Bauhaus Museum, Weimar Building, 20th Century Architecture, German Building Project
Bauhaus Museum in Weimar
German Building Redevelopment in Germany ? design by Heike Hanada
8 Nov 2019
Bauhaus Museum
Architects: Heike Hanada
Location: Stéphane-Hessel-Platz 1, 99423 Weimar, Germany

The new Bauhaus Museum in Weimar, home of the legendary school of art and design founded by Walter Gropius a hundred years ago, has opened as a highlight of Germany?s celebrations of the centenary of the Bauhaus.

The museum will be a venue of open discussion, experimentation and sensory experience. With a focus on the early phase of the most influential school of art and design of the 20th century, the exhibition presents the treasures of the world?s oldest Bauhaus collection for the first time in such depth and scope. Designed by the architect Heike Hanada, the minimalistic, cube-shaped museum with its impressive night-time illumination presents the collection and its relevance to contemporary society on five levels comprising 2,000 sqm of exhibition space. Based on the Walter Gropius?s question ?How do we want to live together"?, the museum highlights the history of the Bauhaus to explore issues related to the design of our living environment today and in the future.
?When the Bauhaus Museum joins Weimar?s museum landscape, the world will be watching. We have opened a new window ? for the presentation of the Bauhaus, its prehistory in Weimar and its enormous impact after it was expel...