WEBVTT 00:03.160 --> 00:07.900 Hello and welcome to a new edition of Unicat TV, the university 00:07.900 --> 00:09.520 magazine here in BTV. 00:09.860 --> 00:11.280 Nice that you switched on again. 00:11.760 --> 00:13.820 We have prepared the following topics for you today. 00:14.560 --> 00:17.360 High visit Michael Gorbatschow at the Friederizianer. 00:18.040 --> 00:20.740 Start for the first semester when the parents are at the celebrations. 00:21.860 --> 00:22.980 Furniture for everyone. 00:23.460 --> 00:26.440 The life of the Karlsruher architect Egon Eiermann. 00:26.440 --> 00:30.480 High visit to the Friederizianer last Saturday. 00:31.220 --> 00:32.020 No less than Michael Gorbatschow was elected as president of the 00:32.020 --> 00:34.600 Academy for Sustainable Development and Technologies. 00:38.540 --> 00:40.100 Wait for Gorbatschow! 00:40.240 --> 00:42.760 Shortly before 11 o'clock he finally appeared on the page of Rector 00:42.760 --> 00:46.260 Sigmar Wittig at the Karlsruher University's Environmental Research 00:46.260 --> 00:46.260 Center. 00:46.580 --> 00:50.040 For the second time already, at his last visit one and a half years 00:50.040 --> 00:52.160 ago, he had called upon the establishment of the Academy for 00:52.160 --> 00:56.940 Sustainable Development and Technologies, to which he was expected to 00:56.940 --> 00:58.180 be elected president on Saturday morning. 00:59.480 --> 01:01.040 It is no coincidence that he is in favor of his project, especially 01:01.040 --> 01:02.100 the Karlsruher University. 01:08.440 --> 01:12.780 On the one hand, this region is interesting in the technological and 01:12.780 --> 01:13.980 scientific field. 01:15.520 --> 01:17.820 Not only in Germany, but also in Europe. 01:18.920 --> 01:22.660 On the other hand, the Karlsruher University, as a German-Russian 01:22.660 --> 01:26.320 colleague, already has ten years of experience in the field of 01:26.320 --> 01:27.440 technology transfer. 01:28.200 --> 01:31.760 And also the necessary openness for philosophical questions, for 01:31.760 --> 01:33.940 questions of reorientation of values. 01:34.940 --> 01:37.800 Everything happened naturally. 01:38.040 --> 01:41.940 And the idea itself grew out of this situation. 02:05.460 --> 02:11.940 Of course, in a university, cooperation between research and training 02:11.940 --> 02:12.740 institutions. 02:14.720 --> 02:19.740 A big goal, and you have to take that from the mouth of an engineer, 02:21.040 --> 02:26.920 is of course the support of companies, of exchange, of cooperation, 02:27.320 --> 02:30.700 also in the economic and technical field. 02:30.700 --> 02:33.180 And environmentally friendly technologies. 02:33.240 --> 02:35.860 You know, the Federal Republic is leading in this area. 02:36.580 --> 02:42.140 And we will try to incorporate the suggestions that we get from the 02:42.140 --> 02:42.840 respective countries. 02:45.440 --> 02:49.440 The first successful cooperation with the economy is already underway. 02:50.280 --> 02:54.700 The Krupp Foundation supports the founding of a Central and Eastern 02:54.700 --> 02:56.460 European center with 3 million marks, for which a new building is 02:56.460 --> 02:58.360 being built on the territory of the Fridericians. 03:00.000 --> 03:03.240 Gorbachev emphasized at the press conference, that despite the tight 03:03.240 --> 03:05.320 schedule, he will personally engage for the academy. 03:11.600 --> 03:14.620 In addition to the concrete projects in the field of environmental 03:14.620 --> 03:17.380 protection and environmental technologies, there should also be an 03:17.380 --> 03:20.180 education for highly qualified scientists. 