Contact the Reallabor
info@reallabor-zekiwa-zeitz.de
More information about the New Bauhäusler initiative
www.neuebauhaeusler.com
Legal Notice
The real-world laboratory understands building as a societal process: It links the structural revitalization and energy-efficient renewal of the industrial heritage site with processes that strengthen community, design practice, and cultural learning. Material, social, cultural, and digital aspects are interwoven. Spaces are refurbished, uses are tested, and at the same time new forms of collaboration, knowledge exchange, and cultural participation are established.
This transdisciplinary collaboration creates an experimental field in which ideas are not only developed but also tested directly on site together with the people of Zeitz.
The Reallabor ZEKIWA Zeitz is a collaborative project involving Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Forum Rathenau e. V., and the City of Zeitz. The diversity of the participating institutions forms the basis for an open, inclusive, and experimental process.
The RZZ in short
At the RZZ, science, design, municipal administration, civil society, and local initiatives work closely together.
Das Reallabor ZEKIWA Zeitz is funded by the European Union and the State of Saxony-Anhalt through the Just Transition Fund (JTF) and is guided by the principles of the New European Bauhaus:
beautiful, sustainable, together.
Main-Location:
ZEKIWA Areal + Raum der Möglichkeiten
Ecke Badstubenvorstadt/
Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 16
06712 Zeitz
Other + Satellite-Locations:
Stadt Zeitz
Altmarkt 1
06712 Zeitz
Alte Stadtbibliothek
Rahnestraße 20
06712 Zeitz
MLU-Außenstelle
Neumarkt 3
06712 Zeitz
Contact:
info@reallabor-zekiwa-zeitz.de
Previous Events
Invitation to the RZZ Satellite
10 June 2026
International Summercamp 2026
29 May - 7 June 2026
Open Call - jetzt bewerben!
Competitive procedure with negotiation including a draft solution for the architectural and structural design of the extension to the former ZEKIWA administration building
5 May – 4 June 2026
Workshop: Large Figure
23 – 24 May 2026
A Neighbourhood in Transition – Invitation to a Walk around the ZEKIWA Site
16 May 2026
Invitation to the Exhibition “Be Quiet, Look Closely”
14 April – 13 May 2026
Adventure Playground & Clothes Swap
25 April 2026
International Summercamp Warm-Up
21–23 April 2026
Denk-Mal-Werkstatt
20 March 2026
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition Lot 5
05 February 2026 – 05 March 2026
Open Call - apply now!
International Summercamp 2026
open call (closed)
May 29th – June 7th 2026
Open Call - jetzt bewerben!
Sustainability Scholarship
August 1 – October 31, 2026
Open Call - jetzt bewerben!
The RZZ is revitalizing the site of the former stroller factory as a model project for aesthetically exemplary, sustainable, and circular construction according to the criteria of the New European Bauhaus:
beautiful, sustainable, together.
Foto: Transmedial
WELCOME TO THE REALLABOR
The Reallabor ZEKIWA Zeitz (RZZ) engages with a site that shaped the industrial history of the city of Zeitz for more than a century and today stands as a symbol of the challenges of structural change in the region. As a real-world laboratory, we use this unique site to explore new approaches to sustainable building, collective forms of living, and future-oriented urban development.
DE/EN
The real-world laboratory understands building as a societal process: It links the structural revitalization and energy-efficient renewal of the industrial heritage site with processes that strengthen community, design practice, and cultural learning. Material, social, cultural, and digital aspects are interwoven. Spaces are refurbished, uses are tested, and at the same time new forms of collaboration, knowledge exchange, and cultural participation are established.
This transdisciplinary collaboration creates an experimental field in which ideas are not only developed but also tested directly on site together with the people of Zeitz.
The Reallabor ZEKIWA Zeitz is a collaborative project involving Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Forum Rathenau e. V., and the City of Zeitz. The diversity of the participating institutions forms the basis for an open, inclusive, and experimental process.
The RZZ in short
At the RZZ, science, design, municipal administration, civil society, and local initiatives work closely together.
Das Reallabor ZEKIWA Zeitz is funded by the European Union and the State of Saxony-Anhalt through the Just Transition Fund (JTF) and is guided by the principles of the New European Bauhaus:
beautiful, sustainable, together.
Main-Location:
ZEKIWA Areal + Raum der Möglichkeiten
Ecke Badstubenvorstadt/
Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 16
06712 Zeitz
Other + Satellite-Locations:
Stadt Zeitz
Altmarkt 1
06712 Zeitz
Alte Stadtbibliothek
Rahnestraße 20
06712 Zeitz
MLU-Außenstelle
Neumarkt 3
06712 Zeitz
Contact:
info@reallabor-zekiwa-zeitz.de
Contact the Reallabor
info@reallabor-zekiwa-zeitz.de
More information about the New Bauhäusler initiative
www.neuebauhaeusler.com
Legal Notice
Previous Events
Invitation to the RZZ Satellite
10 June 2026
International Summercamp 2026
29 May - 7 June 2026
Open Call - jetzt bewerben!
