Project information

submitted by
Nicole Baron

Co-Authors
Bereket Telayneh, Ermias Tizazu, Feven Mekuria, Jacob Pertz, Joel Darge, Karen Modrei, Kokeb Solomon, Liya Haddis, Luis Rutz, Marco Reusch, Marta Manzuoli, Nikodimos Asrat, Paulos Yeneneh, and Yannick Lindner

Mentors
Ingo Helmedag, Israel Tesfu, Martin Dennemark, Metadel Sileshi, Nicole Baron, Philippe Schmidt, Sven Schneider

Faculty:
Architecture and Urbanism,
Civil Engineering,
Art and Design,
Media

Degree programme:
Architecture (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)),
Architecture (Master of Science (M.Sc.)),
MediaArchitecture (Master of Science (M.Sc.)),
European Urban Studies (english) (Master of Science (M.Sc.)),
Advanced Urbanism (english) (Master of Science (M.Sc.)),
International Ph. D. Programme European Urban Studies (doctoral degree (Dr.)),
Civil Engineering [Construction, Environment, Building Materials] (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)),
Civil Engineering (Master of Science (M.Sc.)),
Environmental Engineering and Management (continuing education, extra occupational, english)) (Master of Science (M.Sc.)),
Water and Environment (continuing education, extra occupational) (Master of Science (M.Sc.)),
Visual Communication (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)),
Visual Communication/Visual Cultures (Master of Arts (M.A.)),
– Other –

Type of project presentation
Exhibition

Semester
Summer semester 2019

• Belvederer Allee 1a - Kubus
  (EG | ground floor)

attractive to children

Links
http://www.uni-weimar.de/ecl-aa

Contributors:
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development, Nafiseh Fathollahzadeh, Flintstone Engineering SC

Project description

»ሠላም bauhaus« (selam bauhaus) means »hello bauhaus« in Amharic, one of the major languages in Ethiopia.

Together with the visitor, this interactive exhibition offers insight into the long-standing cooperation between the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany and the Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development (EiABC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

One could also re-interpret the Amharic letters as »Why Bauhaus« challenging the overuse of this label in 2019. The exhibition makers, however, believe that the ambitions and methods of the State Bauhaus can still inspire us in the present day: its interdisciplinary and practice-oriented teaching of architecture and design responded to the rapid changes in society and their impact on the built environment. Against the background of global climate change and migration, the approaches of the State Bauhaus are today more contemporary than ever and thus explain the cross-reference in the title.

Coinciding with the centenary of the Bauhaus and the 65th anniversary of EiABC, this exhibition presents the work done so far in research, teaching and cooperation between BUW and EiABC. »ሠላም bauhaus« reflects on the cooperation's past and discusses options for its future.