03:21.060 --> 03:25.660 In addition, there will also be constant conversations, in which the 03:25.660 --> 03:30.060 experiences exchanged with the new technologies, new projects in mind, 03:30.280 --> 03:33.460 and also philosophical questions, which in view of our work have 03:33.460 --> 03:34.720 meaning, will be discussed. 03:41.700 --> 03:43.920 Gorbachev's visit to the Fridericians. 03:44.060 --> 03:45.120 He may not have been the last. 03:47.400 --> 03:49.980 The high school diploma is over, a degree is pending. 03:49.980 --> 03:53.460 Maybe one or the other already has a small job to have the first money 03:53.460 --> 03:54.100 in their pocket. 03:54.660 --> 03:57.820 In short, with big steps, independence is getting closer. 03:58.040 --> 03:58.460 Or not? 03:58.980 --> 04:02.660 The rector of Karlsruhe, Sigmar Wittig, also invited the parents for 04:02.660 --> 04:04.380 the first semester. 04:07.360 --> 04:10.100 Well, you are now sitting in front of a new life section. 04:10.340 --> 04:13.820 Over 2,000 dropouts have chosen Karlsruhe as their place of study this 04:13.820 --> 04:13.820 year. 04:13.820 --> 04:17.880 At the first semester party at the university canteen, they excitedly 04:17.880 --> 04:20.780 listened to his magnificence, the rector of the university, Sigmar 04:20.780 --> 04:21.180 Wittig. 04:21.680 --> 04:22.980 Lots of young people. 04:24.080 --> 04:25.160 But stop! 04:25.860 --> 04:27.820 One is no longer quite so young. 04:29.440 --> 04:31.260 Yes, that was actually my idea. 04:31.860 --> 04:38.260 We thought about it, it is a section in the life of the student, but 04:38.260 --> 04:41.880 also in the life of his relatives and family. 04:41.880 --> 04:43.740 And that somehow belongs together. 04:43.880 --> 04:47.220 It is a new beginning and I think everyone should take part in it. 04:48.060 --> 04:52.780 And we expect a great connection with the university. 04:53.500 --> 04:54.660 That sounds good. 04:54.860 --> 04:57.920 In addition, you are not so alone with your parents when you come to 04:57.920 --> 04:58.780 the big city. 04:59.340 --> 05:01.980 What does the Inchang think of the Easter, of the action? 05:02.200 --> 05:05.720 It is very nice to release the children into freedom, to think about 05:05.720 --> 05:06.780 them again. 05:07.800 --> 05:11.260 But that should be the end for themselves. 05:11.700 --> 05:15.200 The parents should not play such a big role anymore, I think. 05:16.620 --> 05:19.860 On this evening, however, many parents want to stand by their children 05:19.860 --> 05:20.900 for the last time. 05:21.900 --> 05:25.940 The first semester party had to be held on two evenings, because so 05:25.940 --> 05:29.180 many parents, grandparents, siblings, relatives and acquaintances had 05:29.180 --> 05:29.660 signed up. 05:31.980 --> 05:34.800 What do you think of the fact that the parents are now invited to the 05:34.800 --> 05:35.480 first semester party? 05:35.480 --> 05:37.380 It was great for me. 05:38.000 --> 05:41.360 I think the basic approach is good. 05:41.740 --> 05:43.520 From Lower Saxony, from Hildesheim. 05:43.880 --> 05:48.660 Our eldest son studied in Hannover and it was not common there. 05:49.260 --> 05:53.700 I said to my husband and son earlier that I think it's great that this 05:53.700 --> 05:54.080 is being done. 05:54.720 --> 05:58.620 The parents, I think it's okay, but I don't know. 05:59.220 --> 06:02.440 At the university you should be able to speak for yourself. 06:03.600 --> 06:06.140 As a purely educational event, it's okay. 06:07.580 --> 06:10.260 But whether it is absolutely necessary, in my opinion, not. 06:11.360 --> 06:12.760 And where did you leave mom and dad? 06:14.240 --> 06:16.340 It's stupid, I come from quite far away. 06:17.040 --> 06:18.160 And they don't have to come here for a while. 