Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
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The Bauhaus-University Weimar is a university
located in Weimar
, Germany and specializes in the artistic and technical fields. Established in 1860 as the Great Ducal Saxon Art School, it gained collegiate status on 3 June 1910 and received its present name in 1996. Approximately 4,000 students are enrolled at the university today.
Along with the University of Erfurt
, the University of Jena and the Technischen Universität Ilmenau
, the Bauhaus-University Weimar is one of the four universities in the Free State of Thuringia. In 2010 the Bauhaus-University Weimar commemorated its 150th anniversary as an art school and college in Weimar.
, handicrafts, music
and architecture
.
In 1776 the Weimar Princely Free Zeichenschule
was established, but gradually lost significance after the Grand Ducal Saxon Art School
was founded in 1860. The Free Zeichenschule was discontinued in 1930.
In 1829 the architect Clemens Wenzeslaus Coudray
established the Free School of Trades (which later became the Grand Ducal Saxon Architectural Trade School, or State School of Architecture), which operated in the evenings and Sundays and supplemented the courses at the Free Zeichenschule. In 1926, the school was incorporated into the Gotha School of Architecture.
The Orchestra School, which opened in 1872, eventually became the College of Music Franz Liszt in Weimar.
founded the Grand Ducal Saxon Art School
. Although it became a public institution in 1902, its ties with the ducal house remained strong for years. Students were instructed in a variety of artistic subjects, including landscape, historical, portrait and animal painting, and sculpting. In 1905 the Art School merged with the Weimar Sculpture School, which, although integrated into the educational system in a “cooperative relationship between high and applied art”, was independently managed. The school was raised to college status in 1910 and was renamed the Grand Ducal Saxon College of Fine Arts. The development of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar was also strongly influenced by the Grand Ducal Saxon School of Arts and Crafts which trained artisans in the handicrafts between 1907 and 1915. Both schools issued certificates of participation and conferred diplomas.
The names of renowned artists, instructors and students can be found in the historical documents and records of both schools.
In 1919 Walter Gropius merged the College of Fine Arts and the School of Arts and Crafts into the Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar. It was the making of a new type of art school, a pioneer of modernity, the legacy of which continues to influence the Bauhaus-University Weimar today. In 1923 Gropius summarized his vision with the radical formula “Art and Technology – A New Unity.” His “concept of collaboration with the industry” was strongly opposed, not least of all because he was “determined from the very start to beat down any resistance toward this new kind of architecturally related art.”
The increasing equalization of professors and workshop instructors and unbridgeable differences made it impossible “for art to develop freely, without purpose and with no connection to architecture at the Bauhaus.” As a result, the State College of Fine Arts was founded in 1921, an institution at which academically traditional masters could work and teach, such as Richard Engelmann, Max Thedy, Walther Klemm
, Alexander Olbricht and Hugo Gugg (Hedwig Holtz-Sommer’s instructor). The Bauhaus only remained in Weimar until spring 1925 when it was forced to relocate to Dessau for political reasons. There the Bauhaus began a new, important chapter as a college of art and design.
The well-known artists and instructors of this period include Karl Peter Röhl and Ludwig Hilberseimer
. Some of it famous students include Ernst Neufert
und Ludwig Hirschfeld
Mack.
in 1926, which, since the State School of Architecture had moved to Gotha, offered its own regular postgraduate courses in Architecture in the form both Van de Velde and Gropius had long envisioned. Although the College of Architecture continued to adhere to the idea of the Bauhaus, it offered a much more practical orientation. This corresponded to the “concept of a construction-based, productive working community,” which represented one of the founding principles of this successor institution. The experimental and innovative focus of the Bauhaus fell somewhat to the wayside. In 1929 there were 88 students enrolled at the College of Architecture. After completing their education, graduates received a diploma in the Construction department and the title “Journeyman” or “Master” in their area of handicraft.
Paul Schultze-Naumburg rejected all phenomena of industrial, urban society. He strived to establish a new architectural style that exuded “Gemütlichkeit”, or coziness. In his opinion, it was necessary to preserve the German styles typical of the region, so that people could find identification and orientation in times of rapid social and cultural upheaval. Graduates of the Architecture course received the title “Diplom-Architekt” (certified architect), while artists received a simple certificate and craftspeople received the title “Journeyman” or “Master”.
The well-known artists and instructors of this period include: Hermann Giesler
, Hans Seytter (e.g., Stiftskirche (Stuttgart)
), Walther Klemm
, Alexander Olbricht and Hugo Gugg.
oversaw the restructuring of the college to reflect antifascist-democratic principles. Under the aegis of the architect Hermann Henselmann, appointed director in 1946, the college focused its efforts to rebuild the country and pick up where the Bauhaus left off. Some even suggested changing the name of the college to “The Bauhaus – College of Architecture and Handicraft and Engineering Design.”
In 1954 the college received a rectorial constitution with two new faculties: “Civil Engineering” and “Building Materials Science and Technology”. Otto Englberger, an architect, professor of “Residential and Community Building,” and provisional director of the college since 1951, was appointed the first vice-chancellor of the new College of Architecture and Civil Engineering Weimar (HAB). In the following decades, the college became one of the leading academic institutions in the field of civil engineering, respected throughout East and West Germany alike.
Because the college was so integrated in the political system of the GDR, the direction of its instruction and research activities was largely dictated by the government for the purpose of carrying out the latest civil engineering tasks. The third higher education reform of 1968/69 modernized and reorganized the structure of the college based on business administration principles. The faculties were replaced by “sections”, and the college was expanded to include the section of “Computer Technology and Data Processing.” In 1976 research and reception of the Bauhaus was revived at the HAB Weimar. It represented the first step of an ongoing positive re-evaluation of the legacy of the college. Thanks to these research efforts, the college established relations with other institutions, including several in West Germany.
Ever since 1951, students in all disciplines were required by East German law to pass a basic study program in Marxist-Leninist philosophy. Later, academic staff, lecturers and professors were also required to complete training on a regular basis. The Institute for Marxism-Leninism, which offered these courses at the HAB, was closed in 1990.
The well-known artists and instructors of this period include: Walther Klemm
and Anita Bach (* 1927, first female professor of Architecture in the GDR).
The well-known artists and instructors of this period include: Lucius Burckhardt, Werner Holzwarth and Wolfgang Ernst.
In December 1996 the UNESCO added the “Bauhaus and its sites in Weimar and Dessau” to its list of World Heritage Sites. The Bauhaus sites in Weimar include the main building (formerly the Grand Ducal Saxon Art School) and the Van de Velde building (formerly the Grand Ducal Saxon School of Arts and Crafts) at the Bauhaus-University Weimar.
Student enrolment at the Faculty of Architecture: 1,094 (WS 09/10)
Degree programs:
Student enrolment at the Faculty of Civil Engineering: 932 (WS 10/11)
Degree programs:
Student enrolment at the Faculty of Art and Design: 680 (WS 10/11)
Degree programs:
The Faculty of Art and Design has been using the studios and classrooms in the former School of Arts and Crafts (Van de Velde Building) since 1996. Following a renovation phase lasting two years, the Faculty of Art and Design returned to the Van de Velde Building in April 2010.
Student enrolment at the Faculty of Media: 959 (WS 10/11)
Degree programs:
was chosen as the site of a new library and lecture hall for the Bauhaus-University Weimar.
Following an urban planning competition in 1991, the architects’ office meck architekten (Munich) were commissioned to design the building. After a four-year construction phase costing 12 million euros, the new university library and an integrated main auditorium were officially opened in 2005, and in 2006, the building was awarded the Thuringian State Prize for Architecture and Urban Planning.
With over 5,000 m2 of usable floor space, the library houses a collection of approximately 460,000 books and other media (as of 2009).
agreed to provide university students with an exhibition venue. The university gallery marke.6 is located on the ground level of the Neues Museums.
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University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
located in Weimar
Weimar
Weimar is a city in Germany famous for its cultural heritage. It is located in the federal state of Thuringia , north of the Thüringer Wald, east of Erfurt, and southwest of Halle and Leipzig. Its current population is approximately 65,000. The oldest record of the city dates from the year 899...
, Germany and specializes in the artistic and technical fields. Established in 1860 as the Great Ducal Saxon Art School, it gained collegiate status on 3 June 1910 and received its present name in 1996. Approximately 4,000 students are enrolled at the university today.
Along with the University of Erfurt
University of Erfurt
The University of Erfurt is a public university located in Erfurt, Germany. Originally founded in 1379, the university was closed in 1816 for the next 177 years...
, the University of Jena and the Technischen Universität Ilmenau
Technische Universität Ilmenau
The Ilmenau University of Technology is the technical university of Thuringia and located in Ilmenau Germany...
, the Bauhaus-University Weimar is one of the four universities in the Free State of Thuringia. In 2010 the Bauhaus-University Weimar commemorated its 150th anniversary as an art school and college in Weimar.
Academic tradition in Weimar
Weimar boasts a long tradition of art education and instruction in the areas of fine artFine art
Fine art or the fine arts encompass art forms developed primarily for aesthetics and/or concept rather than practical application. Art is often a synonym for fine art, as employed in the term "art gallery"....
, handicrafts, music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
and architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
.
In 1776 the Weimar Princely Free Zeichenschule
Weimar Princely Free Zeichenschule
The Weimar Princely Free Zeichenschule was an art and literature educational establishment. It was set up in 1776 in Weimar by the scholar and ducal private-secretary Friedrich Justin Bertuch and the painter Georg Melchior Kraus , as part of Weimar Classicism...
was established, but gradually lost significance after the Grand Ducal Saxon Art School
Weimar Saxon-Grand Ducal Art School
Weimar Saxon-Grand Ducal Art School was an art school set up by decree by Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach on 1 October 1860. It existed until 1910. That year it was promoted to a Kunsthochschule as the Großherzoglich Sächsische Hochschule für Bildende Kunst in Weimar...
was founded in 1860. The Free Zeichenschule was discontinued in 1930.
In 1829 the architect Clemens Wenzeslaus Coudray
Clemens Wenzeslaus Coudray
Clemens Wenzeslaus Coudray was a German neoclassical architect. From 1804 to 1816 he worked as court architect in Fulda and from 1816 until his death as Chief Director of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, producing several significant buildings in the town of Weimar itself...
established the Free School of Trades (which later became the Grand Ducal Saxon Architectural Trade School, or State School of Architecture), which operated in the evenings and Sundays and supplemented the courses at the Free Zeichenschule. In 1926, the school was incorporated into the Gotha School of Architecture.
The Orchestra School, which opened in 1872, eventually became the College of Music Franz Liszt in Weimar.
Art School and School of Arts and Crafts
The history of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar goes back to 1860 when Grand Duke Carl Alexander (Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach)Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Karl Alexander August Johann, Grand Duke of Saxony; 24 June 1818 – 5 January 1901) was the ruler of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach from 1853 until his death.-Biography:...
founded the Grand Ducal Saxon Art School
Weimar Saxon-Grand Ducal Art School
Weimar Saxon-Grand Ducal Art School was an art school set up by decree by Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach on 1 October 1860. It existed until 1910. That year it was promoted to a Kunsthochschule as the Großherzoglich Sächsische Hochschule für Bildende Kunst in Weimar...
. Although it became a public institution in 1902, its ties with the ducal house remained strong for years. Students were instructed in a variety of artistic subjects, including landscape, historical, portrait and animal painting, and sculpting. In 1905 the Art School merged with the Weimar Sculpture School, which, although integrated into the educational system in a “cooperative relationship between high and applied art”, was independently managed. The school was raised to college status in 1910 and was renamed the Grand Ducal Saxon College of Fine Arts. The development of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar was also strongly influenced by the Grand Ducal Saxon School of Arts and Crafts which trained artisans in the handicrafts between 1907 and 1915. Both schools issued certificates of participation and conferred diplomas.
The names of renowned artists, instructors and students can be found in the historical documents and records of both schools.
Directors of the Art School
- 1860 Stanislaus Graf von Kalckreuth, painter
- 1876 Theodor HagenTheodor HagenTheodor Hagen was born in 1823. He was a member of the local Communist League in Hamburg, Germany. He took part in the publication and distribution of the Neue Rheinische Zeitung Politisch-ökonomische Revue. Hagen died in 1871....
, painter - 1882 Albert BrendelAlbert Heinrich BrendelAlbert Heinrich Brendel, who was born in Berlin in 1827, studied in the Prussian Academy of Arts under Wilhelm Krause. In 1851 he went to Paris, and studied under Couture and Palizzi; thence to Italy, and home to Berlin in 1853, completing his studies under Carl Steffeck...
, painter - 1885 Emil Graf von Schlitz, né von Görtz, sculptor
- 1902 Hans Olde, painter
- 1910 Fritz MackensenFritz MackensenFritz Mackensen was a German painter of Art Nouveau. He was a friend of Otto Modersohn and Hans am Ende, and they were the founders of the artists' colony Worpswede. From 1933 to 1935 he was head of the Nordischen Kunsthochschule in Bremen...
, painter - 1916 Provisional administration
- 1919 Incorporation into the State Bauhaus
Directors of the Sculpture School
- 1905 Adolf Brütt, sculptor
- 1910 Gottlieb Elster, sculptor
- 1913 Richard Engelmann, sculptor
- 1919 Incorporation into the State Bauhaus
Directors of the School of Arts and Crafts
- 1907-1915 Henry van de VeldeHenry van de VeldeHenry Clemens Van de Velde was a Belgian Flemish painter, architect and interior designer. Together with Victor Horta and Paul Hankar he could be considered one of the main founders and representatives of Art Nouveau in Belgium...
, architect and designer - Discussed successor candidate Walter GropiusWalter GropiusWalter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School who, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture....
Staatliches Bauhaus
The increasing equalization of professors and workshop instructors and unbridgeable differences made it impossible “for art to develop freely, without purpose and with no connection to architecture at the Bauhaus.” As a result, the State College of Fine Arts was founded in 1921, an institution at which academically traditional masters could work and teach, such as Richard Engelmann, Max Thedy, Walther Klemm
Walther Klemm
Walther Klemm was a German painter.He was born in Karlsbad and died in Weimar.In 1928 he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Schlittschuhlaufen" .-External links:...
, Alexander Olbricht and Hugo Gugg (Hedwig Holtz-Sommer’s instructor). The Bauhaus only remained in Weimar until spring 1925 when it was forced to relocate to Dessau for political reasons. There the Bauhaus began a new, important chapter as a college of art and design.
The well-known artists and instructors of this period include Karl Peter Röhl and Ludwig Hilberseimer
Ludwig Hilberseimer
Ludwig Karl Hilberseimer was a German architect and urban planner best known for his ties to the Bauhaus and to Mies van der Rohe, as well as for his work in urban planning at Armour Institute of Technology , in Chicago, Illinois.-Life:Hilberseimer studied architecture at the Karlsruhe Technical...
. Some of it famous students include Ernst Neufert
Ernst Neufert
Ernst Neufert was a German architect who is known as an assistant of Walter Gropius, as a teacher and member of various standardization organizations, and especially for his essential handbook Architects' Data.- Life :...
und Ludwig Hirschfeld
Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack
Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack was a German/Australian artist.His formative education was 1912-1914 at Debschitz art school in Munich, and 1922 at the Bauhaus-University Weimar where following Kurt Schwerdtfeger he further developed "Farblichtmusiken" , a light and colour modulator...
Mack.
College of Trades and Architecture
The State College of Trades and Architecture, or College of Architecture for short, succeeded the BauhausBauhaus
', commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. At that time the German term stood for "School of Building".The Bauhaus school was founded by...
in 1926, which, since the State School of Architecture had moved to Gotha, offered its own regular postgraduate courses in Architecture in the form both Van de Velde and Gropius had long envisioned. Although the College of Architecture continued to adhere to the idea of the Bauhaus, it offered a much more practical orientation. This corresponded to the “concept of a construction-based, productive working community,” which represented one of the founding principles of this successor institution. The experimental and innovative focus of the Bauhaus fell somewhat to the wayside. In 1929 there were 88 students enrolled at the College of Architecture. After completing their education, graduates received a diploma in the Construction department and the title “Journeyman” or “Master” in their area of handicraft.
Paul Schultze-Naumburg rejected all phenomena of industrial, urban society. He strived to establish a new architectural style that exuded “Gemütlichkeit”, or coziness. In his opinion, it was necessary to preserve the German styles typical of the region, so that people could find identification and orientation in times of rapid social and cultural upheaval. Graduates of the Architecture course received the title “Diplom-Architekt” (certified architect), while artists received a simple certificate and craftspeople received the title “Journeyman” or “Master”.
The well-known artists and instructors of this period include: Hermann Giesler
Hermann Giesler
Hermann Giesler was a German architect during the Nazi era, one of the two architects most favored and rewarded by Adolf Hitler ....
, Hans Seytter (e.g., Stiftskirche (Stuttgart)
Stiftskirche (Stuttgart)
The Stiftskirche Stuttgart is an inner-city church in Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the main church of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg as well as the parish church of the evangelical inner-city church district of Stuttgart.-History and...
), Walther Klemm
Walther Klemm
Walther Klemm was a German painter.He was born in Karlsbad and died in Weimar.In 1928 he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Schlittschuhlaufen" .-External links:...
, Alexander Olbricht and Hugo Gugg.
College of Architecture and Fine Arts
The institution officially attained college-level status in 1942. By this time, the School of Trades had been removed from the college, which now called itself the College of Architecture and Fine Arts. After World War II, the Soviet Military Administration of ThuringiaSoviet Military Administration in Germany
The Soviet Military Administration in Germany was the Soviet military government, headquartered in Berlin-Karlshorst, that directly ruled the Soviet occupation zone of Germany from the German surrender in May 1945 until after the establishment of the German Democratic Republic in October...
oversaw the restructuring of the college to reflect antifascist-democratic principles. Under the aegis of the architect Hermann Henselmann, appointed director in 1946, the college focused its efforts to rebuild the country and pick up where the Bauhaus left off. Some even suggested changing the name of the college to “The Bauhaus – College of Architecture and Handicraft and Engineering Design.”
Directors
- 1940 Provisional administrator Rudolf Rogler
- 1942 Gerhard Offenberg (1897−1987), architect (e.g., reconstruction planning in NordhausenNordhausenNordhausen is a town at the southern edge of the Harz Mountains, in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Nordhausen...
) - 1946 Hermann HenselmannHermann HenselmannHermann Henselmann was a German architect most famous for his buildings constructed in East Germany during the 1950s and 60s.-Early years:...
, architect - 1950 Provisional administrator Friedrich August Finger (1885−1961), civil engineer and building materials engineer (e.g., construction supervisor of the Baghdad RailwayBaghdad RailwayThe Baghdad Railway , was built from 1903 to 1940 to connect Berlin with the Ottoman Empire city of Baghdad with a line through modern-day Turkey, Syria, and Iraq....
)
College of Architecture and Civil Engineering
After the GDR was established and the East German university system was restructured, the college itself underwent major changes in 1951. The “Fine Arts” department, which had previously been chaired by the sculptor Siegfried Tschierschky, was dissolved. The new College of Architecture was placed under the control of the “Ministry of Reconstruction” with the objective to develop academic and research programs for a new technical college of civil engineering.In 1954 the college received a rectorial constitution with two new faculties: “Civil Engineering” and “Building Materials Science and Technology”. Otto Englberger, an architect, professor of “Residential and Community Building,” and provisional director of the college since 1951, was appointed the first vice-chancellor of the new College of Architecture and Civil Engineering Weimar (HAB). In the following decades, the college became one of the leading academic institutions in the field of civil engineering, respected throughout East and West Germany alike.
Because the college was so integrated in the political system of the GDR, the direction of its instruction and research activities was largely dictated by the government for the purpose of carrying out the latest civil engineering tasks. The third higher education reform of 1968/69 modernized and reorganized the structure of the college based on business administration principles. The faculties were replaced by “sections”, and the college was expanded to include the section of “Computer Technology and Data Processing.” In 1976 research and reception of the Bauhaus was revived at the HAB Weimar. It represented the first step of an ongoing positive re-evaluation of the legacy of the college. Thanks to these research efforts, the college established relations with other institutions, including several in West Germany.
Ever since 1951, students in all disciplines were required by East German law to pass a basic study program in Marxist-Leninist philosophy. Later, academic staff, lecturers and professors were also required to complete training on a regular basis. The Institute for Marxism-Leninism, which offered these courses at the HAB, was closed in 1990.
The well-known artists and instructors of this period include: Walther Klemm
Walther Klemm
Walther Klemm was a German painter.He was born in Karlsbad and died in Weimar.In 1928 he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Schlittschuhlaufen" .-External links:...
and Anita Bach (* 1927, first female professor of Architecture in the GDR).
Vice-chancellors
- 1954 Otto Englberger (1905−1977), architect (e.g., tenement buildings at Buchenwaldplatz Weimar and the Franzberg School in SondershausenSondershausenSondershausen is a town in Thuringia, Germany, capital of the Kyffhäuserkreis district, situated about 50 km north of Erfurt. On 1 December 2007, the former municipality Schernberg was incorporated by Sondershausen....
) - 1957 Gustav Batereau (1908−1974), steel construction engineer and structural engineer (e.g., large coking plant in LauchhammerLauchhammerLauchhammer is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the river Schwarze Elster, approx. 17 km west of Senftenberg, and 50 km north of Dresden....
) - 1963 Horst Matzke, physicist and mathematician
- 1968 Armin Petzold, civil engineer
- 1970 Karl-Albert Fuchs, civil engineer (vice-president of the German Civil Engineering Academy in Berlin)
- 1983 Hans Glißmeyer (1936−2008), civil engineer
- 1989 Hans Ulrich Mönnig (*1943), civil engineer
- 1993 Gerd Zimmermann (*1946), architect and architectural theorist
Bauhaus-University Weimar
The political upheaval of 1989 initiated a radical process of restructuring at the college. The goal was to quickly adapt the college to the basic principles of freedom and democracy and integrate it into the international community of higher education institutions. Several changes were made to its overall structure; redundant departments were merged or dissolved. A new chapter began in 1993 with the establishment of the “Faculty of Art and Design” which reincorporated the artistic disciplines into the academic profile of the college. The establishment of the “Faculty of Media” in 1996 emphasized the college’s dedication to progressive thinking. After changing its name to the “Bauhaus-Universität Weimar” in 1996, the university demonstrated its dedication to the spirit of the Bauhaus.The well-known artists and instructors of this period include: Lucius Burckhardt, Werner Holzwarth and Wolfgang Ernst.
Vice-chancellors
- 1996 Gerd Zimmermann
- 1999 Walter Bauer-Wabnegg (* 1954), theologian, linguist and literary scholar
- 2004 Gerd Zimmermann
- 2011 Karl Beucke (*1951), civil engineer
In December 1996 the UNESCO added the “Bauhaus and its sites in Weimar and Dessau” to its list of World Heritage Sites. The Bauhaus sites in Weimar include the main building (formerly the Grand Ducal Saxon Art School) and the Van de Velde building (formerly the Grand Ducal Saxon School of Arts and Crafts) at the Bauhaus-University Weimar.
Faculties of the Bauhaus-University Weimar
The university possesses a unique structure with four main faculties. It has fostered a diverse profile of instruction and research based on engineering and architectural disciplines. Today the university offers students a selection of approximately 40 degree programs. The term “Bauhaus” in its name stands for eagerness to experiment, openness, creativity, proximity to industrial practice and internationality.Architecture
Architecture at the Bauhaus-University Weimar is regarded as a practical science which, in addition to designing the external form of buildings, also focuses on applying various development strategies in urban and rural environments while taking into account the challenges of modernity (energy, environmental pollution, etc.). Students also learn about the function, significance and planning of special buildings and facilities (such as hospitals).Student enrolment at the Faculty of Architecture: 1,094 (WS 09/10)
Degree programs:
- Architecture (bachelor’s and master’s)
- Archineering (master‘s)
- European Urban Studies (master‘s)
- Media Architecture (master‘s)
- Urban Studies (bachelor’s and master‘s)
- IPP – International Doctoral Program in European Urban Studies (Dr.)
- Doctoral program in Urban Heritage (Dr.)
Civil Engineering
All the degree programs in Civil Engineering provide students with the necessary skills to practically implement the plans of construction supervisors and architects.Student enrolment at the Faculty of Civil Engineering: 932 (WS 10/11)
Degree programs:
- Archineering (master’s)
- Civil Engineering (bachelor’s and master’s)
- Building Physics and Energy-Efficient Building Design (master’s)
- Environmental Engineering and Management (master’s)
- Environmental Engineering (bachelor’s and master’s)
- Teacher Certification at Vocational Schools – Structural Engineering (bachelor’s)
- Management [Construction Real Estate Infrastructure] (bachelor’s and master’s)
- Water and Environment (bachelor’s and master’s)
- Building Materials Engineering (bachelor’s and master’s)
- Natural Hazards and Risks in Structural Engineering (master’s)
Art and Design
The goal of instruction and research in this faculty is to envision and design human living environments. The academic programs focus mainly on recognizing and promoting creative and intellectual strengths and searching for ways to put them to practical use.Student enrolment at the Faculty of Art and Design: 680 (WS 10/11)
Degree programs:
- Fine Art (Diplom)
- Public Art and New Artistic Strategies (master’s)
- Teaching Qualification (Secondary Education) in Art Education (First and Dual Subject)
- Product Design (bachelor’s)
- Product Design / Sustainable Product Cultures (master’s)
- Visual Communication (bachelor’s)
- Visual Communication / Visual Cultures (master’s)
- Doctoral program in Art and Design / Free Art / Media Art (Ph.D.)
- Conferral of the doctoral degree Dr.phil.
The Faculty of Art and Design has been using the studios and classrooms in the former School of Arts and Crafts (Van de Velde Building) since 1996. Following a renovation phase lasting two years, the Faculty of Art and Design returned to the Van de Velde Building in April 2010.
Media
The Faculty of Media combines the humanities, economic, technical and artistic/design-related disciplines in one faculty. The discipline of Media Culture provides students with interdisciplinary competence in the field of modern (mass) media. The goal of instruction is to help students acquire the communicative and technical skills necessary for creating or dissolving an illusion in the center of the viewer’s mental perception.Student enrolment at the Faculty of Media: 959 (WS 10/11)
Degree programs:
- MediaArchitecture (master’s)
- Media Art and Design (bachelor’s and master’s)
- Integrated International Media Art and Design Studies (master’s)
- Media Culture (bachelor’s)
- Research Master in Media and Culture (master’s)
- European Media Culture (bachelor’s)
- European Film and Media Studies (master’s)
- Media Management (master’s and binational master’s programs)
- Computer Science and Media (bachelor’s and master’s)
University library
Following German reunification, a vacated industrial facility in the vicinity of the historic center of Weimar near the Frauenplan and Goethe’s houseGoethe House (Weimar)
The Goethe House is the main house lived in by the poet Goethe whilst in Weimar, though he did live in several others in the town.-External links:* - official site...
was chosen as the site of a new library and lecture hall for the Bauhaus-University Weimar.
Following an urban planning competition in 1991, the architects’ office meck architekten (Munich) were commissioned to design the building. After a four-year construction phase costing 12 million euros, the new university library and an integrated main auditorium were officially opened in 2005, and in 2006, the building was awarded the Thuringian State Prize for Architecture and Urban Planning.
With over 5,000 m2 of usable floor space, the library houses a collection of approximately 460,000 books and other media (as of 2009).
University gallery
On the initiative of the student government, the Vice-Chancellor’s office and the Klassik Stiftung WeimarKlassik Stiftung Weimar
The Klassik Stiftung Weimar is a German cultural foundation, formed on 1 January 2003 by merging the former Institute Stiftung Weimarer Klassik and the Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar.The Klassik Stiftung Weimar is a member of the Konferenz Nationaler Kultureinrichtungen, a union...
agreed to provide university students with an exhibition venue. The university gallery marke.6 is located on the ground level of the Neues Museums.
Student faith groups
Weimar is home to several student faith organizations, such as the Protestant and Catholic student communities “Thomas AquinasThomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas, O.P. , also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino, was an Italian Dominican priest of the Catholic Church, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis, or Doctor Universalis...
” and Studenten für Christus (SfC), a German chapter of Chi Alpha Campus Ministries
Chi Alpha Campus Ministries
Chi Alpha Campus Ministries is an Assemblies of God USA Christian ministry for college students. Despite its name, it is not a fraternity or sorority...
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Famous graduates
- Max LiebermannMax LiebermannMax Liebermann was a German-Jewish painter and printmaker best known for his etching and lithography.-Biography:...
(1847−1935), painter - Ludwig Hirschfeld MackLudwig Hirschfeld MackLudwig Hirschfeld Mack was a German/Australian artist.His formative education was 1912-1914 at Debschitz art school in Munich, and 1922 at the Bauhaus-University Weimar where following Kurt Schwerdtfeger he further developed "Farblichtmusiken" , a light and colour modulator...
(1893−1965), painter and “color-light musician” - Ernst NeufertErnst NeufertErnst Neufert was a German architect who is known as an assistant of Walter Gropius, as a teacher and member of various standardization organizations, and especially for his essential handbook Architects' Data.- Life :...
(1900−1986), architectt
External links
- Commons: Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
- Bauhaus-Universität website (English-language pages)
- European Summer Academy
Further reading
- Klaus-Jürgen Winkler: Die Architektur am Bauhaus in Weimar. Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin 1993 (Edition Bauhaus Dessau), ISBN 3-345-00510-7.
- Michael Siebenbrodt (ed.): Bauhaus Weimar. Entwürfe für die Zukunft. Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern 2000, ISBN 978-3-7757-9030-7.
- Renate Müller-Krumbach, Karl Schawelka, Norbert Korrek, Gerwin Zohlen: Die Belebung des Stoffes durch die Form. Van de Veldes Hochschulbau in Weimar. Verlag der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Weimar 2002, ISBN 978-3-86068-166-4.
- Klaus-Jürgen Winkler: Baulehre und Entwerfen am Bauhaus 1919–1933. Verlag der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Weimar 2003, ISBN 978-3-86068-184-8.
- Silke Opitz (ed.): Van de Veldes Kunstschulbauten in Weimar. Architektur und Ausstattung. Verlag der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Weimar 2004, ISBN 3-86068-201-6.
- Klaus-Jürgen Winkler (ed.): Neubeginn. Die Weimarer Bauhochschule nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg und Hermannn Henselmann. Verlag der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Weimar 2005, ISBN 978-3-86068-263-0.
- Michael Eckardt (ed.): Bauhaus-Spaziergang. In Weimar unterwegs auf den Spuren des frühen Bauhauses. Verlag der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Weimar 2009, ISBN 978-3-86068-378-1.
- Klaus-Jürgen Winkler, Gerhard Oschmann: Das Gropius-Zimmer. Geschichte und Rekonstruktion des Direktorenarbeitszimmers am Staatlichen Bauhaus in Weimar 1923/24. Verlag der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Weimar 2008, ISBN 978-3-86068-347-7.
- Frank Simon-Ritz, Klaus-Jürgen Winkler, Gerd Zimmerman: Aber wir sind! Wir wollen! Und wir schaffen! Von der Großherzoglichen Kunstschule zur Bauhaus-Universität Weimar 1860 - 2010. Verlag der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Weimar 2010, ISBN 978-3-86068-419-1.