Berlin program for 2025

Planning meeting 8.4.2025

The cross-city motto of the Triennial of Modernism 2025 is "Torn Modernism(s)". The Opening will probably be on September 25 in Berlin. The program in Berlin may run until December, in Dessau and Weimar it will focus on October. Further program contributions are welcome. The next meeting for the Berlin program is on Tue, April 8, 2025 at 1 pm at the Chamber of Architects. Potential contributors should contact Triennial in Berlin and the core partner institutions in Dessau and Weimar 

Traveling exhibition

"Modernism in Ukraine" in Kharkiv + Chemnitz

Three chapters of the exhibition series on "Modernism in Ukraine" developed for Triennial 2022 are now being shown as a traveling exhibition. They raise awareness of the common European heritage and the importance of Ukraine for the architecture of Modernism. The three parts of the exhibition can be seen from 18.11.2024 to 18.1.2025 in Chemnitz, the European Capital of Culture 2025. The next stop will be Ukraine, where the entire exhibition will be shown in a bomb-proof basement of the Derzhprom complex in Kharkiv.

Save-the-Date: Oct 17-19, 2025

Symposium "100 years of the Horseshoe Estate"

Of the six "Estates of Berlin Modernism", the Horseshoe Estate, built in 1925-30, is not only the most iconic and largest, but also the most challenging World Heritage site in terms of monument conservation. In 2025, Bruno Taut's most famous estate will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the laying of its foundation stone; since 2000, large parts have been transferred to individual ownership. A symposium with a guided tour, film and exhibition program is planned as part of the Triennial of Modernism 2025. It is aimed at residents and interested members of the public.

European Triennial of Modernism:

Diverse Modernism | Modern Diversity

The "European Triennial of Modernism (ETOM)" initiative aims to form a multinational network that will exchange ideas and perhaps even cooperate on the program in 2025. Initially focusing on Central Europe, around 40 partners from 15 countries have already been brought together in 2022. The ETOM NEB Lab has now been founded as part of the EU's "New European Bauhaus (NEB)" program ...

Modern Housing Postwar

Oct 14-15, 2024: Conference in Halle

The international conference "Modern Housing postwar - Cities of Tomorrow?" takes the 60th anniversary of the start of construction of Halle-Neustadt as an opportunity for a transnational exchange on large housing estates of post-war modernism. The conference - which is also available as a YouTube playlist - is a milestone project of the European Triennial of Modernism(ETOM) and takes place as the "ETOM NEB-Lab" in the context of the "New European Bauhaus" project. One focus is on the exchange between Poland and Germany.

Convergences and Divergences

Colloquium on 16-18.11.2023

The international conference looked at Modernism in Central Europe beyond a simple division into East and West. It was organized in cooperation between the ETOM initiative and the Pilecki Institute at Pariser Platz. The five panel discussions with partners and projects from several European countries were complemented by two free keynote lectures and the "Soft Grounds" exhibition.

Finissage + Workshop + Release

17.12.2022: Magazine Release

With a workshop talk with international guests, the Docomomo journal "Multiple Modernities in Ukraine" will be presented on December 17 at BHROX bauhaus reuse. The event, which will also be broadcast online via Zoom, will also be the finissage of the five-part exhibition series "Modernism in Ukraine".

• Program information
• Register via Eventbrite
• On 17.12: Participate live via zoom

New European Bauhaus

Satellite event 2024 in Berlin

On April 15, 2024, an event will be presented at BHROX bauhaus reuse, which will be part of the ETOM NEB Lab and forms a component of the New European Bauhaus Festival (NEB): Accompanied by a panel discussion, Docomomo Journal No. 70 will be presented, followed by the opening of the thematically appropriate sixth part of the exhibition series Modernism in Ukraine presented as part of the ETOM initiative. The event is hybrid and can be followed via Zoom from around 14:30.

Topic Focus:

Modernism in Ukraine, Parts 1-6

The images of the war in Ukraine are staggering. There is also no end to the destruction of cities, buildings and cultural assets. From this, a five-part exhibition series shows buildings and contexts in Kharkiv and Lviv. On the second day of the Berlin Opening event, speakers will report on the legacy of Modernism and the current situation in Ukraine.

