- Spatial, relational, critical, constructivist thinking.
- Aesthetic perception
"Building Understanding: Fostering Democratic Thinking with Building Blocks and Space?"
"Building Understanding: Fostering Democratic Thinking with Building Blocks and Space?"
In this course, participants will be familiarised with the spatial concepts and ideas of the young Bauhaus in order to identify possible solutions for current challenges, to find parallels between that time and current developments and to derive possible courses of action. What is the common denominator and how can creative design potential be individually encouraged in diverse communities?
An innovative mediation tool will be used to test approaches to individual and collective design approaches and problem-solving strategies in order to apply them experimentally to situations and places relevant to everyday life, both in the respective home towns and together in Weimar.
The mediation tool to be tested is a construction kit that, as a modular system but also as a metaphor, makes critical constructivist systemic and relational thinking tangible. And a forward-looking homage to the young Bauhaus with a view to an open democratic society.
NOTE:
This course includes an attendance phase in Weimar from February 27 to March 08, 2025.
Everyone interested in the topic.
Julia Heinemann is an architect, artist, designer and educator.
She is currently researching and teaching at the Chair of Art and its Didactics at the Fac. Art and Design on the professionalisation of teachers.
Since 2017, she is a team member of the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Studies at the Bauhaus University Weimar, where she works, teaches and researches as an employee and doctoral candidate in the chairs of structural design and representation methodology.
As an architect, she worked for architects in The Hague, Berlin and Regensburg, among others.
Julia Heinemann is the inventor of PLATTENBAU, a holistic teaching and learning tool that has been awarded the reddot. PLATTENBAU expands communication processes and mediation work to include the dimension of space.
Your application should be submitted until November 3rd, 2024.
Required application documents:
- Letter of Nomination (applicants financed by the BIP scholarship from the partner universities)
- CV
- Letter of motivation or a short motivation video (max. 1min)
- Portfolio (Optional)
- English language certificate (test certificate or a letter from your university stating your English language knowledge)
The course fee is 300 EURO and includes:
- Orientation & Support
- Programme according to description
- Teaching materials
- Bauhaus Spring School ID card
- Certificate
- Free use of library
The course fee does not include:
- Travel costs
- Accommodation
- Insurance
Participants, coming from the partner universites in the framework of Erasmus BIP scholarship and BUW students don't pay the course fee.
In addition to the Spring School courses, we offer a comprehensive "Service Package", which includes participation in the excursions and social programme, free entrance to the museums and lunch in the student cafeteria. The booking of the Service Package for €60 is optional.
Students who do not take up the Service Package are automatically required to pay a course deposit of €100. This is to protect us against costs incurred by non-participation. Since in this case, the universities will not receive any funding from the European Commission. The deposit will be refunded as soon as the participants start the course in Weimar.
3 ECTS
BUW students: please check with the academic programme coordinator for credit recognition.
Please note our terms and conditions (admission conditions, cancellation conditions etc.)
How much space does thinking need? How can democratic thinking and action be supported across national and international borders and what role does space play in democratic thinking? Participants will learn about the spatial concepts of the young Bauhaus to identify solutions for current challenges and draw parallels between past and present developments.