Contact the Reallabor
info@reallabor-zekiwa-zeitz.de
More information about the New Bauhäusler initiative
www.neuebauhaeusler.com
Legal Notice
Call for applications
Structured around four thematic clusters soil, energy, air, and dreams, the Summercamp invites international students and early career practitioners from the fields of art, architecture, design and related disciplines to collectively explore circularity and future transformation through the following projects:
1. Soil: “Brick Factory”
A practice-oriented project that understands soil as a distinctive resource which combines material research, craftsmanship, and spatial experimentation. Throughout the Summercamp, a temporary Brick Factory will be established in which production, use, and disposal are equivalent phases and make circular thinking spatially, materially, and performatively tangible.
2. Energy: “New (Mobile) Working Environments”
An experimental, practice-oriented project that focuses on how energy (whether human, technical, or digital) can be generated, used, and transformed, and what forms of work result from this. This project invites participants to explore notions of contemporary work environments through performative and installative living and working experiments or through scenarios in which human movement, interaction, or creative practice generate energy.
3. Air: “Exchange Market”
An experimental, practice-oriented project that understands air as an indicator and symbol of change and circulation: an invisible force that enables flow, exchange, movement, and dependencies between people, things, and spaces. This project focuses on sharing and exchanging as a circular principle and invites participants to simulate an exchange platform as an installative and performative structure where value is negotiated by use and need.
4. Dreams: “Cartographies of Dreams”
An artistic, speculative project that understands dreams and desires as productive forces for designing possible future scenarios, visions, and alternative models of coexistence. By understanding dreams as imaginative raw material, the fourth project invites participants to artistically excavate, formulate, and translate dreams and wishes into a collective cartography of possibilities.
During the Summercamp, all participants will be provided workspaces, temporary accommodation in Zeitz, and a meal allowance, but must cover their own travel to and from Zeitz. The participants are expected to be present on site for the entire duration of the Summercamp in order to contribute to the collective work on one of the four projects presented above. The camp will be conducted in English and German, while language barriers can be part of the adventure.
To apply, please send
– a short biography (150 words)
– up to 5 images of recent projects/assignments
– and a letter of interest (350 words) in at least 1 (preferably 2) of the four above-mentioned projects
to Daniel Springer by February 19, 2026: summercamp@bauhaus-dessau.de.
Please also direct any questions to this email.
All application documents should be submitted as a single PDF file (size should not exceed 10MB).
Selected candidates will be notified by February 27, 2026.
The full program will be published in March 2026.
Irregular Circularities – International Summercamp
May 29th – June 7th 2026
→ Application period until February 19th 2026
The International Summercamp 2026 is organized by the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation as part of the Real-World Laboratory ZEKIWA Zeitz (RZZ).
Under the title Irregular Circularities, the 10-day summer camp will bring together different positions from various academics, architects, artists, designers, local actors, and students, to collectively debate and practice visions for such regions in transition. Through a series of hands-on workshops, experimental learning platforms, and keynote lectures, a set of multiscale possibilities will be explored to gain local, resource-efficient, and sustainable impulses for the former ZEKIWA area, the Zeitz locality, and beyond.
DE/EN
Contact the Reallabor
info@reallabor-zekiwa-zeitz.de
More information about the New Bauhäusler initiative
www.neuebauhaeusler.com
Legal Notice
Call for applications
Structured around four thematic clusters soil, energy, air, and dreams, the Summercamp invites international students and early career practitioners from the fields of art, architecture, design and related disciplines to collectively explore circularity and future transformation through the following projects:
1. Soil: “Brick Factory”
A practice-oriented project that understands soil as a distinctive resource which combines material research, craftsmanship, and spatial experimentation. Throughout the Summercamp, a temporary Brick Factory will be established in which production, use, and disposal are equivalent phases and make circular thinking spatially, materially, and performatively tangible.
2. Energy: “New (Mobile) Working Environments”
An experimental, practice-oriented project that focuses on how energy (whether human, technical, or digital) can be generated, used, and transformed, and what forms of work result from this. This project invites participants to explore notions of contemporary work environments through performative and installative living and working experiments or through scenarios in which human movement, interaction, or creative practice generate energy.
3. Air: “Exchange Market”
An experimental, practice-oriented project that understands air as an indicator and symbol of change and circulation: an invisible force that enables flow, exchange, movement, and dependencies between people, things, and spaces. This project focuses on sharing and exchanging as a circular principle and invites participants to simulate an exchange platform as an installative and performative structure where value is negotiated by use and need.
4. Dreams: “Cartographies of Dreams”
An artistic, speculative project that understands dreams and desires as productive forces for designing possible future scenarios, visions, and alternative models of coexistence. By understanding dreams as imaginative raw material, the fourth project invites participants to artistically excavate, formulate, and translate dreams and wishes into a collective cartography of possibilities.