From 30.9. in Berlin:

Theme Heritage and Diversity

Triennial 2022 begins with a two-day Opening event in Berlin. For the first time, future network cities and partners from Germany and Europe will be introduced. The Berlin program will run until December.

• Focus & Contact
• Complete programme in Berlin
• Opening-Event 30.9. +1.10.2022
• Topic Focus Ukraine

7-9.10. in Dessau:

Water culture and hygiene

The Dessau Weekend 2022 is dedicated to water culture and hygiene. Exemplary for the change of the hygienic and urban standards are Dessau places and buildings of the Modernism from the Bauhaus building to the pump house in Dessau-Törten or also the waterworks east. There is a Triennial-day-ticket for 8€.

• Focus & Contact
• Complete programme in Dessau

Oct. 14-16 in Weimar:

History and present

In 1923, the Bauhaus shows how teachers and students envisioned the Modernism in architecture, art and design with the Haus Am Horn in a first showcase. The Bauhaus Museum, which opens in Weimar in 2019, presents the treasures of the world's oldest Bauhaus collection. Weimar also has several other highlights for those interested in the Bauhaus and history.

• Focus & Contact
• Complete programme in Weimar

The 2022 motto:

Living.Work.Life.

The motto for the 2022 event year is Living.Work.Life. This triad highlights aspects of Modernism that still concern us today. Their ideals were closely linked to the development of modern societies and their urban centers that began in the course of industrialization. In addition to architecture, urban planning, art and design, social and societal issues are also included. 

Concentrated input

30.9. + 1.10.2022: Two days Opening

Under the motto "Diversity Modernism | Modernism Diversity" the newly established networks in Germany and Europe presented themselves on 30.9.2022 in the Czech Embassy. On the second day at the TU at Ernst-Reuter-Platz, a special on "Modernism in Ukraine" and a "Pecha Kucha of Modernism" will follow.

• Program, brief overview
• Detailed program
• Overview of the panelists

Berlin East-West-East

Colloquium on 25 + 26.10.2022

Berlin has proposed to recommend the two major listed ensembles of reconstruction - Karl-Marx-Allee and buildings of Interbau 1957 - for the German Tentative List of World Cultural Heritage. The proposal will be presented and discussed at the colloquium at Triennial of Modernism .

2022 for the first time:

UNESCO World Heritage Bauhaus in Bernau

Following its inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage Site "The Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau" in 2017, the ensemble located northeast of Berlin is increasingly the focus of interest. Designed in 1928-30 by Hans Widmer and Hannes Meyer, the Federal School of the General Federation of German Trade Unions has been restored in exemplary fashion. The visitor center opened in February 2022. There will be a bus shuttle tour from the Bauhaus Archive to Haus Lemke and the Bundesschule, ending at the bauhaus reuse.

Network of Modernism:

World Heritage of the 20th Century in Germany

Of the 51 World Heritage sites in Germany, several represent the 20th century. The Berlin 2022 was the first to include:

• Völklingen Ironworks
• Fagus plant Alfeld
• Zollverein Colliery Essen
• Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
• Buildings by Le Corbusier in Stuttgart
• Bernau Federal School

Strategic partnerships:

Docomomo and Icomos

The Triennial of Modernism 2022 forms the Opening for a Europe-wide network, which could lead to a European festival from 2025. In line with this, we have established partnerships with ICOMOS, DOCOMOMO International and other partners to strengthen the format in the long term.

• Docomomo International
• Icomos International

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Film documentary:

Statements on the Triennial

Launched in 2013, the festival grew out of a cooperation between the cities of Berlin, Dessau and Weimar and their World Heritage sites of the 1920s. Since then, every three years, the context and architectural heritage of Modernism has been brought into the focus of a broad public. The documentation of the final conference in 2019 reports on how the format will be continued and expanded.

Review

Festival years 2019 - 2016 - 2013

The "Triennial of Modernism", which was launched in 2013, has offered a varied program every three years since then." The respective changing motto refers to current topics, anniversaries or theme years. Here you will find a brief overview of the themes and focal points of the previous three festivals.