The past few weeks have been quite an adventure. I finished my A-1 course at the Goethe Institute, and proceeded to visit the Bauhaus Universitat in Weimar, Germany. This town of 60,000 people is 10% student, all from creative disciplines – from Media to Music, Architecture to Civil Engineering. The town was decorated with student work produced at the Bauhaus, numerous sculptures honoring Goethe, and everal maze-like streets that have all been recently preserved. In other words, the town is filled with creative juice. The original Bauhaus school was in Dessau, and upon its closing in the 30′s (i think) it reopened in Weimar and follows similar principles the school was founded on: the desire to create.
The woodshop, for example, is this ultra-modern-looking glass cube, where curious tourists can watch students produce architecture models. The computer lab, also situated on the first floor, contains chairs that I bet are famous and are worthy of being researched further. In the lobby of the main building, one can obtain a magazine produced by students showcasing the work from the different disciplines taught at the Bauhaus. Tons of attention is paid to the creative process, and tourists can get a taste of it at an in-house creative atelier, where they can create their own memorabilia of being in Weimar. A few blocks away is the Bauhaus museum, which showcases the work produced by the Gropius-taught students and future celebrities.
Although I was there for a brief 4 hours (I wanted to get back to watch the Brazil game at Brandenburg Gate), I desire to return with time to discover all the elements that make this town as unique as I found from a first impression.
