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On July 14th we held our traditional graduation ceremony at the Bauhaus Aula. Our guest speaker was Erasmus Eller from Eller+Eller Architects, we announced the winners of the Lars-Lerup and Robert-Oxman Awards, and enjoyed a concert by the band Täpe. Congratulations to all graduates!

The winners of the Lars-Lerup (1st Year) and Robert-Oxman Awards (Thesis) were announced during the graduation ceremony at the Bauhaus Auditorium on July 14th.
This year's winners are:

Lars-Lerup Award:
    Joy Ann Lim Ee Hsien - “One Roof Library”
    Mert Aydin - “Open Academy”
    Mina Markovic - “The Copper Armor”

Robert-Oxman Award:
    Hardik Jain - “Tomorrow Comes Today”
    Amr Salah Abdelghani Aboeleinein - “Zeitz as a Carbon Sink”
    Ayeza Zahid - “Latent Habitats”

Congratulations to all of them!

You may watch the videos of the winners and nominated projects at the following links:
Lars Lerup: https://vimeo.com/showcase/10499318
Robert Oxman: https://vimeo.com/showcase/10494773

Four DIA students from Malaysia, Lee Jia Yee, Erin Kong Shue Men, Sylvester Ying Ch'ng, and Win Shen Tay, won an award at BAU 2023 in Munich, Germany's largest construction trade fair. Traditionally, the Bundesvereinigung Altbauerneuerung e.V. (BAKA) (Federal Association for the Renovation of Old Buildings) holds a public event during the fair to present and judge the student competition “Students | Design | Future”, which is held under the patronage of the Minister of Building and Urban Affairs, Ms Clara Geywitz.

After a pre-selection by the BAKA, ten teams from universities and colleges from all over Germany presented term papers that were particularly oriented towards aspects of climate protection and sustainability. Among them was the team from Dessau which, introduced by Prof. Nadja Häupl, presented its contribution entitled “A productive neighbourhood - revitalisation of the slaughterhouse area in Halle (Saale)”. The top-class jury of experts found it the most convincing and awarded it first prize in this renowned competition.

In Prof. Ralf Niebergall’s Studio, the students dealt with the slaughterhouse site in the east of Halle, which had been derelict for a long time. The focus was on preserving the beautiful industrial architecture of the listed buildings from the 19th century, which are to be revived with innovative concepts for a sustainable circular economy.

Congratulations to our students for this important award.

Congratulations to Dmytro Krasnyi for receiving a recognition of this year's Konrad Wachsman Award for his project: Ukrainian Timber Pavilion.

Congratulations to all this year's Robert Oxman Award Winners

1st prize

Dmytro Krasnyi

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/726347890

2nd prize

Abrar E. Masum

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/726348245

3rd prize

Susan Linnet Lauterbach Slesarchik

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/726348136

Honorable mention

Tefilla Pealfu

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/726348920

Congratulations to all DIA Graduates 2022.

Our first year DIA student Dishant Upendra Soni got elected to the University Senat and the Faculty Council.

We congratulate him and wish him an exciting time when representing the voice of international students at Anhalt University.

1st Prize

Ghazy, Hossam

Project: Emancipated [In]formality

https://vimeo.com/diadessau/review/568884400/6d32bac22b?sort=lastUserActionEventDate&direction=desc

2nd Prize

Tristan Bergmoser

Project: Concrete Dreams

https://vimeo.com/diadessau/review/570612572/c526201f17?sort=lastUserActionEventDate&direction=desc

3rd Prize

Seshiena Lotsu 

Project: The Ungated Community

https://vimeo.com/diadessau/review/570614457/b56de3b089?sort=lastUserActionEventDate&direction=desc

Honorable Mention

Anam Tariq

Project: Coming to Terms with Absurdity

https://vimeo.com/diadessau/review/570612232/114dd8b1ce?sort=lastUserActionEventDate&direction=desc

Thank you to the jury members:

Nadja Häupl (head of jury), Like Bijlsma, Christoph Kohl, Amelie Rost, Fredrik Skatar

1st prize

Andrii Shcherbina 

Project: Robotron

https://vimeo.com/diadessau/review/573001266/19c7619b71?sort=lastUserActionEventDate&direction=desc

2nd prize

Ana María González Duplat

Project: Wondering Cape

https://vimeo.com/diadessau/review/573001552/832ea3443c?sort=lastUserActionEventDate&direction=desc

3rd prize

Vesë Ademaj

Project: The Reimagined Pattern

https://vimeo.com/diadessau/review/572532640/a162e50183?sort=lastUserActionEventDate&direction=desc

Thank you to the jury members:

Ralf Niebergall (head of jury), Jean-Marie Beslou, Roger Bundschuh, Peter Ruge, Nele Vesta Zareh

The students were happy to receive their diplomas in on the stage of the historic Bauhaus. ©Fotos: Mauricio Sosa-Norena

Congratulations to all DIA graduates 2021. We want to thank Kim Kyung-Ae for her motivating speech. Also thanks to Nurin Abdullah & Riddhi Kumar for their charming student speech. ©Fotos: Mauricio Sosa-Norena