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« I want NextGenerationEU to kickstart a European renovation wave and make our Union a leader in the circular economy. But this is not just an environmental or economic project: it needs to be a new cultural project for Europe. Every movement has its own look and feel. And we need to give our systemic change its own distinct aesthetic – to match style with sustainability. This is why we will set up a new European Bauhaus – a co-creation space where architects, artists, students, engineers, designers work together to make that happen. »

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
16 September 2020, « State of the Union »

Statement of Intent

The New European Bauhaus Research Institute consists of a collective of people dedicated to exploring, documenting, and raising awareness on the New European Bauhaus (NEB) movement. It is a department of Solar Solidarity International (AISBL) which is an official partner of the NEB. Following the publication of a first book, Le New European Bauhaus : vers un nouveau rêve Européen(Ed.Sol’Art, 2022-2023), the current ambition of the NEB Research Institute is to produce an encyclopedia on the NEB.

Why writing the encyclopedia on the NEB?

The driving force of this encyclopedia lies in the strong belief in the NEB’s transformative potential and its necessity in today’s world. The motivations of the team are manifold:
• Defining and Shaping the Movement: As the NEB is in an ongoing development process, writing the NEB encyclopedia is a means to contributing to a reflection for shaping the NEB and its future developments.
• Responding to a Global Challenge: At this crucial moment in history, with the survival of humanity at stake, the NEB’s principles offer vital pathways to thinking a way forward notably by reconnecting with nature.
• Documenting for Posterity: The NEB has already entered in history as a cultural and artistic movement. The encyclopedia aims also to document the current period of the NEB and its developments hence ensuring that this memory is preserved for future generations.
• Fidelity to Core Values: One aim of the encyclopedia is to further raise awareness EU-wide and worldwide on the NEB’s core values and principles—such as aesthetic, sustainability, inclusiveness, trans-disciplinarity, participatory dimension, acting both locally and globally, etc.