Who among us doesn’t long for a dip in cool, refreshing water on a hot summer’s day? In places where there is no ocean or lake close by, outdoor pools are the place to go. However, you often hear it said that the heating costs are too high, or that it is simply uneconomical to continue operating such pools. Arguments like this were also made in the town of Rippershausen, which is situated among the lush green highlands of the Thuringian Forest and the Rhön Mountains. A local association calling itself »Schwimmbadfreunde« (friends of the swimming pool) took responsibility for the municipal outdoor pool in 2011 and went looking for new ideas. Students from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar developed several relevant proposals. The first part of a covered wooden walkway, also known as a colonnade, has been in place for several weeks. This change will allow the pool to serve as a year-round meeting place.

»Schön, das Audimax mal wieder bis auf den letzten Platz gefüllt zu sehen!« – mit diesen Worten begrüßte Prof. Dr. Jutta Emes, Vorläufige Leiterin der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar und Interimspräsidentin, die über 400 Studierenden, die sich am Mittwochabend, 12. Oktober 2022, zu ihrer Feierlichen Immatrikulation in den größten Hörsaal der Universität eingefunden hatten.

Am Donnerstag, 20. Oktober 2022, 14 Uhr, stellen rund 160 Erstsemesterstudierende aus den Studiengängen Bachelor Architektur und Bachelor Urbanistik die Ergebnisse ihres Einführungskurses vor. In diesem Jahr erkunden die Studierenden Orte auf dem Universitätscampus, die sie als Zwischenräume, Lücken oder Brüche wahrnehmen. Diese neu zu interpretieren und umzuwidmen ist das Ziel der diesjährigen Performance.

Under the title »Virtual Tinkering«, students from a total of six universities worldwide present the results of the »Public Arts Garage« project. Working together in teams, they realised artistic projects in virtual exchange exploring different approaches to work with and in public spaces. Now a selection of artistic interventions and performances will be presented in a poster exhibition in the university library of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

Caroline Ektander, born in Sweden in 1982, has been living in Berlin and working as a curator and architect for over ten years. Her work deals with the complex conditions of environmentally hazardous substances, poisons and toxins. She is currently working on her doctorate at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar in the Faculty of Art and Design, focussing on the restoration of contaminated sites in Bitterfeld-Wolfen. In addition to this, she will be artistically exploring the contaminated ground water at the chemical site through support from the university’s Kreativfonds. Science editor Stephanie Waske asked Ektander about the context of this unusual research field.

Welche Programmiertechniken und Programmiersprachen gibt es? Und wie können sie dabei helfen, komplexe mathematische Probleme zu lösen? Diesen und weitere Fragen beantwortet Dr. Andreas Jakoby, Leiter des Bereichs »Algorithm Engineering« an der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, in seinem Informatikkurs gemeinsam mit Schüler*innen der gymnasialen Oberstufe. In diesem Schuljahr widmet er sich dem Themenschwerpunkt »Visuelle Kryptographie«. Alle Interessierten sind herzlich eingeladen, an dem Kurs teilzunehmen.

Masks used as protection against the coronavirus have produced millions of tonnes of plastic waste. What if this waste could be recycled, even those masks contaminated by the virus? Two Bauhaus-Universität Weimar students could not stop asking themselves this question. Using a 3D printer, they showed what would be possible and created a toothbrush using recycled mask material. Their work is currently on display at the Marta Herford Museum or Art, Architecture, Design.

Mit drei Preisen und einer Anerkennung erzielten Studierende der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar im diesjährigen Konrad Wachsmann-Studienpreis überragende Erfolge. Preise erhielten die gemeinsamen Abschlussarbeiten von Amelie Steffen/Julius Baumanns, Marie Heyer/Nora Iannone sowie die Einzelarbeit von Vincent Mank. Eine Anerkennung ging an die Gemeinschaftsarbeit von Lisa Maßel und Lia Zinngrebe.

Thuringia’s largest contemporary art festival, Kunstfest Weimar, has begun and invites guests to experience art, film, music, theatre, drama and dance events and much more until 10 September 2022. Cooperative projects from the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar are also part of the event.

The »Allianz Thüringer Ingenieurwissenschaften« Master Science Camp ‘22 will take place at the Hochschule Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences in a cooperation with the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar from 29 August to 2 September. For one week, 35 Master’s students from the seven »Allianz THÜR ING« member universities will work together in interdisciplinary teams on sustainability-related engineering topics.

Interesse am Ingenieurstudium? Vom 29. August bis zum 7. Oktober 2022 beantworten drei Studentinnen der Fakultät Bauingenieurwesen alle Fragen rund um das Thema Studium und Bewerbung. Immer Montag bis Freitag von 10 bis 14 Uhr ist die »Studienstart Infohotline« unter der Nummer: +49(0)3643/58 45 62 oder per E-Mail unter studienstart@bauing.uni-weimar.de zu erreichen.

Im Rahmen des interdisziplinären Bauhaus.Moduls »Ping.Pong.Pocket« haben Studierende im Sommersemester 2022 zwei recycelte Tischtennisplatten entworfen und gebaut, die zukünftig von Studierenden und Mitarbeitenden der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar genutzt werden können. Am Freitag, 12. August 2022, ab 16 Uhr, werden die Ping-Pong-Platten zunächst im Hof der Coudraystraße 11 und anschließend im Hof der Marienstraße 13 bei einem Turnier, Getränken und Musik feierlich eingeweiht. Interessierte sind herzlich auf ein »Match« eingeladen.

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.