A project by Stefanie Schwarz and Patrick Thomas, both designers and teachers at ABK Stuttgart, in collaboration with Tobias Bednarz, art historian, and Anja Krämer, Director of the Weissenhof Museum im Haus Le Corbusier Stuttgart.

The British Arts and Crafts movement centred around the designer William Morris is often regarded as a pioneer in the development of modern design. While Morris’ interior designs were strongly characterised by craftsmanship and natural motifs, modernism developed an increasingly reduced and functionalist aesthetic. But was modernism really as free of patterns as is often assumed?

In the Weissenhofwerkstatt, Patrick Thomas confronts the clean-lined architecture of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with a reinterpretation of Morris’ iconic “Willow” pattern (1874). Stefanie Schwarz expands this intervention with a typographical component by placing quotes from important representatives of modernism on the subject of patterns and ornament in the exhibition space. An accompanying showcase exhibition throws some spotlights on modern interior design, illustrating that decorative surface design and sometimes opulent patterns also played a role in modernism.

The opening will take place on 2 December at 7 pm.

Where
Weissenhofwerkstatt im Haus Mies van der Rohe, Am Weißenhof 20

Duration and exhibition opening hours
Sat, Sun und public holidays: 12 pm -5 pm
2 December 2024 – 2 March 2025
(closed in 24 December and 1 January)

Guided tours
Sunday, 5 January 2025, 2 pm
Mittwoch, 26 February 2025, 7 pm

Admission
free of charge

We would like to thank the Cultural Office of the City of Stuttgart and the Friends of the Weissenhofsiedlung e.V. for their support.

Tomorrow’s presentation on 21.11.
THE IBA’27 AS DRIVE FOR THE FUTURE OF WEISSENHOF 2027+
has to be postponed due to illness.

A replacement date (Jan/Feb 2025) will be announced shortly.

As a short-term alternative program, Anja Krämer, the director of the Weissenhof Museum, will give a lecture on the history of the Weissenhofsiedlung. November 21, 2024, Theater-Saal in the Augustinum Stuttgart Killesberg, 7 pm

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Opening
Wednesday, 9 October 2024, 7 pm

Venue
Stadtpalais – Museum for Stuttgart, Foyer
Konrad-Adenauer-Straße 2, 70193 Stuttgart

A new visitor and information centre is being built at the entrance to the Weissenhof Estate. This is where the numerous international guests will begin their visit to the Weissenhof Estate and the Weissenhof Museum from 2027. The city of Stuttgart organised a Europe-wide building construction competition for the new building. In June 2024, the design by the BarkowLeibinger Architekten/Zech Hochbau bidding consortium was chosen as the winner.

This design, as well as nine other entries, are now on display at the Stadtpalais – Museum für Stuttgart. Visitors can get an idea of the submitted project concepts using plans and visualisations. The first three places are also presented in concrete form in large models.

Background
In 2027, the Weissenhof Estate will celebrate its 100th birthday. This was the initial spark to bring another major building exhibition to Stuttgart with the IBA’27.

Whether they come for the celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the estate, for the IBA or in the years thereafter, a visit to the Weissenhof Estate and the Weissenhof Museum forms the centrepiece of the Stuttgart experience for many international guests.

The new building will help preserve semi-detached house of Le Corbusier, which has been awarded the UNESCO World Heritage seal and houses the Weissenhof Museum. The BIZ will take over many of the museum functions such as ticket sales, cloakroom, café and bookshop. Le Corbusier’s building was planned as a residential building and is not designed for these functions in the long term, and with ever-increasing visitor numbers.

The historic semi-detached house will thus be preserved for future generations and, as the only accessible building on the estate, can still remain the central highlight.

The Association Friends of the Weissenhof Estate has been committed to the preservation, future and communication of the Weissenhof Estate since it was founded in 1977. It was pivotal in ensuring that Le Corbusier’s semi-detached house is the only building in the Weissenhof Estate that is accessible today, and since 2006 the association has been running the Weissenhof Museum in the Le Corbusier House on behalf of the City of Stuttgart. From 2027, the visitor and information centre will be run by the Friends of the Weissenhof Estate in cooperation with Stadtpalais – Museum für Stuttgart.

A competition is currently underway for the scenography of the new permanent exhibition in the visitor and information centre and the tour of the estate. On 27 November 2024 the designs will be presented to the jury and the winning concept selected.

Opening
Wednesday, 9 October 2024, 7 pm

Venue
Stadtpalais – Museum for Stuttgart, Foyer
Konrad-Adenauer-Straße 2, 70193 Stuttgart

Welcoming address
N.N.

Exhibition
Tuesday 8 October – Sunday 20 October 2024

Opening hours
Tue – Sun 10 am – 6 pm, Fri until 9 pm

Free admission

Organiser
City of Stuttgart, Weissenhofmuseum im Haus Le Corbusier/Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung e.V. & Stadtpalais Museum für Stuttgart, IBA’27