ADGB Trade Union School

ADGB Trade Union School
Residential blocks, ADGB Trade Union School
ADGB Trade Union School is located in Brandenburg
ADGB Trade Union School
Location of ADGB school in Germany
ADGB Trade Union School is located in Germany
ADGB Trade Union School
ADGB Trade Union School (Germany)
Alternative namesBundesschule des Allgemeinen Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbundes
General information
StatusRestored
TypeEducation and Training Complex
Architectural styleInternational modern
AddressHannes-Meyer-Campus 1, 16321 Bernau bei Berlin
Town or cityBernau bei Berlin
CountryGermany
Coordinates52°42′23″N 13°32′38″E / 52.7065°N 13.5440°E / 52.7065; 13.5440
Construction started1928
Completed1930
Cost~EU 28 million (2007 renovation)
ClientAllgemeiner Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund
Technical details
Structural systemBrick, concrete, steel, glass
Design and construction
Architect(s)Hannes Meyer; Hans Wittwer
TypeCultural
Criteriaii, iv, vi
Designated1996 (20th session), modified 2017 (41st session)
Reference no.729bis-003
RegionEurope and North America

The ADGB Trade Union School (Bundesschule des Allgemeinen Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbundes (ADGB)), is a training centre complex in Bernau bei Berlin, Germany. It was built for the former General German Trade Union Federation, from 1928 to 1930. It is a textbook example of Bauhaus functionalist architecture, both in the finished product and in the analytical and collaborative approach used to develop the design and complete the project. Next to the Bauhaus Dessau building, it was the second-largest project ever undertaken by the Bauhaus.[1][2]

It was designed by the Bauhaus director Hannes Meyer, with Hans Wittwer, who taught the Bauhaus building theory course alongside Meyer. The two architects, both Swiss, had also worked together in their hometown, Basel. Students from the building theory course and other areas of the Bauhaus were also involved with the design, construction and interior fitting of the complex.[3][4]

In 2017 the ADGB Trade Union School was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site the Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau.[5]

  1. ^ Architectuul: ADGB trade union school (2013). Retrieved 27 October 2016
  2. ^ Bauhaus100. The “School in the Woods” as a Socio-pedagogical Ideal . Retrieved 17 April 2019
  3. ^ Bauhaus100.Hans Wittwer. Retrieved 23 November 2018
  4. ^ Stiftung Baudenkmal Bundesschule Bernau. Bedeutung. Retrieved 23 November 2018
  5. ^ "Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau". UNESCO. Retrieved 23 November 2018.