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The IBA’27 Festival #2 marks an important milestone on the way to the International Building Exhibition 2027. It focusses on the current IBA projects, their innovative planning approaches and ideas as well as the people who implement the projects. The festival offers guided tours, festivities, panel discussions and hands-on formats. You will gain insights into the current status of the projects as well as on the future of the building sector and living together in the Stuttgart Region. For the full program of the IBA’27 Festival click here.

The Weissenhof Museum is also participating with a program

In 2027, the Weissenhof Estate will take centre stage. The estate is celebrating its 100th anniversary and is therefore also a central reference for IBA’27. By 2027, a new visitor and information centre will be built by the state capital Stuttgart. It will be the central starting point for all people who visit the Weissenhof Estate in the future to learn more about the history of this international icon of modern architecture. The new building is intended to support Le Corbusiers semi-detached house and preserve it for future generations. The house has been awarded the UNESCO World Heritage seal and accomodates the Weissenhof Museum. As a former residential building, it is already too small for the ever-increasing number of visitors.

The new visitor and information centre, designed by the internationally renowned architects Barkow Leibinger, has been designated an ‘IBA project’. It is therefore at the centre of the Weissenhof Museum’s program for the second IBA’27 festival. In an exhibition at the Weissenhofwerkstatt im Haus Mies van der Rohe, displaying floor plans and others as well as material samples you can find out more about the innovative architecture of the building and the multi-award-winning office.

Another exhibition organised by the Friends of the Weissenhof Estate can be seen in a house of the “Beamtensiedlung am Weissenhof” that is only open to the public for a short time. The exhibition deals with the developments in the Weissenhof Estate throughout the upcoming years.

Here is an overview of our program:

EXHIBITION
BARKOW LEIBINGER: IN SITU – WEISSENHOF

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

Opening
Mon 12 May 2025, 7 pm

Duration and opening hours
Sat, 17 May – Sun, 13 July 2025
Sat, Sun, public holidays 12-17 h
Free admission

EXHIBITION
Future Weissenhof 2027+ What remains? What is coming? What goes?

Location
Haus Jung, Beamtensiedlung am Weissenhof
Am Weissenhof 2, 70191 Stuttgart

Opening
Mon 12 May 2025, 8 pm

Duration and opening hours
Sat, 17 May – Sun, 13 July 2025
Sat, Sun, public holidays 12 – 5 pm
Free admission

GUIDED TOURS
Future Weissenhof 2027+

Date
Sun, 18 May 2025
12 noon, 14 and 16 pm
Duration approx. 45 minutes, without registration, free admission

Meeting point
Weissenhofwerkstatt im Haus Mies van der Rohe
Am Weissenhof 20, 70191 Stuttgart

We would like to thank the City of Stuttgart and the Wüstenrotstiftung for the financial support.

Sunday, June 1, 2025

10 am – 6 pm
Free admission to the Weissenhof Museum in Le Corbusier House

11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm and 5 pm
Guided tours through the Weissenhof Estate

10 am – 6 pm
Free admission to the exhibition BARKOW LEIBINGER: IN SITU – WEISSENHOF

10 am – 6 pm
Free admission to the exhibition Future Weissenhof 2027+ What remains? What is coming? What goes?

10 am – 6 pm
Free admission to the Weissenhof Museum in Le Corbusier House

Since 2016 two buildings by Le Corbusier in Stuttgart’s Weissenhof Estate have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Entitled “The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier – An Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement”, his semi-detached house and the neighboring residential building are part of one of the few transnational World Heritage Sites: 17 building ensembles by Le Corbusier in 7 countries on 3 continents. They reflect the extraordinary influence of the French architect on a global scale – an unprecedented phenomenon in the history of architecture.

Le Corbusier’s semi-detached houses in Stuttgart are now home to the Weissenhof Museum. This pioneering example of modern architecture was built as part of the Werkbund exhibition in 1927.

In one half of the museum, the history of the Weissenhof Estate is on display with models, photos, plans and various exhibits. The other half of the house shows the Le Corbusier house in its reconstructed state from 1927 with the original room layout, color scheme and furnishings.

Location
Weissenhof Museum in Le Corbusier House, Rathenaustr. 1
Admission to the Weissenhof Museum is free on UNESCO World Heritage Day.

