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On 22 November 2024, this year’s winners of the traditional graduation exhibition at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism were recognised as part of the graduation ceremony. Three main prizes, two special prizes and ten commendations were presented for outstanding ideas and solutions addressing contemporary architectural, urban development and social challenges. These encompass topics such as urban-rural dynamics, the repurposing and conversion of buildings, structural changes, opportunities for participation and the role of artificial intelligence.

In December 2024, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar Audimax will be renamed the »Maurice Halbwachs Auditorium«. Through this dedication, the university is honouring the life and work of French sociologist and philosopher Maurice Halbwachs (1877–1945), who died at Buchenwald concentration camp of an illness resulting from his imprisonment. An accompanying exhibition of his work and its reception will be presented at the University Library.

Experimenting, exchanging ideas and learning with enthusiasm: The newly founded Science Discovery Centre at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar’s Marienstraße 7 welcomes children and youth to broaden their knowledge in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and gain professional inspiration. The Science Discovery Centre Weimar will be opening its doors to the public for the first time from 6 to 11 pm as part of the Long Night of Sciences on 15 November 2024.

Felix Stockhausen has been honoured with a recognition at the Mia Seeger Prize 2024 for his bachelor's thesis in product design at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Under the title »Velocity«, he designed a bicycle compartment including a guidance system to make taking bicycles on commuter trains easier and more attractive.

A project in the Faculty of Art and Design is working on digitally customised, 3D printed foot orthoses. The project will make everyday life easier for affected patients. Researchers on the »Digitale Orthetik« project were awarded a gold medal at the international »Ideen, Erfindungen, Neuheiten« (iENA) trade fair. The project was funded by the Thuringian Ministry for Economic Affairs, Science and Digital Society.

The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and the Materials Research and Testing Laboratory Weimar (MFPA) have joined the »Stiftung für Technologie, Innovation und Forschung Thüringen« to found the Science Discovery Centre. Specialising in construction, the environment, and computer science, the new location is being developed on the ground floor of Marienstraße 7B for STEM enthusiasts and students interested in science and technology from the 4th grade and up.

On Friday 15 November 2024, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will be a number of events for the Weimar and Weimarer Land Long Night of Sciences. From 6 pm to midnight, visitors can experiment, discover and learn about how science works. They can also enjoy presentations, exhibitions, lectures, and interactive experiments. Guided tours help visitors imagine what studying could look like in the future.

Die Bauhaus-Universität Weimar und die Materialforschungs- und Prüfanstalt (MFPA) Weimar laden Jungforscher*innen aus Mittelthüringen zur Teilnahme an Deutschlands bekanntestem Nachwuchswettbewerb ein. Die Anmeldung ist bis zum 30. November 2024 unter www.jugend-forscht.de möglich. Der 30. Regionalwettbewerb »Jugend forscht Mittelthüringen« findet am 26. Februar 2025 auf dem Campus der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar statt.

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, 7. November 2024, 19 bis 21 Uhr statt. Hierzu sind sowohl zukünftige Studierende als auch ihre Eltern herzlich eingeladen.

Maurice Halbwachs (1877 - 1945) was an influential French sociologist and philosopher who taught at the Université de Strasbourg, the Sorbonne in Paris and at the Collège de France. His wide-ranging work includes fundamental contributions to the sociology of labour and economics, the sociology of social classes, urban sociology, the sociology of suicide, social morphology and statistics. His study on »The Social Frameworks of Memory«, published in 1925, and his subsequent theory of collective memory are regarded as influential far beyond his time. Halbwachs was also a pioneer of Franco-German academic exchange and inter-confessional dialogue.

From 7 to 9 November 2024, the »International, Dialogue-Free SalSa Film Festival« will take place in Weimar. Following last year’s successful première, the Festival will, for the first time, be organised by Faculty of Art and Design students at CineStar Weimar. The event will include screenings of short, dialogue-free films from all over the world. Entrance is free of charge.

For the second year in a row, the outstanding achievements of Bauhaus-Universität Weimar Faculty of Art and Design students have secured third place for the State of Thuringia in the »ADC Hochschul-Kreativindex«. Ranking in the index is based on awards received over the last three years.

Natural hazards and severe weather events put buildings under great stress. Junior Professor Anastasia Athanasiou is investigating how to plan and build tall, slender structures safely and in a resource-efficient manner. Since July 2023, she has held the newly established chair of Natural Hazards and Structural Resilience at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. A native of Greece, she previously worked at the University of Catania (Italy) and Concordia University in Montreal (Canada). In her inaugural lecture, she will report on the challenges of the past year and provide an insight into current research achievements.

Concrete is the 21st century’s most important building material. At the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, it is being further developed and brought into a new era with the »StimuCrete« research project. With the help of innovative additives, the plan is to develop an intelligent concrete that is adaptable in both its fresh and solid states. This innovation aims to boost digital, automated construction and to increase the service life of buildings. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research will be funding the NanoMatFutur research group, led by Luise Göbel, Junior Professor of »Werkstoffmechanik« at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, with nearly 1.9 million euros until 2028.

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.