DTwo major crises have hit Europe in recent years: the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s unjustified invasion of Ukraine. The world is facing an energy crisis of geopolitical origin, while being confronted with the volatility of raw materials.
This state of affairs is the consequence of more than two years of disruptions in the supply chain and the rapid recovery from the Covid-19 crisis. Furthermore, due to the worsening impacts of human activity on the Earth’s climate and ecosystems, we have reached an existential tipping point.
It is more important than ever to accelerate the transition linked to the European Green Deal, making Europe the first continent based on digital technologies, but also sustainable and climate neutral.
“Style and durability”
A little over a hundred years ago, in 1919, the Bauhaus was founded in Weimar, Germany, in response to the cataclysm caused by the First World War. This movement led to great upheavals in many fields, from design to architecture, including education, and it laid the foundations of modernist architecture.
The paradigm shift advocated by the Bauhaus focused on the search for harmony and balance between design and form. Its principle was that “form follows function”.
With the new European Bauhaus, a program launched in 2021 by Ursula von der LeyenPresident of the European Commission, we want “shape follows the planet”making sure to pave the way for a new model of innovation in which art, science, technology and ecology go hand in hand.
Within this space of co-creation, architects, artists, students, engineers and designers will work together to, in the words of Ursula von der Leyen, “combining style and durability”the climate transition requiring “its own specific aesthetic”.
New business models
the new European Bauhaus will bring innovation to market, with new products and services, new business models and new skills. New digital solutions have made our lives easier, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, but they have yet to transform the physical environment in which we live, work and travel.
We want to pave the way for a new model of innovation in which art, science,
technology and ecology go hand in hand
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