New European Bauhaus
An Initiative by the European Commission
The New European Bauhaus was an initiative by the European Commission that wanted to make the Green Deal a cultural, human centred and positive, »tangible« experience. The initiative aimed to connect the European Green Deal to our living spaces. It called on all Europeans »to imagine and build together a sustainable and inclusive future that is beautiful for our eyes, minds, and souls«.
The New European Bauhaus unfolded in three phases: Co-design, Delivery and Dissemination. The phases partly operated in parallel, as individuals and communities interested in the first ideas are most likely to become partners to deliver and scale up the initiative. The New European Bauhaus engaged early through open conversations, to shape the concept in a large co-creation process.
Co-Design from October 2020 to June 2021
In this phase the Commission started shaping the movement by gathering and connecting contemporary examples that showcase principles of the New European Bauhaus. The most inspiring contributions helped to organise, trigger and participate to debates. An engagement toolkit is available to inspire the conversations and structure the collection of emerging ideas and insights.
A high-level round table with distinguished thinkers and practitioners, established through a series of semi-structured interviews, served as a sounding board for ideas and as community ambassadors. Drawing on the examples collected and on the conversations they generated, it became clear how the New European Bauhaus initiative can boost, scale-up, and support the generation of beautiful, sustainable and inclusive places.
There were three ways of sharing contributions:
- Share examples, ideas, challenges
- Get a conversation started across your network
- Share a paper, an essay or a study
The outcome of the co-design phase was a support framework based on EU programs, including a call for proposals for pilots in different EU Member States where the new Bauhaus concept are comming to life.
Special prizes were awarded in Summer 2021 to excellent contemporary examples that were in their own way already combining sustainability, quality of experience and inclusion, selected among the examples collected and reviewed/integrated by the enlarged community.
Find out more here: https://europa.eu/new-european-bauhaus/co-design/co-designing-new-european-bauhaus_en