Steven Mac Nelly is the new central contact person for sustainability issues at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Since 1 September 2022, he has been responsible for, among other things, assessing the energy footprint of university buildings.
From 2 to 31 October 2022, visitors will be able to explore outstanding final projects from the Product and Industrial Design departments of the most renowned German design and art colleges at the Design Campus of the Dresden State Art Collections (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden [SKD]). Milena Huber, Maren Klamser and Antonia Ney of the Faculty of Art and Design are participating in the exhibition. Artistic staff member Almut Nowack will also be represented with her Master’s thesis from HAWK Hildesheim.
A pilot project affecting Line 3 is being launched in Weimar on 4 October 2022. Instead of the hourly service provided up until now, the city buses between the Main Station and Industrial Area West will operate every 30 minutes. This will be a boon particularly for the students and employees of the Faculty of Media as well as employees of the local businesses, but local residents also stand to benefit. Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, real-estate company Nexus and its tenants Antenne Thüringen, AWO Regionalverband Mitte-West Thüringen and Desay SV Automotive Europe each contributed 50,000 euros to the financing of the project.
Research is an abstract concept. But how does it actually happen? What do researchers experience on the way to new knowledge? What challenges do they have to overcome? With diaries, researchers at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar provide us an insight into their projects – so that others can participate in challenging times and the joy of success.
How can we successfully reduce our energy use, both to save costs and protect the climate by releasing less CO2? These are among the questions that will be asked by 150 guests from science and the industry from across Europe during the BauSIM Conference at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar from 20 to 22 September 2022.
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.
A new subject area was launched on 1 September in the Produktdesign (Product Design) degree programme at the Faculty of Art and Design: »Emerging Technologies and Design«. Dr. Thomas Pearce was appointed to the newly created tenure track junior professor position. What does this title mean and how does this >newbie< intend to shape the field in the Produktdesign (Product Design) degree programme?
»Erinnern gestalten. Orte der NS-Medizinverbrechen« Conference brings together researchers from various fields at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar to approach topics of Nazi medical crimes, Nazi-era healthcare polices, and the built environment under National Socialist rule. Participants will be asked how this knowledge can be made accessible while also looking at contemporary forms of commemoration and remembrance. The conference is a joint event between the »Geschichte der Bauhausstraße 11« research project at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and the »Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Thüringen«.
From 15 September to 15 December 2022, the Radio Art Residency will be held by composer, producer, musician and sound designer Warrick Swinney. With his project "The ghostly disappearance of my country's future: a sonic hauntology", the South African-born composer focuses on re-approaching his existence as a recorded being through personal archives.
What are the best ways to heat, cool and ventilate buildings in the future This is the question that nearly 150 experts from science and the industry will be addressing at the 9th BauSIM Conference, which will be hosted for the first time by the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar from 20 to 22 September 2022.
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.
Until October 31, students in Thuringia can still get a pro-rata refund of their semester ticket fee. Students can get their money quickly and easily at the canteen cashier. To transfer the money to a bank account, reloaders are available in the dining halls. These are now marked with stickers. The transfer is possible at the machines marked »thoska aufwerten und auszahlen«.
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 Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is carefully planning and preparing for potential gas and energy shortages. The university has already been getting ready to significantly curb its gas and energy consumption since gas supply was substantially reduced by the Russian government in July.
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.
Researchers at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar have been testing and analysing ways to improve the energy use in existing buildings and urban areas for years. We spoke to engineer Mara Geske, head of the »Energie« working group at the Building Physics Department, and asked her how we as individuals can reduce our energy use while at the same time improving our well-being.
The Building Physics Department has determined that unheated living spaces cool down to 7 or 8°C during an average German winter. Although a gas shortage in Germany is extremely unlikely to occur, proper heating and ventilation in the winter help to save energy and ensure a comfortable indoor climate.
The Building Physics Department has determined that unheated living spaces cool down to 7 or 8°C during an average German winter. Although a gas shortage in Germany is extremely unlikely to occur, proper heating and ventilation in the winter help to save energy and ensure a comfortable indoor climate.