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From a building component to a house using a 3D printer: Additive manufacturing offers huge potential for architecture and construction. But how is technology changing the craft? How do these new forms affect individuals and the environment? And what is behind all the hype? Dr. Fabian Ehle, M. Sc. Timon Echt and Jr. Prof. Dr. Luise Göbel want to shed light on this using 3D-printed objects made of concrete, making the manufacturing process tangible as part of the »Print4PR« project.

The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is expanding its range of international courses with the »Media Ecologies« Master’s degree programme: The innovative, research-based programme explores the complex relationships between media and ecological systems, teaching students to understand media not just as isolated technology, but as complex networks and environments that significantly influence our perception and understanding of the environment.

Wie können Städte trotz knapper Wasserressourcen grüne Oasen erhalten? Zum Beispiel mit aufbereitetem Grauwasser aus Waschbecken, Duschen, Badewannen und Küchen, einer infrastrukturellen Anpassung sowie intelligenten Speicher- und Regelungskonzepten, welche die Ressourcen effizient und bedarfsgerecht verfügbar machen. Das von der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar unter Professor Silvio Beier initiierte und geleitete Verbundprojekt »Innovative und wissensbasierte Quartiersentwicklung für ein energie- und ressourceneffizientes Wohnen« (INNOWATER) wurde von der Deutschen Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) gefördert. Welches Potenzial in den Forschungsergebnissen steckt, fasst die DBU anlässlich des bundesweiten Hitzeaktionstages unter dem Motto »Hitzeschutz für alle« in einer aktuellen Meldung zusammen.

What Does Sustainability in Research, Teaching, Art, and Society Mean? This year’s Science Day at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar on Wednesday, 21 May, was dedicated to this question with their theme »What Does Sustainable Mean Here?«. Scientists shed light on this complex topic from different professional perspectives in five exciting presentations. Visitors were invited to reflect on a seemingly omnipresent concept – and yet one that constantly needs to be rethought.

The Thuringian Forest is a myth, habitat, recreational area, and economic factor – but how much of it is left in times of climate crisis, urbanisation, and demographic change? What kind of future can be developed in this symbolic landscape in the former Green Heart of Germany? The »Landscape in the Anthropocene: Thuringian Forest - Between Imagination, Resources, and Reality« project is seeking to answer these questions, specifically in the Masserberg region.