the temporary bauhaus-archiv / museum für gestaltung

4 Marc Ella Roy - 2 months ago

There’s no better place for a bauhaus 101! It’s one big room with an infinity mirror exhibit of digitized works and some timelines of the school’s history. The best part are the free reading materials- take some paper and pencils and try the original curriculum yourself! All in all, a fun quick visit.

5 Joshua de Bruin - 3 months ago

The Bauhaus Archive is closed. Not a problem! A temporary archive exhibit is open. I was able to visit the archive for a full day. I spent the start of my day by experimenting with the AI powered digital archive. This wonderful little exhibition booth is a small corridor with glass where the glow of an iPad screen pulls you deeper into the dark structure. Once your hands find the iPad screen a large dual screen lights up in front of you and illuminates the room. The room appears to be full of mirror walls and basking in LCD light now feels a lot larger. Making a selection on the iPad screen gives you 6 dif experiences. Each varies slightly and dif archive segments and individual pieces of the collection are shown with descriptions. The AI allows for selections to be made based on colour and by defining a line on the screen. Once the colour is selected a fine selection is made of archive pieces which are shown in a timed carousel. When defining a line the AI searched for images with similar line work showing in the scan. Drawing a circle vs a square gives a very different defined result. Inspiring to see where this technology can take Archive experiences!

Leaving the booth i spent time reviewing the Bauhaus movement timeline on the vide and was able to read and browse through various now and then workbooks and teaching methods.

Leaving the vide returning downstairs a wonderful shopping experience has been created with free standing mobile trolleys, display cases and book tables. Gifts, souvenirs and both picture and study books are available at various price points.

Whoever has a tight timetable can take some worksheets home to experience the exercises the baushaus students worked on. WIth an extended stay in Berlin one can book a workshop slot as they are hosted weekly on Thu or Saturdays.

Overall a great experience, as we look forward to the new Bauhaus archive opening.

4 Pascal K - 7 months ago

The best part of this "museum" is the kind girl in the info desk, she is very helpful and show us the place. That's all. The place isn't a museum, we spent a lot of time to get there but it's really empty, just some video choices and some Photographs. I. Know that it's a temporary museum, but.. Anyway, I hope the new museum will be ready soon!

5 Dan Leal - 2 years ago

My girlfriend has a degree in interior design and it was her idea to come here. I had never heard of this school and movement before and very happy to have learned much more about it today. If you are in Berlin come and check it out!

5 Lucía Achigar - 2 years ago

Loved the exercises! If you're visiting as an already informed enthusiast of the Bauhaus school, you'll be a little disappointed by the information available. But if you visit as a first didactic approach, you'll have just enough to start with.
I assure you you'll want to take the entire shop at the entrance.

4 Jordi Jove - 4 months ago

Small exhibition with an interesting shop.

4 John Z - 2 years ago

Not much really. Worth a quick walk through if you’re in the neighborhood. Can’t wait for the real Bauhaus Archiv to reopen. But the little shop is pretty nice.