Bauhaus Transformed: Designing Concerns of Future Cities

Designers are challenged to conceive socio-designs for future cities that will be driven by digital transformation. For this task we will draw from a parallel situation in history: The German Bauhaus (1919-1932) - part of the European heritage and the start of the Modern Movement - is globally known for addressing the fundamental questions of a technology-driven culture. The Bauhaus masters found answers in a new model of education and production, linking crafts, arts and industry. Today we take this model for an inspiration as we create and anticipate new answers appropriate for our time. Questions are: • How can new cultural patterns be created that integrate tradition and digital transformation? • How to design concerns like health, housing, education, mobility and security? • How can we advance cultural heritage from China and Europe and build on it? We introduce the concept of concerns and experiment with designing cultural formats. Design organizes signs, structures and events. Based on universal principles these activities embody qualities that form the building blocks for ethics, services and socio-psychology. Together with the world of smart materials they form future cultural formats.