Coop Design Research

10/05/2026

The Application deadline for the 2026 Session of COOP Design Research is on 15 May 2026. Please reach out to us if you have any questions:
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06/05/2026

COOP Design Research Spent the day at HfG Ulm and left with a lot to think about.

There’s something strange about standing in a space where the architecture itself is the lesson. The rule of three running through everything, rooms that guide you without telling you where to go. You notice it slowly, then all at once.

The Ulm stool and the tableware didn’t impress in a flashy way, but reverberated the knowledge a designer holds: how a cup is held, where it rests on a table, whether its form survives drying of a dishwasher. The object as a conclusion to a much longer conversation.

The same systematic thinking showed up in the first-year exercises too. 2D planes creating spatial depth, colour spectrum and scheme, line weight. Methods that quietly made their way into design schools across the world and never really left.

The archive was the last stop, and somehow the most generous. What usually stays invisible was just there, open. Nothing hidden.

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06/05/2026

On a field trip exploring interconnections between design history and practice.

COOP Design Research students travelled from the Bauhaus in Dessau to HfG-Archiv Ulm, visiting the building, archive and exhibitions of the Ulm School of Design founded in 1953. Key Bauhaus ideas were revisited and reactivated for education and design practice here until its closure in 1968.

The experience of engaging with the trajectories, history and modes of knowledge production left us both in awe and with a more grounded, critical perspective.

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09/04/2026

See our Call for Applications - COOP Design Research - Dezeen

School: Anhalt University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule Anhalt)
Course: COOP Design Research Master of Science
Type: Postgraduate
Location: Dessau-Rosslau, Germany
Course dates: 1 June to 10 July 2026
Application deadline: 15 May 2026

The COOP Design Research course at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences provides students with a combination of design and research training.

26/03/2026

Coop Design Research invites applications for the COOP Design Research MSc programme.

Application deadline for Fall 2026: May 15, 2026

Call for applications 2026: COOP Design Research MSc at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences and Bauhaus Foundation Dessau.

11/02/2026

International conference: To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus in Dessau, the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation and Anhalt University of Applied Sciences hosted a conference last week entitled "Discourse, Cracks, Narrative. Bauhaus Matters: Materials of Modernism".

Experts from around the world discussed new perspectives on the Bauhaus legacy, its role in modern architecture, and contemporary approaches to building.

Campus Dessau is home to the Departments of Design as well as Architecture, Facility Management and Geoinformation, which are located in close proximity to the historic Bauhaus sites. During the anniversary period in 2025/26, will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus in Dessau alongside regional, national and international partners.

An overview of the planned events can be found at hs-anhalt.de:
➡️ www.hs-anhalt.de/bauhaus100

Internationale Konferenz: Im Rahmen des 100-jährigen Bauhaus-Jubiläums in Dessau haben die Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau und die Hochschule Anhalt in der vergangenen Woche zur Konferenz "Diskurs, Risse, Narrativ. Bauhaus Matters: Materialien der Moderne" eingeladen.

Internationale Expertinnen und Experten diskutierten neue Perspektiven auf das Bauhauserbe, dessen Rolle in der Architekturmoderne und neue Ansätze für das Bauen der Gegenwart.

Am Campus Dessau befinden sich die Fachbereiche Design sowie Architektur, Facility Management und Geoinformation in unmittelbare Nähe zu den historischen Bauhausstätten. Im Jubiläumszeitraum 2025/26 feiert die daher gemeinsam mit regionalen, nationalen und internationalen Partnern das 100-jährige Bestehen des Bauhauses in Dessau.

Eine Übersicht der geplanten Veranstaltungen ist auf hs-anhalt.de zu finden:
️➡️ www.hs-anhalt.de/bauhaus100

10/02/2026

Study for six weeks at the Bauhaus Dessau this summer! Dessau Summer School of Architecture (DessArc) is accepting applications for the 2026 Session.

Check our Listing on the Dezeen Website:
https://www.dezeen.com/.../dessau-summer-school.../

School: Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
Course: Dessau Summer School of Architecture
Type: Summer school
Location: Dessau-Rosslau, Germany
Course dates: 1 June to 10 July 2026
Application deadline: 10 March 2026
Cost: 1,050.00 Euro

The Dessau Summer School of Architecture course at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences engages students in critical architecture discourse and design.

04/02/2026

Do you have questions about your application, studying at the Hochschule Anhalt, or life in Germany? Join us for our next Info-Video Session where we can discuss the COOP program and any questions you might have.

Date: 09.02.2026
Time: 11:00 am Berlin Time

E-Mail us for the Webex invitation link at:
[email protected]

29/01/2026

From 29 to 31 January 2026, we cordially invite you to the international conference “Discourse | Cracks | Narrative. Bauhaus Matters” in the Bauhaus Building in Dessau.

The conference will be divided into three thematic blocks and will address the question of how the stories of modern architecture are materialised in the Bauhaus Building and what this means for contemporary building.

The event is aimed at researchers, architects, students, cultural professionals and anyone interested in exploring the material culture of modernism. Further information on the programme and times can be found on the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation website.

We look forward to your participation and exchange at the Bauhaus Dessau.

More Info, EN: https://www.hs-anhalt.de/en/university/aktuelles/event/event/konferenz-bauhaus-matters-materialien-der-moderne.html

Mehr Info, DE: https://bauhaus-dessau.de/veranstaltungen/diskurs-risse-narrativ/

15/12/2025

Applications are now being accepted for the 2026 Session of COOP Design Research!

Apply now:
International Applicants: https://my.uni-assist.de/

Make sure to select "Winter Semester 2026" !

German Applicants: https://sscportal.ssc.hs-anhalt.de/

For assistance or more info, write us at [email protected]

A Quasar Project

01/12/2025

Master Talk, December 2, 2025
5:00 pm in the COOP Studio Room, Bauhaus Room 2.30
Free and open to the public

The impact of online-imageboads on the architectural design process
Natascha Halbritter

"Design and design processes in architecture have always been subject to significant change. But this change has been particularly true in recent years: Digitalization has brought new design tools, most of which (e.g., CAD) are now common for architects and architecture students in everyday life.

This presentation will introduce research about contemporary design tools, specifically online-imageboards in the field of architecture. These platforms, e.g. Pinterest and Instagram are no longer just leisure activities; for many, they have become active participants in their design process.

The lecture will primarily present the research process itself and the underlying mixed methods approach, composed by a broad survey, interviews and image analysis, and shows how a large research question can be approached using several methods. In the end, I want to find out: Do architects and architecture students use Pinterest or Instagram in the design process, and if so, why, when, and how exactly?"