The urgency of addressing global challenges such as climate change and resource scarcity underscores the importance of rethinking approaches to materials research. Thuringia’s innovation drivers are focussing on sustainable building materials, recycling and closed-loop material cycles. The »Thuringian Materials Day« industry event on 11 March 2024 at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will feature keynote speeches, poster pitches and an industry exhibition. Participation is free of charge.

After two successful workshops in Montevideo (Uruguay) and Sagada (Philippines), the third Bauhaus.Listening.Workshop will now take place in Johannesburg from 17 to 22 March 2024. It will bring together sound practitioners and theorists from Southern Africa to exchange ideas about listening cultures and radio history in the region.

From 14 to 23 March, 171 students from the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and its European partner universities will be taking part in the third Bauhaus Spring School. Participants will be able to collaborate creatively and engage in intercultural networking in eight courses relating to the topics of architecture, urbanism, art, design, media, culture, technology and the environment. The international short-term programme began in January 2024 with online courses and will now continue with a nine-day in-person phase in Weimar.

Due to a rise in bird collisions, the university library has installed tested bird protection markings on certain glass surfaces. The purpose of these markings is to ensure that the building continues to receive natural light while also protecting native bird species.

The Building Physics Days 2024 on 6 and 7 March in Weimar will focus on how the needs of people, buildings and the environment can be reconciled. The key topics of the conference are “energy supply”, “indoor climate” and “acoustics”.

Wie wollen wir altern? Welche Rolle spielen alte Menschen für die Gemeinschaft? Und welche Zukunft haben wir selbst in einer immer älter werdenden Gesellschaft? Diesen und weiteren Fragen sind Studierende der Fakultät Kunst und Gestaltung an der Professur »Experimentelles Radio« nachgegangen und präsentieren die Ergebnisse nun am Theater Erfurt in einem multimedialen Stück.

In den kommenden drei Jahren wird das Projekt »Pro-Green Labs« von der EU mit Mittel in Höhe von 800.000 Euro gefördert. Die Professur Sozialwissenschaftliche Stadtforschung der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar leitet das Projekt, in dem es um die Förderung grüner Kompetenzen in der Architekturausbildung geht.

From 21 to 24 March 2024, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will be represented at the Leipzig Book Fair with a booth in the Art Colleges section. This year’s theme: »Even more reading, even more writing. Neues Schreiben – neues Lesen.« Alongside numerous interactive projects available for exploration at the booth, LUCIA Verlag will also be presenting 16 publications. The books published by the student-run publishing house reflect the diversity and interdisciplinary nature of the various university departments – from art and design to media studies and architecture.

Bei dem Bildungsprojekt »Wissen erobern. Schüler*innen entdecken die Weimarer Bibliotheken« dreht sich in diesem Jahr für 450 Zehntklässler der gymnasialen Oberstufe alles um das Thema »Demokratie stärken«.

The speed at which technology is developing and the increasing complexity of academic culture clearly show that lifelong learning and continued professional development are essential when it comes to remaining professionally and technically connected and up to date. Online courses are becoming more and more relevant.