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1987 |
The Bauhaus Dessau is reopened as the GDR's Center for Design |
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1989 |
The idea is born for an »Industrial Garden Realm« during the 2nd International
Walter-Gropius Seminar |
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1990 |
A ten-year program is evolved entitled Industrial Garden Realm An experimental Workshop Department is established at the Bauhaus Dessau to implement the project Development of collaboration for the »Internationale Bauausstellung« (IBA, International Architecture Exhibition) Emscher Park in the Ruhr region |
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1991 |
- 93 Concrete projects are launched at focal points of both historical and current
developments; seminars and international workshops are held on questions concerning
the design of industrial wastelands, housing settlements, historical monuments and
inner cities Cultural and artistic events are held for »public appropriation« of areas to be designed The idea is born for presenting the Industrial Garden Realm as a concrete project in an »ECO EXPO« for the World Fair in Hanover in the year 2000 Recognition as a contribution to the UNESCO World Decade for Cultural Development |
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1994 |
A regional forum is founded Preparations are begun for EXPO An international congress is held on »People's Economy« |
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1995 |
- 98 Regional and international cooperation links are established Realization of the project begins Confirmation as a region of correspondence for EXPO 2000 Long-term comprehensive planning is developed for the pilot region on the basis of the initial projects European Award for Urban Planning and a national award as a »Region of the Future« |
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1999 |
Publication of »UND« - magazine on the regions During the pilot phase, the region becomes the subject of international study at the Bauhaus Kolleg (an advanced study program) |
bauhaus dessau -
industrial garden realm
Global and life-threatening ecological problems exist that are to be found in concentrated
form right outside the Bauhaus in the region of Dessau-Bitterfeld. These problems are
causally related to industrial society's development.
Attempts toward solutions using the very methods and instruments of industrial society (oriented toward technology and production, the belief in progress, growth, the claim to universality…) reinforce and intensify the problems. Ultimately, it is no longer a matter of products and ideal conditions, but of processes, values and evolutionary changes.
The historic Bauhaus with its approach to design was the product and promoter of modern industrial society. Its limits became apparent along with those of industrial society.
These problems can only be mastered by changing socio-cultural values. There are no universal remedies, but only attempts for regional solutions.
The world, threatened in its very existence, is seeking exemplary models. By working concretely and regionally, the Bauhaus, as a laboratory and mirror of human culture, can contribute such models.
A way out of the industrial age crisis can be foreseen in making a cultural break as well as in continuing to develop the instruments of the historic Bauhaus.
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