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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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Chymical wedding – alchemy, chemistry, poetry
‘The poem of the right angle’
Performative lecture with Martina Kieninger and Sabine Scho
Wednesday, 23 October, 6:30 pm

On this evening, you can look forward to a performative reading by the two writers Martina Kieninger and Sabine Scho. Entitled ‘Chymische Hochzeit’ (Chymical Wedding), they take up the alchemical symbolism of the ‘Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosencreutz’ from 1616. In the evening at the Weissenhofwerkstatt, Le Corbusier’s ‘Poem of the Right Angle’ will be the focus.
The reading of her poems will be expanded performatively through various, often open-ended experiments. By creating colours from metal salts and semi-precious stones or paying homage to the sun through the play of light and shadow, Kieninger and Scho blur the boundaries between genres and create a unique experience for all the senses.

Admission
Free, no booking required

Location
Weissenhofwerkstatt in the Mies van der Rohe House, Am Weissenhof 20, 70191 Stuttgart

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

Sunday, September 8, 2024, 10 am – 6 pm
– Free admission to the Weissenhof Museum in the Le Corbusier House.

Sunday, September 8, 2024, 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm and 5 pm
– Guided tours of the Weissenhof estate

The Weissenhof Estate is a milestone of architectural modernism and was built in 1927 by 17 international architects.
The guided tours (in german language, no interior visits) explain the background of the estate, which has been a listed site since 1958, and the two houses by Le Corbusier, which were additionally inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2016.

Start of the tours: in front of the Weissenhof Museum in the Le Corbusier House, Rathenaustr. 1, participation free of charge. Duration approx. 45 minutes.

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Sonntag, 8. September 2024, 10 am – 6 pm
• Free admission to the Weissenhofwerkstatt im Haus Mies van der Rohe (Am Weissenhof 20)
Exhibition seasonal spontaneousness, work of architect Susanne Brorson

Sonntag, 8. September 2024, 4 pm
• Finissage of the saisonalen salons by architect Susanne Brorson
Discussion on the topic of renewable building materials (more on this in a separate entry soon)

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Heritage Day
Under the motto “Wahr-Zeichen. Zeitzeugen der Geschichte”, the Heritage Day is being celebrated nationwide this year, coordinated by the German Foundation for Monument Protection.

Rome, Stuttgart, Rügen, Riga: the saisonaler salon by architect Susanne Brorson will stop off at these locations on its journey. The saisonaler salon is a pavilion that focuses on experimental and circular building with renewable raw materials. The architect clads the modular wooden structure ever more densely with grasses and materials that she collects on site. In hot Rome, grasses from the Villa Massimo garden are used as sun protection on the roof. In Stuttgart, the open side surfaces are given a weatherproof façade cladding with material that Brorson harvests in the region and on the exhibition site. On the island of Rügen, it will be set afloat and then connect two architecture faculties in Riga as part of the Floating Campus.

Before the saisonale salon travels on, we want to say good-bye at a Finissage.

In the pavilion, Susanne Brorson discusses renewable building materials with Monika Göbel (IntCDC Stuttgart) and Andreas Hofer (Intendant IBA’27). Based on their work and projects, the panellists will demonstrate the use of wood, straw and other materials in various buildings. We will then discuss: Where do we stand today? What are the challenges of using this kind of materials in everyday life today and what visions does the future hold? How will craftsmanship and computer technology work together in the future and how can we bring to light the experience of previous generations and the role models in nature?

When
Sunday, 8 September, 4 pm

Who
Susanne Brorson (Architektin und Rompreisträgerin)
Monika Göbel (IntCDC)
Andreas Hofer (Intendant IBA’27 StadtRegion Stuttgart)

Where
Bruckmannweg 10, Weissenhofsiedlung
In case of bad weather, the event will take place in the Weissenhofwerkstatt (Am Weißenhof 20)

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From the 2nd of September 2024, new admission and tour prices will apply at the Weissenhofmuseum. This is our first price increase since 2012.
It was especially important to us that the prices for young people and students in particular are only moderately increased.
Thank you for your understanding.

New prices from 2 September 2024:

Admission
Regular: € 6.50
Reduced*: 3 €
*Pupils, trainees, students, ALG I, ALG II and social welfare recipients, people with disabilities

Open guided tours
Small guided tour: € 6 / € 4 (reduced), plus entrance fee
Large guided tour: €8.50 / €5 (reduced), plus entrance fee

Booked guided tours for groups
There are now all-inclusive prices for guided tour groups. Information and prices can be found in the tour options (Your visit -> Tours -> Booked tours -> Tour options).

    © 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

Thursday, 18 July 2024 – Sunday, 22 July 2024

SOMMER DER KÜNSTE – Villa Massimo zu Gast in Stuttgart
18 artists at 8 locations

The Roman summer arrives in Stuttgart. The German Academy of Rome Villa Massimo is presenting itself in Baden-Württemberg for the first time. Two academic years will be showing their works created in Rome or especially for the presentation in Stuttgart. This weekend’s programme ranges from concerts, readings and exhibitions to guided tours, panel discussions and installations in public spaces.

The PROGRAMME of all institutions can be found here
or as a download: Flyer_Sommer der Künste_Web

The architect and Rome Prize winner SUSANNE BRORSON is showing her work saisonaler salon (Bruckmannweg 10) in the WEISSENHOF ESTATE. And in the Weissenhofwerkstatt im Haus Mies van der Rohe she will show more of her work in the exhibition seasonal spontaneous.

saisonaler salon
Rome, Stuttgart, Rügen, Riga: the saisonaler salon by architect Susanne Brorson will stop off at these locations on its journey. The saisonaler salon is a pavilion that focuses on experimental and circular building with renewable raw materials. The architect clads the modular wooden structure ever more densely with grasses and materials that she collects on site. In hot Rome, grasses from the Villa Massimo garden are used as sun protection on the roof. In Stuttgart, the open side surfaces are given a weatherproof façade cladding with material that Brorson harvests in the region and on the exhibition site. On the island of Rügen, it will be set afloat and then connect two architecture faculties in Riga as part of the Floating Campus. Follow the journey of the saisonaler salon on Instagram

OPENING of SOMMER DER KÜNSTE

Thursday, 18 July 2024, 6 pm
At the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart (Kleiner Schloßplatz 1)

18 ARTISTS
Rompreisträger:innen 2022/23 and 2023/24:
Ondřej Adámek (Komponist)
Yael Bartana (Bildende Künstlerin)
Oscar Bianchi (Komponist)
Susanne Brorson (Architektin)
Danica Dakić (Bildende Künstlerin),
Liza Dieckwisch (Bildende Künstlerin)
Manaf Halbouni (Bildender Künstler)
Kristof Magnusson (Schriftsteller)
Olga Martynova (Schriftstellerin)
Bjørn Melhus (Bildender Künstler)
Marko Nikodijević (Komponist)
Katerina Poladjan (Schriftstellerin)
Arne Rautenberg (Schriftsteller)
Marcus Schmickler (Komponist)
SOWATORINI Landschaft (Landschaftsarchitekten)
Alfredo Thiermann (Architekt)
Stefan Vogel (Bildender Künstler)
Fabian A. Wagner (Architekt)

8 INSTITUTIONS
Architekturgalerie am Weißenhof
BDA Baden-Württemberg
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
Literaturhaus Stuttgart
Musik der Jahrhunderte
Staatsgalerie
Universität Stuttgart
Weissenhofmuseum im Haus Le Corbusier