11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm and 5 pm:
Guided tours of the Weissenhof Estate

The Weissenhof Estate is a milestone in modern architecture and was built in 1927 by 17 international architects. The occasion was the exhibition “Die Wohnung” by the Deutscher Werkbund, which was under the artistic direction of Ludwig Mies can der Rohe. The guided tour (no interior visits) explains the background to the estate with a focus on Le Corbusier’s two houses, which have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2016. This is where the Frenchman realized his “Five Points of a New Architecture” and thereby shaped a new design language.

Meeting point
At the advertising pillar opposite the entrance to the Weissenhof Museum in Le Corbusier House, Rathenaustr. 1
Duration: approx. 45 minutes
The guided tours are free of charge on UNESCO World Heritage Day.

10 am – 6 pm: Exhibition
BARKOW LEIBINGER: IN SITU – WEISSENHOF

On behalf of the city of Stuttgart, a new visitor and information center will be built at Weissenhof by 2027. The design comes from the internationally renowned architectural firm Barkow Leibinger. It will be the central starting point for all people who want to visit the Weissenhof Estate in the future and learn more about the history of this international icon of modern architecture. In the exhibition BARKOW LEIBINGER: IN SITU – WEISSENHOF you will learn more about the innovative architecture of the visitor and information center as well as about the multi-award-winning office by means of drawings and material samples.

Location
Weissenhof Werkstatt in the Mies van der Rohe House, Am Weissenhof 20

10 am – 6 pm: Exhibition
Future Weissenhof 2027+ What remains? What is coming? What goes?

The Weissenhof Estate celebrates its 100th birthday in 2027! The exhibition provides information about future developments in the Weissenhof Estate and the plans for the visitor and information center, which will be built by 2027. On display are the competition results for the new exhibition and the tour of the Weissenhof Estate as well as the results of a competition for the workshop room in the new visitor and information center. In addition, the results of a workshop on neighborhood development held by the association “Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung e.V.”.

The exhibition takes place in the rooms of a residential building from 1928, built on the civil servants’ estate by architect Adolf Gustav Schneck. The temporarily vacant building is located opposite the site of the future visitor and information center.

Location
Haus Jung, civil servants’ estate, Am Weissenhof 2

The city of Stuttgart is building a new visitor and information center at Weissenhof by 2027. DEsigned by the internationally renowned architectural firm Barkow Leibinger. It will be the central starting point for all people who want to visit the Weissenhof Estate in the future and learn more about the history of this international icon of modern architecture. In the exhibition BARKOW LEIBINGER: IN SITU – WEISSENHOF, you can find out more about the innovative architecture of the visitor and information center and the multi-award-winning office by means of drawings and material samples.

Opening
Mon, 12 May 2025, 7 pm

Venue
Weissenhof Werkstatt im Haus Mies van der Rohe
Am Weissenhof 20, 70191 Stuttgart

Duration and opening hours
Sat, 17 May – Sun, 13 July 2025
Sat, Sun, public holidays 12-17 h
Free admission

Organizer
Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung e.V. / Weissenhof Museum in Le Corbusier House

We would like to thank the City of Stuttgart and the Wüstenrotstiftung for the financial support.

The exhibition is part of the IBA’27 Festival #2! Click here for the complete festival program

© Foto: Ralph Fisher / Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung

The Weissenhof Estate celebrates its 100th birthday in 2027! The exhibition provides information about future developments in the Weissenhof Estate and the plans for the visitor and information center, which will be built by 2027. On display are the competition results for the new exhibition and the tour of the Weissenhof Estate as well as the results of a competition for the workshop room in the new visitor and information center. In addition, the results of a workshop on neighborhood development held by the Friends of the Weissenhof Estate.

The exhibition takes place in the rooms of a residential building from 1928, built on the civil servants’ estate by architect Adolf Gustav Schneck. The temporarily vacant building is located opposite the site of the future visitor and information center.

Opening
Mon, May 12, 2025, 8 p.m.

Venue
Haus Jung, Beamtensiedlung am Weissenhof
Am Weissenhof 2, 70191 Stuttgart

Duration and opening hours
Sat, May 17 – Sun, July 13, 2025
Sat, Sun, public holidays 12 – 5 pm
Free admission

Guided tours
Sun, May 18, 2025
12, 14 and 16 pm
Meeting point: Weissenhofwerkstatt im Haus Mies van der Rohe (Am Weissenhof 20)
Free admission

Organizer
Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung e.V. / Weissenhof Museum in the Le Corbusier House

We would like to thank the City of Stuttgart and the Wüstenrotstiftung for the financial support.

