© Visualisation Architekturbüro BarkowLeibinger 2024

The winner has been announced!

The renowned architectural firm Barkow Leibinger – together with the construction company Zech Hochbau – is to be awarded the contract in the competition for the new visitor and information centre at Weissenhof.

Suse Kletzin, Chairwoman of the association Friends of the Weissenhof Estate: “A great result! The design by Barkow Leibinger not only offers architectural quality on a site steeped in history, but also guarantees that the project will be completed on schedule. A load off my mind! The years of voluntary work by the board and many club members are now paying off for a new building.”

The new building is intended to take the pressure off the Le Corbusier semi-detached house, which has been awarded the UNESCO World Heritage label, in order to preserve it for future generations. As a former residential building, it is already too small for large numbers of visitors. The new BIZ is intended to serve as a point of orientation for the numerous international visitors to the Weissenhof Estate. Especially for the 100th anniversary of the estate in 2027 and the IBA’27 StadtRegion Stuttgart, which is being organised also to mark the occasion.

The Association Friends of the Weissenhof Estate has been committed to the preservation, future and communication of the Weissenhof Estate since its founding in 1977 and took over the running of the Weissenhof Museum on behalf of the City of Stuttgart in 2006. The association had a leading role in ensuring that Le Corbusier’s semi-detached house is accessible today, as the only house in the estate.

The director of the Weissenhof Museum, Anja Krämer, is delighted with the competition decision and the long-awaited start of construction: “The new building will provide us with an urgently needed extension so that we can respond even better to the needs and expectations of Weissenhof visitors worldwide. 17 years after the opening of the current museum, we are delighted to be able to offer people a contemporary and attractive museum experience, in addition to the original Le Corbusier house, that lives up to the historical significance of the Weissenhof Estate.”

The visitor and information centre will be run by the Friends of the Weissenhof Estate from 2027, in cooperation with the Stadtpalais – Museum für Stuttgart. Visitors to the new building can expect an exhibition area of around 600 square metres, a café, a shop and rooms for events and administration.

The press release of the City of Stuttgart, together with the IBA’27 can be found here