Unter dem Motto »keep on movING« laden die Fakultät Bauingenieurwesen und die Bauhaus Weiterbildungsakademie Weimar e.V. (WBA) am 2. September 2022 zum Studieninformationstag ein. Präsentiert werden die berufsbegleitenden Masterstudiengänge im Bereich Architektur und Bauwesen. Von 13 bis 17.30 Uhr können sich Studieninteressierte vor Ort umschauen und mit den Lehrenden ins Gespräch kommen.

From 20 August to 3 September 2022, 120 participants from almost 50 countries will once again come together on the campus of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar after a lengthy hiatus for the Bauhaus Summer School.

From this autumn, Prof. Dr. Andrea Dreyer (Professor of Art Education, Faculty of Art and Design) and Prof. Dr. Bernd Fröhlich (Professor of Virtual Reality Systems, Faculty of Media) will receive funding from the »Innovationen in der digitalen Hochschullehre« joint fellowship programme of the donors’ association (Stifterverband) of the German initiative to promote education, science and innovation (Deutsche Wissenschaft e. V.) and the Thuringian Ministry of Economics, Science and Digital Society. The state of Thuringia is supporting teaching concepts with up to €50,000 to encourage innovations in digital university teaching.

In the winter semester 2021/22, students from the Faculty of Art & Design embarked on an in-depth exploration of complaints and the processes these trigger that are often contrary to the intention of the actual complaint within the module entitled »Complaint!ivism?«. The outcome is almost 200 individual entries that address this highly topical social issue from an art-theoretical and artistic perspective in a wide variety of formats.

»Wer weiß? | Who knows?«: The summaery2022 had this deliberately ambiguous title and asked how, where and by whom knowledge is produced. Organized by the Faculty of Media, this year's annual show at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar was finally able to take place on campus again after a two-year pandemic.

This year, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar’s annual show has the intentionally ambiguous bilingual title of »Wer weiß? | Who knows?« and explores how, where and by whom knowledge is produced. Among the projects due to be showcased is »PARFORCE«, a partnership for virtual laboratories in civil engineering within which students from the Faculty of Civil Engineering have been working on the question of how virtual and remote-controlled experiments can be integrated into university practice. We spoke to course tutor Mahsa Mirboland from the Professorship for Complex Structures about the project and the work with the students.

This year, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar’s annual show has the intentionally ambiguous bilingual title of »Wer weiß? | Who knows?« and explores how, where and by whom knowledge is produced. The Faculty of Media is responsible for organising the summaery2022, hence it is only logical that the project that has lent it its name also has its origins there. In the interdisciplinary project »SHAKIN’ – Sharing subaltern knowledge through international cultural collaborations«, students from the Faculty of Media, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, and Faculty of Art and Design question the origin of knowledge, including knowledge that does not emanate from an academic environment but rather from practice. The participants also examine knowledge created by other media though – by machines, orally via YouTube or through bodily practices such as dance, for instance. We spoke with course tutor Jun.-Prof. Dr. Eva Krivanec from the Professorship for European Media Culture about the project and the work with the students.

On Friday, 15 July, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is hosting two key events as part of its summaery2022 annual show. At 12:30–6 pm, visitors are invited to explore fascinating experiments, go on lab tours and view computer simulations along the 300-metre SCIENCE MILE Q3 on Coudraystraße: Are houses made of straw sustainable? And what exactly does plaster have to do with the coal phase-out? And how does a virtual mechanics lab work? Afterwards, the OPEN LAB NIGHT 2022 will begin in Schwanseestraße with virtual reality, game design and 3D engineering. Until 10 pm, visitors can tour the computer science labs and speak with the scientists and students while they enjoy cold beverages, barbecued food and DJ music.

