Exhibitions, biennials, and festivals: When art temporarily takes over spaces, intense and often elaborately staged encounters occur between art, audience, and venue. But what is left over once the art disappears, the audience moves on, and the space is emptied? What social, material, and ecological traces does art leave behind? And who is responsible for taking care of them?

Am Montag, 30. Juni 2025, lädt das nächste Weimarer Stadtgespräch ein. Unter dem Titel »Spielräume um den Berkaer Bahnhof« stehen städtebauliche Perspektiven und Nutzungsideen für das Umfeld des Berkaer Bahnhofs im Mittelpunkt.

Immer wieder wird der gesellschaftliche Diskurs von einzelnen Begriffen schier überrollt. Die Urbanistik bleibt davon nicht unberührt, ja sie nimmt manche dankbar auf und verhilft ihnen zu einer präziseren Bedeutung für ihre Handlungsfelder. So geschehen in den letzten 20 Jahren mit Schrumpfung, Partizipation und soziale Mischung. Durch solche Begriffe begreifen wir die gesellschaftliche Realität besser, wie können sie analytisch erfassen und sogar verändern.

This year, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is again celebrating its Campus Pride Week with a multifaceted programme and is committed to queer visibility and gender equality: From Monday, 16 June to Saturday, 21 June, numerous initiatives, representatives, and university departments are inviting all university members and interested guests to events on queer topics.

As part of the long-standing collaboration between the NHRE master degree program at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), our students had the opportunity yesterday to participate in the annual academic excursion to Potsdam. This tradition, now running for over a decade, provides the students with an invaluable blend of historical, scientific, and interdisciplinary insight.

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.

From 18 to 21 June 2025, scientists from the Faculty of Media at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and the Department of Comparative Thought and Literature at Johns-Hopkins University in Baltimore are organising their first Summer Lab in Weimar. The event marks the beginning of an ongoing cooperation between the two institutions, which is aiming to bring researchers from both countries together to explore the concept of nature from philosophical, media, political, and literary perspectives. Jane Bennett, renowned political scientist at Johns Hopkins University, was already a Bauhaus Guest Professor in Weimar in 2023, and will also be taking part.

The sixth edition of the event series looks at a fundamental aspect of human existence: Culture.

Nach 18 Jahren an der Fakultät Architektur und Urbanistik sowie in diversen Funktionen in der Universität scheidet Prof. Dr. Hans-Rudolf Meier zum Ende des Sommersemesters 2025 aus dem aktiven Universitätsbetrieb aus. Er verabschiedet sich am 9. Juli mit einer Vorlesung »(M)Ein halbes Jahrhundert ›Zukunft unserer Vergangenheit‹«.