summaery2024: Projects

Freehand drawing excursion to Görlitz

Project information

submitted by
Dr. Sabine Zierold

Co-Authors
Cosima Czekalla, Lea Depenheuer, Bastian Gebauer, Yihang Guo, Tim Knesebeck, Henri Koch, Lotte Krübel, Henk Kunst, Lukas Lux, Nandi Müller, Johanna Nagler, Lisette Noga, Lilly Rudolph, Florian Schmidt, Thea Simond, Gustav Steck, Ada Sturm, Alma Sunder-Plassmann, Charlotte von Laffert, Helene von Stuckrad, Cosima von Dohnanyi, Tadeusz Wache, Johann Weber, Mathilde Winkler, Annika Wunder

Mentors
Dr.-Ing. Sabine Zierold

Faculty:
Architecture and Urbanism

Degree programme:
Architecture (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.))

Type of project presentation
Exhibition

Semester
Summer semester 2024

Exhibition Location / Event Location
  • Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 8 - Hauptgebäude / Main Building

Available during summaery opening hours

attractive to children


Contributors:
Deutsches Kulturforum östliches Europa

Project description

Görlitz on the Lusatian Neisse is a member of the Neisse Euroregion and has formed a European town with Zgorzelec since 1998. Görlitz was almost completely spared from destruction in World War II and boasts an impressive historic old town with elaborately restored buildings from the Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, and Art Nouveau periods. Görlitz is considered an architectural Gesamtkunstwerk and the largest contiguous monument area in Germany, with numerous squares and winding alleys. The city became the most important trading city between Erfurt and Wrocław from the 12th century onwards, thanks to its burgeoning trade and a flourishing cloth production, located on the historic long-distance trade route "Via Regia".

The historic old town of Görlitz was explored by students as a study object for training spatial perception and practicing different freehand representation techniques. The program included a guided tour of the city and visits to important objects in the old town with a monument conservator and art historian. The students prepared profiles of selected drawing objects in teams.

Email: sabine.zierold[at]uni-weimar.de