Important steps for a new philosophy of building in Brussels and Brandenburg

The New European Bauhaus is an interdisciplinary initiative to design future ways of living, situated at the crossroads between art, culture, social inclusion, science and technology. Aligned to the European Green Deal, it calls for a collective effort to imagine and build a future that matches sustainability with good design, needs less carbon and that is inclusive and affordable for all. In a State of the Union, the Commission now promised 85 million Euros from EU programmes over the next years dedicated to New European Bauhaus projects.

Just a day after this breakthrough, the Minister for Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg, Manja Schüle, announced a strategic partnership with “Bauhaus der Erde” as well as substantial funding in a press conference with the Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for the Environment, Florian Pronold, and the former Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, John Schellnhuber who is also the founder of Bauhaus der Erde.

The support of the federal government and the state of Brandenburg also takes into account the dynamic the New European Bauhaus project of Ursula von der Leyen. "For the green Bauhaus movement of the 21st century, this is a kind of big bang," Schellnhuber said. The promised government co-financing could become "critical energy" for the initiative to turn the world's buildings around in the direction of organic architecture and polycentric spatial design.