CLIQ secures the Bauhaus Museum in Dessau, Germany

Challenge

Opened to mark the 100th anniversary of Bauhaus’ founding, the Bauhaus Museum Dessau is a comprehensive public presentation of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation collection. On show for the very first time, this valuable collection includes around 49,000 catalogued exhibits and is the second-largest Bauhaus collection in the world.

Located in the centre of the city, the museum is a building within a building — a suspended concrete structure inside a glass shell. Its architecture is characterized by transparency and simplicity in both concept and aesthetics. The glass façade reflects the surroundings to different degrees, or can be transparent, depending on lighting conditions. Requirements for an electronic master key system in the museum were clearly set out in advance.

The solution must:

• enable the simplest possible management of access authorizations
• fit unobtrusively within the building’s sophisticated architecture concept

Solution

As in the Bauhaus main building and master houses, the Bauhaus Foundation chose a proven master key system with CLIQ programmable key access control technology. ASSA ABLOY’s electronic eCLIQ master key system was used throughout the entire building.

Every key has an integrated chip, which makes it unique. As a result, keys may be programmed individually to meet the needs and access permissions of each keyholder.

The versatility of eCLIQ is truly demonstrated whenever a key is lost. Key access authorizations can be removed individually by reprogramming the locking cylinders. For greater flexibility, eCLIQ enables access authorizations to be issued on a time-limited basis, which simplifies the management of external service providers such as maintenance contractors and cleaners.

All eCLIQ keys and cylinders are compatible with the high demands which Bauhaus places on design. They blend seamlessly with the varied installation situations of different doors and with the overall building concept in Dessau