Foundations Day on 29 September, 2024
Architectural lecture and guided tours
The baudenkmal bundesschule bernau association and the Baudenkmal Bundesschule Bernau Foundation invite you to the Day of Foundations on Sunday, 29 September 2024. The event will focus on the work of the foundation, which will welcome architecture enthusiasts and Bauhaus enthusiasts to the UNESCO World Heritage Site on this special day.
11 a.m. Visitor Centre Lecture by Dr Kaija Voss ‘Arieh Sharon and Bauhaus Modernism’
Arieh Sharon, the father of Israeli modernism, was a student of the Bauhaus architecture department and was involved in the construction of the ADGB Trade Union School in Bernau. Arieh Sharon moved to Tel Aviv in 1931 to run his own architectural practice and realise pioneering social models for the new state. His life's work includes numerous buildings in the International Style in Tel Aviv, Haifa and Jerusalem: cinemas, residential buildings, kibbutzim and many medical buildings. There were 25 Bauhaus architects who arrived in Tel Aviv in the 1930s. Many of the architects and their buildings have been forgotten today, just as the National Socialist rulers wanted from 1933 onwards. Our historical-architectural search for traces leads from Germany to Israel and beyond, all over the world. The most important Bauhaus complex on the African continent is located in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. These are buildings on the campus of Obafemi Awolowo University. The masterplan for this was drawn up by Arieh Sharon and his son Eldar.
12.30 a.m. Teachers' House Guided tour of the exhibition ‘Arieh Sharon - From Bauhaus to the World’ with photographs by Jean Molitor
1.30 p.m. Guided tour of the historic ADGB Trade Union School
Open Monument Day®
on 8 September from 11 am
[Translate to en:] Blick auf den Speisesaal in der ehem. ADGB-Bundesschule, Foto: EBERLE&EISFELD
On Open Monument Day® 2024, the former ADGB Trade Union School and one of the associated Teachers' Houses in Bernau near Berlin will once again open its doors to visitors. On Sunday, 8 September 2024, you can look forward to an exciting programme that sheds light on the architectural and historical significance of this Bauhaus jewel.
The exhibition ‘Arieh Sharon – From the Bauhaus into the World’ will be open from 11:00 a.m. in the Teachers' House at Hannes Meyer Campus 9. This exhibition is dedicated to the life and work of Bauhaus architect Arieh Sharon, who was involved in the construction of the Bundesschule as a Bauhaus student and later left his architectural mark worldwide.
Visitors also have the opportunity to explore the Trade Union School on their own as part of a station programme. Experts will be on hand in the publicly accessible rooms to provide interesting insights into the history and architecture of the Bundesschule.
The Open Monument Day offers a unique opportunity to experience the former ADGB Trade Union School and its history up close and free of charge. We look forward to your visit!
World Heritage Day on 2 June
Programm in Bernau
11 am Puppet theater: Parktheater Edelbruch: “Fischer un sin Frau” (free of charge)
Terrace in front of the Visitor Center
11.30 a.m. Guided tour of the OUV World Heritage Site
Start at the Visitor Center
1.30 p.m. Lecture on Bauhaus architecture and daylight (Prof. Ute Poerschke)
Cinema Visitor Center
2.30 pm Guided tour World Heritage OUV
Start in the Visitor Center
3.30 pm Music with the Swining Albatrosses
Terrace in front of the Visitor Center
5.30 pm Theater Edelbruch “Findejahre. A theater evening about the artist couple Feininger”
Visitor Center
All events are in German!