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© 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.

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).

        
© Pictures: IBA’27 | Ralph Fisher / Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung | The Baukunst Dynamites / Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung

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.

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.

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.

    © 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

Sunday, 21. July 2024, 10 am – 6 pm

At the summer festival on Killesberg, the Weissenhof Museum im Haus Le Coorbusier celebrates a large and colourful cultural festival with numerous institutions in the neighbourhood.

You can find the whole program here
Or as a download: Fly_Killesberg_2024_web

Programme at the Weissenhof Museum im Haus Le Corbusier

10 am – 6 pm
Free admission to the Weissenhofmuseum

11 am
Discovery-tour for children (6-10 years) through the Le Corbusier House

11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm and 5 pm
Guided tour of the original houses from 1927
Meeting point: At the advertising pillar opposite the Weissenhof Museum in Le Corbusier House, Rathenaustr. 1
Duration approx. 45 Minuten.

2 pm
Guided tour about the “Werkbund” from the Weissenhofmuseum to the Theodor–Heuss–Haus
Meeting point: At the advertising pillar opposite the Weissenhof Museum in Le Corbusier House, Rathenaustr. 1
Duration approx. 60 Minuten.

10 am – 6 pm
Coffee, cake and drinks in front of the museum

2 pm – 6 pm
Live-music at the Weissenhofmuseum

Programme on the property of Bruckmannweg 10

10 am to 6 pm
“saisonaler salon” by architect and Rome Prize winner Susanne Brorson. The pavilion, covered with locally grown grasses, is stopping off in Stuttgart on its journey from Rome to Riga.
Created as part of the project Sommer der Künste – Villa Massimo zu Gast in Stuttgart.

Programme at the Weissenhofwerkstatt im Haus Mies van der Rohe

10 am – 6 pm
Exhibition “seasonal spontaneous”. Exhibition of works by architect and Rome Prize winner Susanne Brorson.
Created as part of the project Sommer der Künste – Villa Massimo zu Gast in Stuttgart.

10 am and 3 pm
Artist Talk with Susanne Brorson

Partners:

Architekturgalerie am Weißenhof, Augustinum Stuttgart-Killesberg, Bismarckturm Bürgerverein Killesberg, Brenzkirche,  Höhenpark Killesberg, Killesbergbahn im Höhenpark, Killesberghöhe, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart und Theodor-Heuss-Haus.

From 18-22 July we celebrate in Stuttgart

SOMMER DER KÜNSTE – Villa Massimo zu Gast in Stuttgart
18 Künstler:innen, 8 Institutionen

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.

To mark the opening weekend, we are offering free admission to the Weissenhofmuseum im Haus Le Corbusier, the Weissenhof Werkstatt im Haus Mies van der Rohe and the Bruckmannweg 10 property from 18-21 July 2024.

The architect and Rome Prize winner Susanne Brorson will be exhibiting her work saisonaler salon and her exhibition seasonal spontaneous at the Weissenhofsiedung.

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