Concrete is the 21st century’s most important building material. At the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, it is being further developed and brought into a new era with the »StimuCrete« research project. With the help of innovative additives, the plan is to develop an intelligent concrete that is adaptable in both its fresh and solid states. This innovation aims to boost digital, automated construction and to increase the service life of buildings. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research will be funding the NanoMatFutur research group, led by Luise Göbel, Junior Professor of »Werkstoffmechanik« at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, with nearly 1.9 million euros until 2028.

Was bedeutete es, in der Weimarer Republik ein ausländischer Künstler mit einem Akzent zu sein? Was konnten Künstler*innen mit gebrochenem Deutsch in den 1920er und frühen 1930er Jahren in Berlin oder am Bauhaus erreichen? Und wie können wir die Geschichten von Kunstschaffenden erforschen, die in der Weimarer Republik illegale oder halblegale Migranten waren, oft ohne offizielle Dokumente und Sichtbarkeit?

In der dritten Veranstaltung der Weimarer Stadtgespräche in 2024 richtet sich der Blick auf ländliche Räume. Angesichts von demografischem Umbruch, Klimakrise und Aufstieg der extremen Rechten geht es um Fragen wie diese: Welches können Strategien und Entwürfe einer gerechten Transformation in ländlichen Räumen Thüringens sein?. Welche Akteure können einen gelingenden Wandel gestalten? Welche konkreten Utopien des Ländlichen können Orientierung bieten? Was ist die Rolle von Regionalpolitik und Raumplanung in Thüringen?

The »Gewohnter Wandel. Gesellschaftliche Transformation und räumliche Materialisierung des Wohnens« joint research training group from the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt began their work on 1 October 2024. The research training group will be presenting itself during the winter semester to the public in a lecture series providing insights into current international housing research.

The Matriculation Ceremony on 16 October 2024 included not only a warm welcome to new students, it also honoured several students, an early-career scientist, and an early-career artist with Bauhaus-Universität Weimar Awards for their outstanding scientific and artistic/design work. President Prof. Peter Benz presented the awards and congratulated all winners in front of a packed Audimax.

A new publication from the student-organised »LUCIA Verlag« showcases typefaces and typographic designs created by Bauhaus-Universität Weimar students under the direction of Stefanie Schwarz in her »Typography and Typeface Design«. The book is supplemented by texts by over 20 designers on »New Typography«, including personal perspectives and approaches in the field of typography and typeface design.

From 18 October to 10 December 2024, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar Sprachenzentrum | Centre for Language and Cultural Learning will be hosting a series of events at the Markt 21 Gallery in Weimar and exploring topics of democratic participation and European identity.

The rural Thuringian Forest is facing major challenges in managing the current social and ecological crises. But impending change provides opportunities. To identify these, many of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar’s Institute for European Urban Studies (IfEU) planning projects from October 2024 to July 2025 are focussing on the Thuringian Mittelgebirge, an area rich in tradition. Under the title »Räume in Transformation Thüringen« (RiTT), students from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism are working closely with local partners to develop ideas on how sustainable and geographically equitable development in the region could succeed.

From 21 to 25 October, university members have the chance to learn about the newest IT services offered by the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar through two sessions each day in the University Library.

Seven video projects by MediaArchitecture students will be on display at the Elbphilharmonie Media Wall from 15 to 31 October as part of the City Digital Skin Art Festival in Hamburg. The festival also included prizes, among which were silver for Ayca Tugran and bronze for Kevin Blackistone. In addition, projects by five student teams were nominated to be presented at the festival.

As of summer 2024, the Language Centre has had a new name: Sprachenzentrum | Centre for Language and Cultural Learning. But why would a Bauhaus-Universität Weimar central university facility be changing its name after having offered language courses as the »Language Centre« for so long? What’s behind this change?

Book Launch on Thursday, 24 October 2024 at 6 pm in the Lounge of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar University Library

Renato Cymbalista (São Paulo) ist vom Oktober 2024 bis März 2025 als Mercator Fellow im Graduiertenkolleg »Identität und Erbe« zu Gast. Er eröffnet am 15. Oktober 2024 die Ringvorlesungsreihe im Wintersemester 2024/25 mit einem Vortrag auf Englisch zu Erinnerungsarbeit und kulturellem Erbe in São Paulo, Brazil. Weiterhin vortragen werden – wie immer am Dienstagabend, 18.30 Uhr – Ibrahim Klingeberg-Behr, Gal Kirn, Thomas Schmidt-Lux, Chiara de Cesari, Johanna Blokker, Wolfgang Ullrich, Georgiy Kasianov und Larissa Förster. Die Vorträge finden in Weimar, Erfurt oder Berlin statt und werden digital übertragen.

Hanna Maria Schlösser und Lorenz Kirchner leiten im Wintersemester 2024/25 die Wüstenrot Gastprofessur zum Umgang mit dem baulichen Bestand am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT).

On 9 October, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar welcomed its new employees with the new NEW@BAUHAUS format. All university members who have started working at since 1 January 2024 were invited to the event.

The new semester has begun: University members are back on campus after the summer months and are returning to learning, researching, teaching, and creating together in the 2024/2025 winter semester. As is the tradition, the Presidential Board hosted the university’s fall reception in the foyer of the Main Building on 9 October.

Die Weimarer Studentin Sonia Fernandes eröffnet am 14. Oktober in Suhl ihre Ausstellung zum Wandel der artenreichen Bergwiesen, die auf ein Forschungsprojekt im Rahmen ihres Studiums der »European Urban Studies« an der Fakultät Architektur und Urbanistik der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar zurückgeht.

What inspires the work of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar’s Presidential Board? What are their perspectives on new developments, plans, and projects? One year into their term as Presidential Board, Prof. Peter Benz, Dr. Ulrike Kuch, Prof. Timon Rabczuk, Dr. Simon Frisch, and Dr. Horst Henrici took the opportunity in the summer of 2024 to pause and reflect on their work.

The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar Matriculation Ceremony welcomes new students in the upcoming 2024/2025 winter semester. The start of the new semester marks not only the return of already-enrolled students back to campus, but also the beginning of an exciting new phase for many first-year students.