A Social Matter.
The Walter Gropius School in Neukölln

What do the places look like where children and adolescents learn and come in contact every day? Students at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam have completed an artistic research project based on the Walter Gropius School which examines the significance of architecture for education and community, as well as the value of postwar modernist buildings for today’s users.

The exhibition project was developed in cooperation with the school’s committed principal, Lars Neumann, to draw attention to the urgently needed renovation work that would restore the pedagogically and architecturally significant building. The exhibition presents the students’ findings – the result of two semesters of seminar work, for which they conducted in-person interviews, developed ideas, took photos and produced videos.