The exhibition is part of the IBA’27 Festival #2! Click here for the complete festival program

The proposed visitor and information center at the Weissenhofsiedlung receives a new name

A new reception building will be built at the Weissenhofsiedlung by 2027, just in time for the 100th anniversary of the Estate and the presentation year of IBA’27 (Internationale Bauausstellung StadtRegion Stuttgart). It will be the central starting point for all guests visiting the Weissenhofsiedlung in the future to learn more about the history of this international icon of modern architecture.

Now the building is getting a new name: The Visitor and Information Center (“BIZ”) will become the Weissenhof.Forum. The new name is a programmatic step towards the future: from 2027, the Weissenhof Forum will be a central location for mediation, events, exhibitions and exchange.

First Mayor Dr. Fabian Mayer:
“With the Weissenhof.Forum, an internationally important site of architectural modernism is not only getting a new appearance, but also a new voice. The name stands for openness, exchange and the future – and makes it clear that the Weissenhof Estate remains a lively place where history is conveyed and can be experienced.”

The name was developed in a participatory branding process together with the agency Jung:Kommunikation. It is the first visible component of a new brand structure at Weissenhof, which links the players and locations under the strong umbrella brand Weissenhof. With Weissenhof., a concept has been created that provides orientation and carries the uniqueness of this architectural heritage into the future. The next step is to develop a corporate design that gives the brand its visual identity.

Background

The Weissenhof.Forum is a central contribution by the city of Stuttgart to IBA’27 and is being built in a prominent location directly at the entrance to the Weissenhof Estate.

As a central contact point, the building will improve the existing infrastructure and release the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Le Corbusier duplex (Weissenhofmuseum) by taking over many of the functions that the original residential building cannot fulfill in the long term and with ever-increasing visitor numbers: Ticket sales, checkroom, café and bookshop.

The Weissenhof.Forum will also feature a temporary exhibition space, a workshop room and a new permanent exhibition that complements the exhibition in the original Le Corbusier House and the tour of the estate. Linked to the permanent exhibition, a multifunctional media room is being created, which will serve as an extension of the permanent exhibition and as an event space. The exhibition concept is being developed in close cooperation between the Stuttgart Cultural Office and the Friends of the Weissenhof Estate Association.

The award-winning design by Barkow Leibinger Architects in collaboration with Zech Hochbau AG envisages three two-storey, interconnected structures. Flowing transitions between interior and exterior spaces create an open spatial concept. Sustainability plays a central role: the building, which was awarded as IBA’27 project, is constructed using wood and clay and is complemented by a recycled concrete floor slab, a green roof and an innovative photovoltaic façade.

Joint information from the City of Stuttgart and the Friends of the Weissenhof Estate

THE IBA’27 AS DRIVING FORCE FOR THE FUTURE OF WEISSENHOF 2027+
Presentation by Dr. Raquel Jaureguízar (Project Manager IBA’27)

In 2027, the Weissenhof Estate is set to shine as it celebrates its 100th birthday. The anniversary will also mark the exhibition year of the International Building Exhibition 2027 StadtRegion Stuttgart and the Weissenhof will become the central arrival point for visitors. Thanks to the intensive commitment of the Friends of the Weissenhof Estate e.V., the City of Stuttgart and the IBA’27, it is now foreseeable that two important building blocks for the further development and renewal of the estate and its surroundings will be brought to life by 2027. The outstanding designs for the Visitor and Information Centre Weissenhof.Forum and the Brenzkirche church tie in with the eventful history of the site as well as the ideas of modernism and at the same time provide new answers to the ecological, economic and social questions of our time.

The architect and project manager of IBA’27, Dr Raquel Jaureguízar, will explain the themes and the process in the Weissenhof Quarter up to 2027(+) in her lecture “IBA’27 as a driving force for the future of Weissenhof 2027+“ and present the two new IBA”27 projects, the Weissenhof.Forum and the Brenzkirche, together with Verena Lebherz, Deputy Director of the Weissenhof Museum and representative of the Weissenhof.Forum planning team.

Event organizer
Augustinum Stuttgart Killesberg

When
Thursday, 3 July 2025, 7 pm

Place
Theatre, Augustinum Stuttgart-Killesberg, Oskar-Schlemmer-Straße 5, 70191 Stuttgart

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

18 May 2025, 10 am – 6 pm
International Museumsday
Free admission, free guided tours of the Weissenhof Estate

Sun, 1 June 2025, 10 am – 6 pm
UNESCO World Heritage day
Free admission, free guided tours of the Weissenhof Estate

Sun, 13 July 2025, 10 am – 6 pm
Summer Festival at Killesberg

© Visualisation: Atelier Markgraph GmbH, Frankfurt

Corporate press release of the City of Stuttgart and the association Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung e.V.

