Place & Space
The Bauhaus-Archive / Museum für Gestaltung as an external learning space for students from the grund_schule der künste of Berlin University of the Arts
What do the concepts of space and place encompass? How do we perceive spaces? How do we create spaces? What spaces do we need (to learn)? How do we design environments for learning? Students of Berlin University of the Arts asked themselves these questions in the context of a seminar run in cooperation with the Bauhaus-Archive / Museum für Gestaltung.
The grund_schule der künste
While studying for a master's degree within the framework of the teaching and research model grund_schule der künste – an educational space at the interface between university, school, and art institution – students training to be art teachers at Berlin University of the Arts concerned themselves with the design of learning environments. On the four days of a block seminar in July 2017 they examined the concepts of "place" and "space" using the concrete example of the two very different sites of learning, museum and university. They tried out methods of aesthetic research into the context of spatial perception and the experience of space, enquired artistically into interior and exterior spaces, and analysed designed and undesigned learning environments. They visualized spaces for thought, realized experiences of space using language, became familiar with methods of space creation, explored connections between way and place, material and space, and reflected on their observations and insights. The seminar "Place and Space" took place alternately in the Bauhaus-Archive / Museum für Gestaltung and the grund_schule der künste.
