A Bus for Learning and Unlearning the Bauhaus Legacy

To mark the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus, Berlin-based collective Savvy Contemporary has launched “Spinning Triangles,” a traveling exhibit that aims to both honor and challenge the school’s legacy. As the collective describes, “We recognize the Bauhaus not only as a solution, but also as a problem, and will propose a school of design that may well become an ‘un-school’ and will emerge through a process between Dessau, Kinshasa, Berlin, and Hong Kong.”

The proposed “un-school” comes in the form of a downsized model—on wheels—of the original Bauhaus school in Dessau. Designed by Van Bo Le-Mentzel and curated by Elsa Westreicher, Arlette-Louise Ndakoze, and Bonaventure Soh Bejeng, the mini-version is striking in its similarities to the original school, featuring the same glass facade and iconic lettering. Inside the Wohnmaschine, or “living machine,” there is space for exhibitions and workshops as well as a well-stocked library.