei verschiedenen Veranstaltungen sind Fotografien entstanden, die nun bis Ende September im Stadtraum von Weimar-West ausgestellt sind.

Media Art and Design students from the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will be presenting their work at this year’s »Ars Electronica 2024« in Linz from 4 to 8 September 2024. Under this year’s slogan, »sense & sense-abilities«, artists are inviting visitors to reflect on subjective sensory experiences and how they influence our behaviour through interactive installations and performances.

From 26 August to 6 September, the 6th »Weimarer Stummfilm-Retrospektive«, together with the Media Studies Department and the University Library, will be screening a selection of silent films under the slogan »Weltenecho! Filme der Weimarer Republik in den Weimarer Kinos 1924«. The event, which has established itself as a permanent fixture in the Kunstfest Weimar programme, will provide insights into one of the most influential periods in film history. Over ten evenings, a total of 20 films that played in Weimar cinemas in 1924 will be screened at the Lichthaus-Kino Weimar.

Together with other Weimar educational institutions, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will be hosting the »Weimarer Wissensdialog. Wissenschaft und Kunst für eine starke Demokratie« (Weimar knowledge dialogue. Science and art for a strong democracy.) on Friday, 23 August 2024. The attending researchers and artists will be presenting their projects and are hoping to engage in discussions with Weimar citizens. The event is being held as part of the »Weltoffenes Thüringen« (Open-Minded Thuringia) initiative.

Die Bauhaus-Universität Weimar lädt dazu ein, sich umfassend über die Studienwahl und die Rahmenbedingungen des Studiums zu informieren. Der nächste Orientierungsabend findet online am Donnerstag, 29. August 2024, 19 bis 21 Uhr statt. Hierzu sind sowohl zukünftige Studierende als auch ihre Eltern herzlich eingeladen.

One semester earlier than planned, the owner of the building, the »Kassenärztlichen Vereinigung Thüringen (KVT)«, will hand the building at Bauhausstraße 11 back over to its tenant, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, on Friday, 16 August, 2024 at 10:30 am. For over 25 years, the Faculty of Media has been home to the departments of Computer Science of Media and Media Studies, as well as the Faculty’s labs, seminar rooms and offices. Extensive renovations, including a new extension, on the building began in autumn of 2021 at the request of the KVT and in accordance with the building’s status. The renovations will provide modern and improved study and working conditions in the 2024/2025 winter semester.

The university gallery »nova space« of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar invites you to the opening of the exhibition »Wo ist der Morgen, den wir gestern sahen?« on Thursday, August 22, 2024, from 4 pm. The exhibition shows works by students, university lecturers and external positions that deal with the fragile state of ideas of future visions, the vacuum, the interspaces and -tones, scenarios and snapshots when systems threaten to collapse.

It’s that time again: From 7 to 31 August 2024, 230 students from over 50 countries will be in Weimar to take part in two- to three-and-a-half-week language and specialist courses at the Bauhaus Summer School. Guests are warmly invited to the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar campus for the final presentation on 30 August beginning at 2 pm.

On 21 July 2024, the German-language version of the Gesamtkunstwerk »Das graue Tuch« will premiere at the Zeiss Planetarium Jena. The immersive 360-degree fulldome show, created under the direction of Hon. Prof. Micky Remann with students from Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, promises a spectacular performance with live theatre and orchestra.

Die Freie-Kunst-Absolventin Maria Fabricius-Wendt ist am Freitag, 12. Juli 2024, mit den Lyonel Kunstpreis 2024 geehrt worden. Der mit 2.000 Euro dotierte Nachwuchspreis wird seit 2019 für künstlerische Abschlussarbeiten aus der Fakultät Kunst und Gestaltung vom Lyonel – Verein zur Förderung von Kunst, Gestaltung und Kultur (Lyonel e.V.) ausgelobt.