08.12.2023
Opening:
Experimental Estate Budapest 1931 –
Model houses Napraforgó-Street
08.12.2023

 

Friday, Dezember 8, 2023, 7 p.m.

Welcome address
Anja Krämer (Director of Weissenhofmuseum),
Dr. Dezső B. Szabó (Director of Liszt-Institut – Ungarisches Kulturzentrum Stuttgart)

Introduction
Klaus J. Loderer (Curator),
Gábor Megyeri (Napraforgó Street Bauhaus Association)

 

Exhibition

In 1931, an experimental housing estate with detached houses was built in Budapest. Today it is known as the Napraforgó Street estate. It was initiated by a group of Hungarian architects and realised by the construction company Fejér és Dános. Their aim was to find new solutions to the housing problem.

Among the architects involved were well-known names in Hungary such as Farkas Molnár, Virgil Bierbauer and József Fischer. They brought international modernism to Hungary. The 22 residential buildings on the estate display a broad spectrum of styles. In addition to influences from Art Deco and Expressionism, the majority of the architects orientated themselves towards Neues Bauen and the formal language of the Bauhaus.

The “small housing model estate” was already inhabited when it was officially opened in November 1931. However, the houses were presented to the public in detail in the progressive Hungarian architecture magazine “Tér és Forma”.

The exhibition in the Weissenhofwerkstatt in the Mies van der Rohe House shows the Hungarian Napraforgó Street estate in the context of the Weissenhof estate. Exhibiting historical plans, photos and models. It was created in collaboration with the Hungarian Museum of Architecture in Budapest.

 

Location
WEISSENHOFWERKSTATT im Haus Mies van der Rohe
Am Weissenhof 20, 70191 Stuttgart

Exhibition opening hours
Saturday, Sunday, public holidays, 12-5 pm
December 9, 2023 – March 3, 2024
(except 12/24 und 01/01)

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09.12.2023-
03.03.2024
Exhibition:
Experimental Estate Budapest –
Model houses Napraforgó-Street
09.12.2023-
03.03.2024

Exhibition

In 1931, an experimental housing estate with detached houses was built in Budapest. Today it is known as the Napraforgó Street estate. It was initiated by a group of Hungarian architects and realised by the construction company Fejér és Dános. Their aim was to find new solutions to the housing problem.

Among the architects involved were well-known names in Hungary such as Farkas Molnár, Virgil Bierbauer and József Fischer. They brought international modernism to Hungary. The 22 residential buildings on the estate display a broad spectrum of styles. In addition to influences from Art Deco and Expressionism, the majority of the architects orientated themselves towards Neues Bauen and the formal language of the Bauhaus.

The “small housing model estate” was already inhabited when it was officially opened in November 1931. However, the houses were presented to the public in detail in the progressive Hungarian architecture magazine “Tér és Forma”.

The exhibition in the Weissenhofwerkstatt in the Mies van der Rohe House shows the Hungarian Napraforgó Street estate in the context of the Weissenhof estate. Exhibiting historical plans, photos and models. It was created in collaboration with the Hungarian Museum of Architecture in Budapest.

Location
WEISSENHOFWERKSTATT im Haus Mies van der Rohe
Am Weissenhof 20, 70191 Stuttgart

Exhibition opening hours
Saturday, Sunday, public holidays, 12-5 pm
December 9, 2023 – March 3, 2024
(except 12/24 und 01/01)

(more…)

2023
Upcoming Events at the Weissenhofmuseum in 2023
2023

Further information on the individual events can be found as an individual entry as soon as the date of the event is approaching

Thur, Dezember 28, 2023, 4 pm
Curators tour at the exhibition: Versuchs-Siedlung Budapest 1931. Musterhäuser Napraforgo Straße.
Led by Klaus J. Loderer

Thur, February 22, 2024
Symposium (at the Liszt-Istitut – Ungarisches Kulturinstitut Stuttgart)
Modern Architecture in Hungary

Sat, March 2, 2024, 2 pm
Curators tour at the exhibition: Versuchs-Siedlung Budapest 1931. Musterhäuser Napraforgo Straße.
Led by Klaus J. Loderer

Sat, March 16, 2024, 6 pm – 1 am
Night of the Open Museums

Sun, May 19, 2024
International Day of the Museums

Sun, June 2, 2024
UNESCO World Heritage Day

Sun, July 21, 2024
Summerfestival Killesberg

Sun, September 8, 2024
Open Monument Day