Events

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

Sunday, June 2nd, 2024, 10 am – 6 pm
Free admission to the Weissenhof Museum in Le Corbusier House

Sunday, June 2nd, 2024, 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm and 5 pm
Free guided tours through the Weissenhof estate

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

Since 2016 two buildings by Le Corbusier in Stuttgarts Weissenhofsiedlung have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Entitled “The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier – An Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement,” his work is an outstandung

Responding to the challenges of architecture and society in the 20th Century, Le Corbusier’s contribution to the Moderne Movement aimed to instigate a unique forum of ideas at a world level; it facilitated the invention of a new architectural language and the modernization of architectural techniques; it met the social and human needs of modern man.

Le Corbusiers semi-detached houses in Stuttgart are now home to the Weissenhof Museum. This pioneering example of architectural modernism was built as part of the Werkbund exhibition in 1927.

In one side of the museum, the history of the Weissenhof housing estate is on display, with models, photos, plans and various exhibits. The other side of the house shows the Le Corbusier house in 1927, with the recontructed original room layout, color scheme and furnishings.

location: Weissenhof Museum in Le Corbusier House, Rathenaustr. 1

11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm and 5 pm:
Free guided tours of the Weissenhof estate

The Weissenhofsiedlung is a milestone of architectural modernism and was built in 1927 by 17 international architects. The occasion was the exhibition “Die Wohnung” of the the German Werkbund. The basis was the urban , which was under the artistic direction of Mies can der Rohe. The guided tour (no interior visits) explains the background of the housing estate, with a focus on Le Corbusier’s two houses, which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 2016. In the semi-detached houses, Le Corbusier realized his “Five Points of a New Architecture” and thus coined a new formal language.

Meeting point: At the advertising column, opposite of the entrance of the Weissenhof Museum in Le Corbusier House, Rathenaustr. 1 – duration approx. 45 minutes.

10 am – 6 pm
Exhibition „Ca bouge en ville – Let’s move in the city! Sport & architecture for tomorrow“
Weissenhofwerkstatt im Haus Mies van der Rohe

In the Weissenhofwerkstatt im Haus Mies van der Rohe, the focus is on sport. Where and how do we do sport in the city of tomorrow?

Five Partners: The Institut francais Stuttgart (Koordination), the Architekturgalerie am Weißenhof, the IBA’27 Friends, the BDA Baden-Württemberg and the Weissenhofmuseum in the House Le Corbusie invite you to explore the wxhibition as a parcours.

The parcours starts at the Weissenhofwerkstatt and is dedicated to the unification of Le Corbusier’s architecture with sporting practice. The second stop is the Architekturgalerie am Weissenhof. There, the focus is on questions relating to spatial concepts and sustainable sports facilities. Visitors should plan around 50 minutes (3.6 km) for their walk from the north of Stuttgart into the city centre to the next stop, the BDA Wechselraum (near the main railway station), where future concepts will be discussed that deal with the conditions and requirements for sport in urban spaces. Via an intermediate stop, the IBA’27 Schaufenster (Calwerstr./corner of Kienestr.), the route continues to the fifth and final stop, the Institut français next to Berliner Platz. Here, everything revolves around e-sports. On your marks, get set, go!

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

Sunday, 3. March, 2 pm
THE MIES VAN DER ROHES. A FEMALE FAMILY SAGA

Director Sabine Gisiger will attend the filmscreening.

An epic family saga told by the women surrounding the famous architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. His wife Ada, his daughters Georgia, Manna and Traudel and his lover Lilly Reich seize the opportunities of the new era, but also experience the restrictions of old patterns. The golden 20s, the increasingly barbaric 30s and finally war.

Based on private and unpublished archive footage, images and documents, Sabine Gisiger retells the story of the iconic architect Mies van der Rohe – from a female perspective. The celebrated German actress Katharina Thalbach brings Georgia van der Rohe to life – in fictional interviews based on authentic statements.

Admission
The tickets cost 12,- €.
click here for advanced ticket sales

Venue
Atelier am Bollwerk, Hohe Str. 26, 70176 Stuttgart

Organiser
Weissenhofmuseum/Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung e.V.
Atelier am Bollwerk

Thursday, Februar 22, 2024, 5 p.m.

A symposium on modern architecture in Hungary will be held at the Liszt Institute – Hungarian Cultural Centre Stuttgart to accompany the exhibitions “Experimental Housing Estate Budapest – Model Houses Napraforgó Street” and “Light and Form”. Dr. Raquel Jaureguízar will also look at the influence of German modernism on social housing in Spain in the 1940s and 50s.

The lectures will be held in English.

Welcome address
Anja Krämer (Director of the Weissenhofmuseum im Haus Le Corbusier)

Speakers
Prof. em. András Ferkai: “Model housing estate in Budapest – without any actual effect?”
DLA Àgnes Anna Sebestyén: “The Reception and Press Appearances of Modern Settlements in Interwar Hungary”
Dr. Raquel Jaureguízar: “The Reception of German Modernism in Social Housing in Madrid”

The presentations last 25-30 minutes and their will be a final discussion.

Pause
Dirk Allgaier will present the book “Stahlrohrrevolution” on behalf of arnoldsche Art Publishers.

Location
Liszt-Institut – Ungarisches Kulturzentrum Stuttgart
Christophstr. 7, 70178 Stuttgart

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Lecture

The perception of Tel Aviv’s White City is closely linked to the term “Bauhaus”. It is often used as a synonym for the history of Tel Aviv’s development. Moreover, it is supposed to lend significance to the architectural heritage. In doing so, it obscures the view of the complexity of Tel Aviv’s (architectural) history. And in the German perspective, it also serves as a means of making amends, according to Alexandra Klei.

The lecture will trace these constructions, both in their development and in their functions. Klei will also relate it to the concrete history of the city and its architectural-modern heritage.

Dr. Alexandra Klei is an architectural historian and research associate at the Institute for the History of German Jews in Hamburg. Here she does research about “Jewish Building” between 1945 and 1990 in the Federal Republic of Germany and in the the GDR. In addition, she has dedicated herself for several years to an examination of Tel Aviv’s architectural-modern heritage and its conveyance. Her publication “Wie das Bauhaus nach Tel Aviv kam: Re-Konstruktion einer Idee in Text, Bild und Architektur” was published in 2019 (2nd ed. 2021) by neofelis Verlag in Berlin.

Start: 7 pm
Venue: Vortragsaal Neubau II., Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart (Am Weissenhof 1, 70191 Stuttgart)
Please register beforehand by sending a short email to: info@weissenhofmuseum.de

This event is organised in cooperation with the German-Israeli Society Region Stuttgart e.V.

Sunday, July 23rd 2023, 5-6 pm
Final discussion as end of IBA’27 Festival #1

Andreas Hofer will speak with planners of several IBA-projects.

Participants:

Guobin Shen, Atelier Kaiser Shen
Dominique Dinies, UTA Architekten
Lina Streeruwitz, Studio Vlay Streeruwitz
Gerhard Bosch, Hermann Bosch Architekten
Markus Weismann / Cem Arat, ASP Architekten
Stephan Schürmann / Marlène Witry, Schürmann Witry Architekten
Miriam Stümpfl, AMSL Architektur

music: “TalkingDrums” – Percussionensemble of the Musikhochschule Stuttgart

venue: Hermann-Lenz-Höhe (gegenüber Birkenwaldstr. 217), 70191 Stuttgart

An event of IBA´27

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