The University, partner of the New European Bauhaus

The University has been admitted as partner of the New European Bauhaus initiative along with 200 other European entities, companies and universities.

The New European Bauhaus is a project of the European Commission that aims to turn the European Green Pact into a shared, positive and tangible experience. Through it, it brings together institutions, agencies, governments, public and private companies and experts interested in sharing projects, ideas and experiences that contribute to achieving better environments for coexistence, especially after the pandemic. Its three core values are: sustainability, aesthetics and inclusion.

"Being partners of the New European Bauhaus provides the opportunity to participate, together with European experts - from universities and other entities - in forums of thought, discussion and dialogue in which our professors, researchers and experts have much to contribute. It is also a good opportunity to develop a joint and interdisciplinary work at the European level," commented Cristina Muñoz Corsini, director of the Planning Service and design of Campus of the University of Navarra.

In addition, with the goal to collect experiences and initiatives aligned with the objectives of this movement, the I edition of the New European Bauhaus Awards has been convened in which the University of Navarra participates with four projects: the Degree of design, the Master's Degree in design and management Environmental Buildings, the design of the Campus of the University and the University Museum of Navarra. 

The four projects were among the 60 finalists, selected from more than 2,000 entries submitted. "The awards reward and celebrate achievements and help the younger generation to continue to develop new concepts and ideas. They give visibility to examples and concepts that illustrate the beautiful, sustainable and inclusive places that exist in our territories, in our communities and in our practices and pave the way for the future," the organization explains.

The four finalist projects

design from campus. Category: "Places reinvented to meet and share".

Universities have been trying for years to adapt their spaces to the needs of new learning methods and life at campus. At the University, a model has been created to transform our campus that combines sustainability, aesthetics and the human factor. It is the work of a team multidisciplinary that applies innovative and disruptive approaches.

Degree of design. Category: "Models of interdisciplinary Education ".

The new Degree at design has been running since 2016. The first two courses offer a generalist approach to design and in the last two the student can choose between three mentions: design product, design fashion or design services. The core topic is in the innovative teaching , with methodologies based on the integration of content and acquisition of skills through projects.

Museum. Category: "Preserved and transformed cultural heritage".

The Museum's collection and legacies become source of inspiration for artists, the university community and society in general. It fulfills, thus, with its mission statement in subject of research and creation, Education and dissemination of contemporary art, from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Master's Degree at design and management Environmental Buildings. Category: "Models of interdisciplinary Education ".

This Master's Degree trains experts for a new architecture that integrates sustainability strategies in harmony with architectural criteria from the outset. Its differentiating points are the design and the quantification of sustainability, the internationalization, innovation and the involvement of companies in the development of the final projects Master's Degree.

More information about the initiative and the awards.