How do we want to live in the future?
Open call for a new »European Bauhaus Weimar«
In October 2020, Ursula von der Leyen issued a call for a new European Bauhaus. In the call, von der Leyen describes the current global challenges and the need for a new movement aimed towards creating more sustainable cities and more worthwhile living. While the »Green Deal« is focussed on conserving our resources and reducing CO2 emissions, it is also intended to be a new cultural project for Europe. von der Leyen cites the historic Bauhaus as a source of inspiration that brought together art, craft and technology a hundred years ago. And that’s what it’s still about today: in light of the global challenge of climate change, the question is how can we shape the future together through the interaction of technology, science, art and design?
The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is applying to be one of the five »Lighthouse Demonstrators for the New European Bauhaus«. An interdisciplinary team will be formulating a cross-university approach in early 2021 for the application, which will then be expanded into a concept made up of a broad range of content together with a number of partners from Thuringia, Germany, and around the world. All instructors, students and staff at the university are welcome to participate in and contribute their ideas to this major undertaking and future-oriented project.
»Here at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, we combine shaping the future with a living cultural heritage. We work together closely every day here in teaching and research to develop and implement new ideas and concepts for a sustainable environment worth living in. All of the faculties are united in asking the questions: How are society and the environment changing as a result of modern technology? What does the relationship between humans, the environment and technology need to look like in the future? How can we live together today and in the future? And how do we want to live together?«
Prof. Dr. Winfried Speitkamp
President of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
25 January 2022 – Deadline for submission of the application for the EU call for proposals
17 January 2022 – Final editing of the proposal
17 December 2021 – Meeting of the steering group and revision of the application text
5 December 2021 – rough version of the proposal
24 November 2021 – Steering group meeting
15 November 2021 – Fixing the narrative
12 November 2021 – Meeting of the Steering Group
26 October 2021 – Sharpening the concept
25 October 2021 – Feedback from the Working Groups
16 September 2021 – NEB Award ceremony
September 2021 – Call for proposals by the EU
2 July 2021 – Agreement between steering and text groups
June-September 2021 – Cooperative writing process of the Weimar proposal
31 May 2021 – Deadline for submission of entries for the New European Bauhaus Prize
15 May 2021 – Submission of first concept sketches by the working groups
May 2021 – Application as partner
Internal University Idea Pitch for the new »European Bauhaus Weimar«
In order to jointly advance the project of the new »European Bauhaus Weimar«, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar has called on all teachers, students and employees to participate in an open call. With about 70 contributions from students and teachers from all faculties, the response has been remarkable. A wide range of designs and ideas were submitted, which deal creatively, artistically and critically with climate change, CO2 reduction and, in connection with this, the self-image of our university.
The aim of the university-wide exchange was to bring together topics in and after the digital events, to expand existing groups and to bring together actors in new groups in order to develop a common vision of the European Bauhaus.
The contributions and results are available in the Moodle room "New European Bauhaus" and can be discussed and further thought about there.
Various existing research projects were presented at the Ideas Lab on 9 May. You can find a selection of the contributions here (German language videos):
Beton & CO2 – Ideenlabor Weimar 2021
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Künstlerische Auseinandersetzung mit Ökologie – Ideenlabor Weimar 2021
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Lehmtafelbauweise – Ideenlabor Weimar 2021
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8 Hektar – Ideenlabor Weimar 2021
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Hudson Valley – Ideenlabor Weimar 2021
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With this teaching research project, the university also participates in the Green New Deal Superstudio www.gndsuperstudio.com.
Textilwerkstatt – Ideenlabor Weimar 2021
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Various formats will be used throughout the progress and development of the project. Work groups, public events and a variety of participation formats will offer a broad range of opportunities for you to contribute your own ideas and to get involved in the work process.
Currently the following work groups have been formed:
- Shared Habitat
- Campus
- City
- Country
- International Cooperation
- Teaching of the Future
- Bauhaus Studies
- Biophilia
- Textile Workshop
- equity@Bauhaus
- Buildings, energy and climate-neutral city
- Heritage
- Housing
- Gesamtkunstwerk bau
The New European Bauhaus Steering Group consists of
- Prof. Dr. Winfried Speitkamp (chairman)
- Prof. Dr. Max Welch Guerra (Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism; scientific coordinator between text group, steering group and working groups)
- Dr. Helen Fronius (coordinator)
- Marina Glaser, M.A., M.P.A. (Partner)
Professors
- Prof. Dr. Bernd Rudolf (Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism)
- Prof. Dr. Eckhard Kraft (Faculty of Civil Engineering)
- Prof. Wolfgang Kissel (Faculty of Art and Design)
- Prof. Dr. Jutta Emes (Vice President for International Affairs, Diversity and Transfer, Faculty of Media)
- Prof. Dr. Henning Schmidgen (Faculty of Media)
Academic Staff
- Dr. Steffen de Rudder (Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism)
- Julia Heinemann (Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism)
- Martina Mellenthin Filardo (Faculty of Civil Engineering)
Technical and Administrative Staff
- Dr. Christian Kästner (International Office)
- Dr. Kristina Schönherr (Research Operations Office)
Students
- Emilia Fuchs (Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism)
- Friederike Kamm (Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism)
- Hermine Sprenger (Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism)