Together with parents, educators, artists, planners, architects and, above all, many children and young people from Dessau, Wolfen and Bitterfeld as well as other towns and villages in the Industrial Garden Realm, the Children's Workshop has evolved into an institution that also recalls the »old« Bauhaus of Walter Gropius and Hannes Meyer: a laboratory in which workshops have been launched and supervised for painting and drawing, graphics and printing, material (wood, stone, metal), dance and games and, since 1998, the »Augenblütenkiste« - a workshop wagon reviving the idea of the Bauhaus preliminary course. The work and experiences gained in the workshops will come together when the children and young people from Dessau and Bitterfeld open their own planning office, construction office or architectural workshop for a time.
»The ultimate goal of all artistic activity is building.« (W. Gropius)
However, the Children's Workshop is not only a place of learning for children, where they can playfully experience very practical participation and become involved in planning and designing the world they live

in. The Workshop is also a place of learning for adults, parents, politicians, the authorities as well as for planners, architects and artists who take seriously the frequently expressed desire to involve children to a greater degree in designing their environment.
In the Children's Workshop a practical attempt is being made to find suitable ways in which children from the region of the Industrial Garden Realm of Dessau-Bitterfeld-Wittenberg can participate in designing their surroundings. By cooperating with many different - also international - partners, experience can be transferred to other regions.