During the Summercamp, all participants will be provided workspaces, temporary accommodation in Zeitz, and a meal allowance, but must cover their own travel to and from Zeitz. The participants are expected to be present on site for the entire duration of the Summercamp in order to contribute to the collective work on one of the four projects presented above. The camp will be conducted in English and German, while language barriers can be part of the adventure.
To apply, please send
– a short biography (150 words)
– up to 5 images of recent projects/assignments
– and a letter of interest (350 words) in at least 1 (preferably 2) of the four above-mentioned projects
to Daniel Springer by February 19, 2026: summercamp@bauhaus-dessau.de.
Please also direct any questions to this email.
All application documents should be submitted as a single PDF file (size should not exceed 10MB).
Selected candidates will be notified by February 27, 2026.
The full program will be published in March 2026.
Irregular Circularities – International Summercamp 2026
May 29th – June 7th 2026
→ Application period until February 19th 2026
The International Summercamp 2026 is organized by the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation as part of the Real-World Laboratory ZEKIWA Zeitz (RZZ).
Under the title Irregular Circularities, the 10-day summer camp will bring together different positions from various academics, architects, artists, designers, local actors, and students, to collectively debate and practice visions for such regions in transition. Through a series of hands-on workshops, experimental learning platforms, and keynote lectures, a set of multiscale possibilities will be explored to gain local, resource-efficient, and sustainable impulses for the former ZEKIWA area, the Zeitz locality, and beyond.
DE/EN
Legal Notice
Contact the Reallabor
info@reallabor-zekiwa-zeitz.de
More information about the New Bauhäusler initiative
www.neuebauhaeusler.com
Call for applications
Structured around four thematic clusters soil, energy, air, and dreams, the Summercamp invites international students and early career practitioners from the fields of art, architecture, design and related disciplines to collectively explore circularity and future transformation through the following projects:
1. Soil: “Brick Factory”
A practice-oriented project that understands soil as a distinctive resource which combines material research, craftsmanship, and spatial experimentation. Throughout the Summercamp, a temporary Brick Factory will be established in which production, use, and disposal are equivalent phases and make circular thinking spatially, materially, and performatively tangible.
2. Energy: “New (Mobile) Working Environments”
An experimental, practice-oriented project that focuses on how energy (whether human, technical, or digital) can be generated, used, and transformed, and what forms of work result from this. This project invites participants to explore notions of contemporary work environments through performative and installative living and working experiments or through scenarios in which human movement, interaction, or creative practice generate energy.
3. Air: “Exchange Market”
An experimental, practice-oriented project that understands air as an indicator and symbol of change and circulation: an invisible force that enables flow, exchange, movement, and dependencies between people, things, and spaces. This project focuses on sharing and exchanging as a circular principle and invites participants to simulate an exchange platform as an installative and performative structure where value is negotiated by use and need.
4. Dreams: “Cartographies of Dreams”
An artistic, speculative project that understands dreams and desires as productive forces for designing possible future scenarios, visions, and alternative models of coexistence. By understanding dreams as imaginative raw material, the fourth project invites participants to artistically excavate, formulate, and translate dreams and wishes into a collective cartography of possibilities.
During the Summercamp, all participants will be provided workspaces, temporary accommodation in Zeitz, and a meal allowance, but must cover their own travel to and from Zeitz. The participants are expected to be present on site for the entire duration of the Summercamp in order to contribute to the collective work on one of the four projects presented above. The camp will be conducted in English and German, while language barriers can be part of the adventure.
To apply, please send
– a short biography (150 words)
– up to 5 images of recent projects/assignments
– and a letter of interest (350 words) in at least 1 (preferably 2) of the four above-mentioned projects
to Daniel Springer by February 19, 2026: summercamp@bauhaus-dessau.de.
Please also direct any questions to this email.
All application documents should be submitted as a single PDF file (size should not exceed 10MB).
Selected candidates will be notified by February 27, 2026.
The full program will be published in March 2026.
Irregular Circularities – International Summercamp 2026
May 29th – June 7th 2026
→ Application period until February 19th 2026
The International Summercamp 2026 is organized by the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation as part of the Real-World Laboratory ZEKIWA Zeitz (RZZ).
Under the title Irregular Circularities, the 10-day summer camp will bring together different positions from various academics, architects, artists, designers, local actors, and students, to collectively debate and practice visions for such regions in transition. Through a series of hands-on workshops, experimental learning platforms, and keynote lectures, a set of multiscale possibilities will be explored to gain local, resource-efficient, and sustainable impulses for the former ZEKIWA area, the Zeitz locality, and beyond.
DE/EN
