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What happens when people from different cultural backgrounds garden, research, cook or rediscover traditional crafts together? The »Forestmade« project of the Faculty of Architecture & Urbanism shows how environmental education, intercultural exchanges and socio-ecological transformation can be combined – with local roots and an international concept. Initiated by Sonia Fiona Fernandes (European Urban Studies) and Yuen Yi (Sora) Wong (Media Management) and mentored by Anton Brokow-Loga (Research Associate – Chair of Urban Studies and Social Research), the project brings together students, local producers and civil society initiatives.

How can we rethink spaces to make them sustainable for the future? What social and environmental needs must tomorrow’s homes and communal spaces meet? And how can architecture not just reflect change, but also help shape it? From 10 to 13 July, more than 35 projects will show how students from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism tackled these questions. Many projects focus on existing buildings, take a resource-conscious, sensitive approach and often have a strong local or regional focus.

There’s a lot of building work going on at the Coudray campus and in the lecture hall building right now, hence the engineers will show their work elsewhere between 10 and 13 July. There will be a pop-up exhibition on Goetheplatz, a straw bale tower on the outskirts of Weimar, plant walls with sensor technology in the seminar building and an outdoor clothes exchange on the campus. All this and much more awaits visitors to this year’s annual exhibition at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. It’s well worth taking a look at the programme, as some venues will only be open for a short time.

Die nächsten Tage werden sommerlich, sommerlich heiß. Gerade in Städten mit zahlreichen versiegelten Flächen machen sich Hitzetage sehr schnell sehr unangenehm bemerkbar – viele Menschen leider darunter und vermissen kühlende Grünflächen. MDR Thüringen-Redakteur Thomas Becker hat zu diesem Thema recherchiert und Forschende der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar interviewt. Die Architekt*innen und Ingenieur*innen zeigen Lösungen auf, wie Städte sich in Zukunft besser auf Hitzetage vorbereiten könnten.

The ten state universities in Thuringia have launched the Thuringian University Network for Sustainability. Through this strategic alliance, the universities are actively tackling global challenges such as climate change, the loss of biodiversity, and social inequalities. On 3 July, the presidents will sign a declaration of intent at Schloss Tinz in Gera, in which they commit to the long-term protection of natural resources, creating humane living conditions for present and future generations, and achieving global justice. Media representatives are warmly invited to attend.