This year, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar’s annual show has the intentionally ambiguous bilingual title of »Wer weiß? | Who knows?« and explores how, where and by whom knowledge is produced. The project »Hyperobjects – radical visions of the future / the limits of our human imagination« is among those due to be showcased: twenty students from the fields of art education, product design, media art and visual communication have each devoted themselves artistically to their own hyperobjects, i.e. topics whose extent surpasses the understanding of space and time. The spectrum ranges from collective phenomena such as climate change, the relationship between nature and technology or the scarcity of resources to topics like anonymity, identity, time, death or loss that affect people in different ways. We spoke to the students Antonia Stella Pfadenhauer and Maximilian Götz as representatives for all course participants and asked them about their work and »knowledge«.

This year, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar’s annual exhibition has the intentionally ambiguous bilingual title of »Wer weiß? | Who knows?« and explores how, where and by whom knowledge is produced. The interdisciplinary project entitled »Lightweight Highrise Buildings – vertikale Stadtquartiere der Zukunft« is among the projects being showcased. A total of 17 Master’s students of architecture and civil engineering addressed the question of how sustainable, resource-saving and, above all, efficient building will be possible in the future. We spoke to the students Lara Engelke, Marc Bisselik and Robin Fechtel as representatives for all course participants and asked them about their work and »knowledge«.

Fifteen students from the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar have conceived new interiors and designed furniture for the foyer of the Mensa am Park cafeteria as part of the Bauhaus.Module »Möbel machen Mensa«. The first small series is now going into production in the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar’s workshops.

Die Architekturstudentinnen Marie Heyer und Nora Iannone haben für ihre Masterthesis »Materialgeschichten« (Betreuung: Professur Bauformenlehre) einen Sonderpreis in der Kategorie Forschung in der diesjährigen Sustainability Challenge der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen (DGNB) erhalten.

Works by no less than three students of Visual Communication, Faculty of Art and Design, were chosen among the 29 best posters in the competition, which was held under the motto »Campus life digital«. Hanyi Kim took second place with her poster »Studying at Home«. Further awards went to Leela Dutta for »Behind the Scenes« and Hannes Naumann with his poster »In the Window«.

After two years of pandemic, this year’s annual exhibition Ucan finally once again take place on the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar campus. From 14 to 17 July 2022, studios, workrooms and seminar rooms will be transformed into exhibition spaces and visitors invited to learn more about the projects completed by the four faculties and their departments in the current academic year.

Die Sonne ist die zuverlässigste Quelle für erneuerbare Energie. Sie ist kostenlos, unerschöpflich, sauber und wird seit vielen Jahren mit einer Reihe von Technologien zur Erzeugung von Strom, thermischer Energie und Wärme genutzt. Wie kommt es, dass sie immer noch keine Schlüsselrolle bei der Energieerzeugung in unseren Städten spielt?

Kluge Ideen in technische Konzepte umsetzen, das ist der Kern des Ingenieurwesens. Doch wie gelingt der Wandel hin zu einer modernen Gesellschaft, die nachhaltig denkt und handelt? Unter dem Motto »transformING« lädt die Thüringer Allianz für Ingenieurwissenschaften am 29. Juni 2022 von 10 bis 17 Uhr alle Interessierten zum Thementag an die Bauhaus-Universität Weimar ein. Präsentiert werden innovative Projekte aus den Bereichen Forschung, Lehre und Transfer.

Unter dem Titel »diaphanous | diaphan« findet am 8. Juni 2022 um 19 Uhr im ACUD in Berlin und am 18. Juni 2022 um 19 Uhr bei m books in Weimar eine Buchvorstellung und multimediale Installation statt. Die Installation ist anschließend bis zum 24. Juni bei m books zu erleben.

An Gleisen. An Gräsern, Fliederbüschen und Rotmilanen. An Schmierereien und an Weggeworfenem. An Stromkästen. An Stellwerken Weichen stellen. Takt halten. An Kleingärten, Dörfern und Städten. Anzüge angrinsen. Aufzüge aufrufen. An Bahnen anbahnen.

The new publication »Type & Tools« from the degree programme in Visual Communication is now available from Lucia Verlag. The presented works examine in which way type design is influenced by its tools and how the use of alternative design tools can set new creative impulses.

Digitalisation permeates all areas of society – from work to leisure, health care to climate research, education to entertainment. Researchers from the Faculty of Media are using innovative methods to explore the requirements and effects of this development.