Competitive procedure with negotiation including a draft solution for the architectural and structural design of the extension to the former ZEKIWA administration building
5 May – 4 June 2026
Workshop: Large Figure
23 – 24 May 2026
A Neighbourhood in Transition – Invitation to a Walk around the ZEKIWA Site
16 May 2026
Invitation to the Exhibition “Be Quiet, Look Closely”
14 April – 13 May 2026
Adventure Playground & Clothes Swap
25 April 2026
International Summercamp Warm-Up
21–23 April 2026
Denk-Mal-Werkstatt
20 March 2026
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition Lot 5
05 February 2026 – 05 March 2026
Open Call - apply now!
International Summercamp 2026
open call (closed)
May 29th – June 7th 2026
Open Call - jetzt bewerben!
Sustainability Scholarship
August 1 – October 31, 2026
Open Call - jetzt bewerben!
The RZZ is revitalizing the site of the former stroller factory as a model project for aesthetically exemplary, sustainable, and circular construction according to the criteria of the New European Bauhaus:
beautiful, sustainable, together.
Foto: Transmedial
WELCOME TO THE REALLABOR
The Reallabor ZEKIWA Zeitz (RZZ) engages with a site that shaped the industrial history of the city of Zeitz for more than a century and today stands as a symbol of the challenges of structural change in the region. As a real-world laboratory, we use this unique site to explore new approaches to sustainable building, collective forms of living, and future-oriented urban development.
DE/EN
Legal Notice
Contact the Reallabor
info@reallabor-zekiwa-zeitz.de
More information about the New Bauhäusler initiative
www.neuebauhaeusler.com
Das Reallabor ZEKIWA Zeitz is funded by the European Union and the State of Saxony-Anhalt through the Just Transition Fund (JTF) and is guided by the principles of the New European Bauhaus:
beautiful, sustainable, together.
Main-Location:
ZEKIWA Areal + Raum der Möglichkeiten
Ecke Badstubenvorstadt/Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 16
06712 Zeitz
Other + Satellite-Locations:
Stadt Zeitz
Altmarkt 1
06712 Zeitz
Alte Stadtbibliothek
Rahnestraße 20
06712 Zeitz
MLU-Außenstelle
Neumarkt 3
06712 Zeitz
Contact:
info@reallabor-zekiwa-zeitz.de
The real-world laboratory understands building as a societal process: It links the structural revitalization and energy-efficient renewal of the industrial heritage site with processes that strengthen community, design practice, and cultural learning. Material, social, cultural, and digital aspects are interwoven. Spaces are refurbished, uses are tested, and at the same time new forms of collaboration, knowledge exchange, and cultural participation are established.
This transdisciplinary collaboration creates an experimental field in which ideas are not only developed but also tested directly on site together with the people of Zeitz.
The Reallabor ZEKIWA Zeitz is a collaborative project involving Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Forum Rathenau e. V., and the City of Zeitz. The diversity of the participating institutions forms the basis for an open, inclusive, and experimental process.
The RZZ in short
At the RZZ, science, design, municipal administration, civil society, and local initiatives work closely together.
Previous Events
Invitation to the RZZ Satellite
10 June 2026
International Summercamp 2026
29 May - 7 June 2026
Open Call - jetzt bewerben!
Competitive procedure with negotiation including a draft solution for the architectural and structural design of the extension to the former ZEKIWA administration building
5 May – 4 June 2026
Workshop: Large Figure
23 – 24 May 2026
A Neighbourhood in Transition – Invitation to a Walk around the ZEKIWA Site
16 May 2026
Invitation to the Exhibition “Be Quiet, Look Closely”
14 April – 13 May 2026
Adventure Playground & Clothes Swap
25 April 2026
International Summercamp Warm-Up
21–23 April 2026
Denk-Mal-Werkstatt
20 March 2026
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition Lot 5
05 February 2026 – 05 March 2026
Open Call - apply now!
International Summercamp 2026
open call (closed)
May 29th – June 7th 2026
Open Call - jetzt bewerben!
Sustainability Scholarship
August 1 – October 31, 2026
Open Call - jetzt bewerben!
The RZZ is revitalizing the site of the former stroller factory as a model project for aesthetically exemplary, sustainable, and circular construction according to the criteria of the New European Bauhaus:
beautiful, sustainable, together.
Foto: Transmedial
WELCOME TO THE REALLABOR
The Reallabor ZEKIWA Zeitz (RZZ) engages with a site that shaped the industrial history of the city of Zeitz for more than a century and today stands as a symbol of the challenges of structural change in the region. As a real-world laboratory, we use this unique site to explore new approaches to sustainable building, collective forms of living, and future-oriented urban development.
DE/EN