06:19.860 --> 06:20.500 It's bitter, isn't it? 06:22.860 --> 06:26.380 If your parents had come, what advantages would you have seen in it? 06:27.520 --> 06:30.320 I could have shown them where I spend my day, what I do here, where I 06:30.320 --> 06:32.280 hang out, where the money stays. 06:32.720 --> 06:36.580 At the end of the evening, the new students were able to adjust to the 06:36.580 --> 06:37.460 new reality. 06:38.300 --> 06:41.140 In the first semester disco, it went without the parents. 06:43.260 --> 06:44.940 At the moment, a furniture exhibition is running in the Badischen 06:44.940 --> 06:45.880 Landesmuseum. 06:47.560 --> 06:50.920 Office chairs, worktops, chest of drawers and bedchairs are shown by 06:50.920 --> 06:51.740 Egon Eiermann. 06:52.360 --> 06:55.400 He was a Karlsruher architect who, according to the Bauhaus tradition, 06:55.860 --> 06:57.940 not only designed houses, but the entire interior. 06:57.940 --> 07:03.420 The architect, who died in 1970, at the same time had a professor for 07:03.420 --> 07:07.440 architecture at the Karlsruher University and shaped a whole 07:07.440 --> 07:09.020 generation of architects with his works. 07:10.240 --> 07:12.820 He was a teacher who could inspire. 07:13.760 --> 07:18.380 Who could inspire by his appearance, always a little theatrical. 07:19.220 --> 07:25.880 Who could inspire by his language, very direct, occasionally also 07:25.880 --> 07:27.080 quite flowery. 07:27.080 --> 07:28.820 And so he also dealt with students. 07:30.380 --> 07:36.400 They were told very directly by him whether the work they did was 07:36.400 --> 07:39.520 particularly interesting, particularly good or not so good. 07:40.340 --> 07:41.220 Then we have no doubt. 07:42.040 --> 07:48.740 And that is actually the background in front of which he brought the 07:48.740 --> 07:49.260 students. 07:50.920 --> 07:53.300 He trained generations of students. 07:55.640 --> 08:00.080 Who like to call themselves, in large numbers, Eiermann students 08:00.080 --> 08:00.080 today. 08:02.440 --> 08:04.960 Actually, he was rarely seen at school. 08:05.560 --> 08:11.800 He was supposed to give lectures, like any other professor, once a 08:11.800 --> 08:12.080 week. 08:12.180 --> 08:13.400 He never actually did that. 08:13.700 --> 08:17.340 He may have given two or three lectures a semester, which were 08:17.340 --> 08:19.360 absolute highlights. 08:19.360 --> 08:24.620 So there came the whole faculty, and there were also former students, 08:24.780 --> 08:28.640 and there were whole families there, because it was just incredibly 08:28.640 --> 08:31.320 exciting how he did it. 08:32.180 --> 08:33.120 Egon Eiermann. 08:33.700 --> 08:35.100 His name is unknown to the layman. 08:35.520 --> 08:37.340 The results of his work, not. 08:37.860 --> 08:40.700 In Berlin, next to the ruin, stands the new building of the Kaiser 08:40.700 --> 08:42.140 Wilhelm Memorial Church. 08:42.900 --> 08:47.360 In Bonn, the former Bundesabgeordnetenhochhaus in the sky, the Lange 08:47.360 --> 08:47.680 Euge. 08:47.680 --> 08:52.840 His style, indescribable for the 50s and 60s. 08:53.120 --> 08:58.600 For example, it is important to him that a building is simple, clear, 08:58.960 --> 08:59.240 clear. 09:00.180 --> 09:01.320 Neatly constructed. 09:01.820 --> 09:02.700 Everything must be right. 09:03.640 --> 09:04.920 There must be no corners. 09:05.300 --> 09:08.180 There are no backsides that are not in order. 09:09.580 --> 09:12.280 And that, of course, leads to steel construction in his work. 09:14.860 --> 09:20.920 In steel, you can construct easily and easily and clearly. 