The Weissenhof Estate is being given a new scenography and communication concept. The invitational competition ‘Weissenhof 1927 | 2027+ Experience Modernism’ has a winner: Atelier Markgraph from Frankfurt impressed the jury with its clear interpretation of modernism and its protagonists, which it used as a key theme and design principle and won the first prize. Second prize went to Space4 from Stuttgart and 3rd place went to chezweitz from Berlin..

Four components will take centre stage when visitors from all over the world experience the Weissenhof Estate in the future: The exhibition in the new visitor and information centre at Weissenhof (‘BIZ’), the tour of the estate, a visit to the Weissenhofmuseum in Le Corbusier House and a digital and mobile application.
The awarding authority of the competition is the City of Stuttgart, represented by the Cultural Office. The competition was organised in collaboration with the Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung e.V. The high-leveled jury, chaired by Dr Annette Ludwig, Director of the Museums of the Klassikstiftung Weimar, was made up of experts in museums, scenography, cultural management and architecture.

Dr Annette Ludwig: ‘The jury had a challenging time choosing from five strong projects with different focal points. The winning design will excellently combine analogue and digital communication – and thus open up the Werkbund Estate at the Weissenhof to a large audience – in the BIZ, on the tour and in the museum. This offers enormous added value for 2027 and long beyond.’

The design by Atelier Markgraph succeeds in appealing to a wide range of target groups and providing them with accessible and contemporary offers to discover the Weissenhof estate and its history – without losing any depth of content. The digital application links the four central project modules in a meaningful way and visitors experience the estate from a completely new perspective. The jury recommended that the first-place winners be commissioned. The scenography is now being further developed on the basis of the concept together with Atelier Markgraph.

Suse Kletzin, Director of the Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung ‘We are delighted with the result! It shows how a forward-looking mediation concept can appeal to a wide audience and we are happy that the decision finally brings us to the concrete work phase. A success that was possible thanks to the dedicated work of our members.’

The Weissenhof Estate, initiated in 1927 by the Deutscher Werkbund as an exhibition entitled ‘The Dwelling’, is an icon of modern architecture whose significance is recognised worldwide. It is a listed building and bears the European Heritage Label. Two buildings, designed by the architect Le Corbusier, have been recognised as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. A centre of attraction for visitors from all over the world.
A new visitor and information centre (‘BIZ’) will be built by 2027, where guests will begin their visit to the Weissenhof Estate from 2027. Numerous additional guests are expected in the city, especially for the 100th anniversary of the estate in 2027 and the International Building Exhibition 2027 StadtRegion Stuttgart (IBA’27), which has the Weissenhof as its starting point.

The new municipal building relieves the burden on the Le Corbusier semi-detached house, which has been awarded the UNESCO World Heritage seal, by taking over many functions for which the building planned as a residential building is not designed in the long term and with ever-increasing visitor numbers: ticket sales, cloakroom, café and shop. This means that the historic semi-detached house will be preserved for future generations and, as the only accessible building on the estate, can still remain the central highlight.

From 2027, the visitor and information centre will be managed in cooperation with the StadtPalais – Museum für Stuttgart and the Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung.
The bidding consortium of Barkow Leibinger Partnerschaft von Architekten mbB and Zech Hochbau AG won the competition for the new building and will realise the building by the end of 2026. The BIZ emerged from the needs of the Weissenhof Museum and a process initiated by IBA‘27 in 2019 for the further development of the Weissenhof Estate and is an official IBA’27 project – as is the neighbouring Brenzkirche, which is also part of the wider transformation of the Weissenhof Estate.

The Long Night of Museums (Lange Nacht der Museen) will take place in Stuttgart on Saturday, 22 March 2025.
The Weissenhof Museum will also be taking part and opening its doors until 1 a.m.!

Admission is only possible with a ticket for the Long Night of Museums. Tickets can be purchased in advance and at the box offices of the participating cultural institutions – including the Weissenhofmuseum.

From 6.30 p.m., special 15-minute guided tours will take place every half hour. We will explain why the Weissenhof Estate is world-famous and what makes Le Corbusier’s idea of a changeable house so special.

There are no restrictions on the number of participants on the tour itself, but there are restrictions on access to the house itself. There may be a short wait, as the Le Corbusier House can accommodate a maximum of 50 visitors at a time.

Photos: Long Night of the Museums, Ralph Fischer/Weissenhofmuseum, Manfred Ulmer/Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung e.V.