Penda's new Bauhaus museum scheme is variable, acting as an "extension of the city and connecting the surrounding parks". The design features two rotating platforms that allow the museum to be open to the sculpture park during the day and closed at night. Although it did not make it to the winning proposal, Penda's "flexible Bauhaus" proposal was one of the finalists. More information can be found later. 
Art and technology: a new continuum
Gropius defined the Bauhaus as follows: "Architectural beauty can only be achieved when the technical function and the proportions of the body are in harmony with the extreme". With this in mind, the design of the new Bauhaus Museum combines clear geometry and technical elements, bringing a high degree of flexibility and uniformity to the heart of Dessau. Urban life is colorful, ambiguous and ever-changing. The idea is to create a museum that interacts with the diverse contexts of everyday life in Dessau in a straightforward and responsive way. The museum itself transforms itself to meet the needs of the city's park, while also serving as a central hub, defining the contours of the surrounding neighborhood and guiding visitors to the vision of the Bauhaus era.
The vitality and spirit of the Bauhaus.
The Bauhaus era produced a great deal of innovation and technological achievement, and further clarified the true meaning of architecture, design and art. The Bauhaus not only paid attention to the architectural form, but also paid more attention to the performance of the architectural form; It not only pays attention to the architectural modeling, but also pays more attention to the logic of the architectural modeling; It not only pays attention to the aesthetic sense of architecture, but also pays more attention to the combination of architectural beauty and daily use.
The Bauhaus is a shared spirit that unites art and life. Inspired by this, we see the new Bauhaus Museum as an individual unit that is inextricably linked to the daily lives of Dessau citizens and museum visitors. The unit interacts with its surroundings and complements the lively urban park, while serving as a dynamic platform for community activities.
Cities, parks and museums
With the gradual redevelopment of Dessau's city centre, the area around the museum site has become busy and vibrant. The museum is located in the park, which is the central meeting point of the city for important trails and landscape axes. Considering the museum's flexible self-transformation function, the design responds in a very natural way to the density of the surrounding land. As the two platforms rotate and move, the building opens outward, inviting visitors into the park and museum. The building now acts as the entrance sculpture to the park. When night falls or when there is less of a surrounding area**, the platform is closed to minimize the dark, uninhabited areas of the park.
The aim is to create a museum building that is both an extension of the city and a link to the surrounding park. The building's integrated envelope is closely integrated with the surrounding urban blocks, and its physical nature is integrated with the other plants of the park, fully respecting the natural conditions of the urban area in which it is located. The height of the building follows the height trend of the surrounding building complex and fully integrates into the urban fabric. The museum's varied façade and the ability to accommodate a wide range of activities in the park will serve as a new source of inspiration for the city of Dessau in the future.
Parks, seasons and museums
The design complements the new Bauhaus museum as an addition to the existing character of the city park. Therefore, the design scheme should be able to flexibly adjust according to the actual situation of the park to meet the needs of different visitor volumes throughout the year.
During the season when the temperature is pleasant, the museum should be an unobtainable component to enhance the vitality of the park. At that time, a large number of tourists and citizens in Dessau will enter the park to bask in the sun, run, play with children or listen to ** meetings. We believe that the new Bauhaus Museum should grow as much as possible into a part of the park that is closely related to people's daily activities.
In winter, the park often becomes an isolated island in the heart of the city, isolated from its surroundings. At this point, the museum should serve as a recognizable landmark, attracting people to various exhibitions and events, while reducing the size of the unfrequented landscape areas of the park.
Museums, events and exhibitions
The museum presents an elongated horizontal structure within the park, concentrating the required area within a compact envelope that occupies only a small area within the park. The museum is essentially made up of two different emotional elements: the public areas for visitors, which are open and airy, facing the outdoors and exhibition spaces, and the physical part, which is inward-looking, and the physical part, which is cut off from natural light and ensures that the artworks are not damaged.
All public areas, such as the lobby, event space, museum storage area, and café, are located in two cubes on the lower level of the museum. The two cubes have an area of 9x36 meters and a height of 7 meters. The cube is set on a circular platform that rotates around a stable core on its axis. The core tube is equipped with building hardware such as stairs, elevators, cables and (flexible) pipelines. Two flexible physical structures rotate around the core, interacting with the park's public events and adapting to changing needs and environments. The performance of a museum goes far beyond what is defined by the form of its building.
February** Dynamic Incentive Program