09:23.060 --> 09:27.260 The plans of his buildings, they are neatly archived. 09:27.460 --> 09:29.600 A whole basement is filled with his ideas. 09:30.120 --> 09:34.340 30,000 plans, drawings and designs are stored in the archives of the 09:34.340 --> 09:35.020 Faculty of Architecture. 09:36.280 --> 09:40.720 At Karlsruhe University, Eiermann taught from 1947 to his death in 09:40.720 --> 09:41.520 1970. 09:41.520 --> 09:45.720 Nevertheless, Karlsruhe treated the architect rather stubbornly. 09:46.580 --> 09:49.460 The experimental power plant on the site of the Friderician is the 09:49.460 --> 09:51.200 only Eiermann building in the city. 09:51.520 --> 09:54.660 And could be exemplary for his architectural thinking. 09:55.180 --> 10:01.620 The building is basically just as determined by a very clear skeleton 10:01.620 --> 10:02.220 construction. 10:02.960 --> 10:05.700 With large areas that connect the outside and the inside. 10:08.500 --> 10:12.760 The technology is visible inside and outside through the chimneys. 10:14.520 --> 10:20.020 This applies to the experimental power plant as well as to a whole 10:20.020 --> 10:22.360 series of other Eiermann buildings. 10:23.620 --> 10:25.760 Egon Eiermann, the perfectionist. 10:26.180 --> 10:28.720 Not only the cover, but also the interior of the house must come from 10:28.720 --> 10:29.520 a spring. 10:30.940 --> 10:34.440 He designed everything himself, including the furniture. 10:34.440 --> 10:38.360 His tables, his chairs can be found all over the world in living 10:38.360 --> 10:40.620 rooms, offices or congress halls. 10:41.020 --> 10:45.720 His holistic thinking, his claim to the completeness of a thing, seems 10:45.720 --> 10:47.240 almost unconventional today. 10:47.800 --> 10:51.980 And as unconventional as his way of working, his teaching methods were 10:51.980 --> 10:51.980 as well. 10:53.200 --> 10:57.860 One task he gave his students was the design of the ideal men's 10:57.860 --> 10:58.240 clothing. 10:58.240 --> 11:01.740 According to the analysis of the weak points of conventional clothing, 11:02.360 --> 11:05.560 the young architects should design their idea of the clothing of the 11:05.560 --> 11:06.060 future. 11:07.140 --> 11:14.420 I had intended to use velcro as a closure, both for the inserts of the 11:14.420 --> 11:16.760 shirt, the jacket and the trouser slit. 11:18.200 --> 11:21.960 And demonstrated this to a fellow student for whom I had sewn these 11:21.960 --> 11:22.220 things. 11:23.260 --> 11:25.680 I put it on and took it off again. 11:25.880 --> 11:29.460 And he said, Mr. Eiermann, girl, that's great what you've come up 11:29.460 --> 11:29.460 with. 11:29.720 --> 11:34.640 But if I imagine this noise, this tearing of the velcro, he didn't 11:34.640 --> 11:35.540 like that at all. 11:36.300 --> 11:42.220 And then he let his own pants down and stood in the shirt and showed 11:42.220 --> 11:45.000 us that he was not wearing underpants, but that he was wearing 11:45.000 --> 11:49.720 overcoats that have a longer part at the front and back and that he 11:49.720 --> 11:52.960 pulls up between the legs and pulls over the pants. 11:53.880 --> 11:57.900 And that was, of course, the bang and crackle that a professor lets 11:57.900 --> 11:59.160 his pants down in a conversation. 12:01.940 --> 12:04.360 If you want to learn more about the life and work of Egon Eiermann, 12:06.720 --> 12:09.980 the State Museum in Karlsruhe will show its furniture and give 12:09.980 --> 12:11.340 insights into his life until November 14th. 12:13.200 --> 12:17.300 That's it again with Unicat TV, the university magazine here in BTV. 12:17.300 --> 12:19.520 We'll see you again in December. 12:19.900 --> 12:22.380 Until then, take care, all the best and goodbye.