Events

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

The upcoming Franco-German summer of sport – first the European Football Championships in Germany and then the Olympic Games in Paris – offers a unique opportunity to question ourselves about our lifestyles and the way we (want to) inhabit the world of today and tomorrow.

Five partner organizations: Institut francais Stuttgart (overall coordination), Architekturgalerie am Weissenhof, IBA’27 Friends, BDA Baden-Württemberg and the Weissenhof Museum in Le Corbusier House, invite you to experience the exhibition “Ça bouge en ville! – Get moving!” in the form of a trail.

This begins in the Weissenhof workshop in the Mies van der Rohe House and is dedicated to the combination of Le Corbusier’s architecture with sporting practice. In the Weissenhof workshop, we are also showing an exhibition in the table showcases on the role of sport for Le Corbusier and the other Weissenhof architects. This supplementary exhibition was curated by Kathrin Wagner-Douglas.

The second stop will be the architecture gallery at Weissenhof. The focus there will be on issues 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 to the city center to the next stop, the BDA Wechselraum (near the main train 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 space (Calwerstr./corner of Kienestr.), the route continues to the fifth and final stop, the Institut français on Berliner Platz. Here everything revolves around e-sports.

About the exhibition

In 2023, with the organisation in France of two major sporting events – the Rugby World Cup and the future Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris 2024 – the Site Le Corbusier invites us to look at our way of living in today’s and tomorrow’s world. The exhibition Let’s move in the city! Sport and Architecture for Tomorrow, created by the architectural agency, DREAM, questions the place of sport in the city of tomorrow. In 2020, the lockdown caused by the COVID epidemic has turned the city into an open-air gymnasium, even a place of daily practice. In 2022, the Football World Cup in Qatar triggered a wave of indignation. This constant media coverage of professional sport reveals its growing role and the issues it raises in our contemporary societies. Essential to public health and a vector of socialisation, sport is at the same time a leisure, a set of techniques and an economic issue. It constitutes an institutional organisation and is at the heart of territorial political strategies.

The first International Congresses of Modern Architecture in the 1930s increased the general awareness about the influence of sport in the design of space on an urban scale. In Firminy, the Centre for re‑creation of the body and mind designed by Le Corbusier is an example of this functionalist urbanism where people should not only work but also have access to leisure. Today, the overall increase of leisure and entertainment sports – associated with the development of new forms of practices and uses – implements the need for new organisations, and relationships with the territories.

This requires a renewal of architectural programmes in rapidly changing cities. The exhibition presents a first approach based on interactive immersive and innovative devices.

Cabougeneville_Einladung_Faltblatt

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The upcoming Franco-German summer of sport – first the European Football Championships in Germany and then the Olympic Games in Paris – offers a unique opportunity to question ourselves about our lifestyles and the way we (want to) inhabit the world of today and tomorrow.

Five partner organizations: Institut francais Stuttgart (overall coordination), Architekturgalerie am Weissenhof, IBA’27 Friends, BDA Baden-Württemberg and the Weissenhof Museum in Le Corbusier House, invite you to experience the exhibition “Ça bouge en ville! – Get moving!” in the form of a trail.

This begins in the Weissenhof workshop in the Mies van der Rohe House and is dedicated to the combination of Le Corbusier’s architecture with sporting practice. In the Weissenhof workshop, we are also showing an exhibition in the table showcases on the role of sport for Le Corbusier and the other Weissenhof architects. This supplementary exhibition was curated by Kathrin Wagner-Douglas.

The second stop will be the architecture gallery at Weissenhof. The focus there will be on issues 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 to the city center to the next stop, the BDA Wechselraum (near the main train 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 space (Calwerstr./corner of Kienestr.), the route continues to the fifth and final stop, the Institut français on Berliner Platz. Here everything revolves around e-sports.

About the exhibition

In 2023, with the organisation in France of two major sporting events – the Rugby World Cup and the future Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris 2024 – the Site Le Corbusier invites us to look at our way of living in today’s and tomorrow’s world. The exhibition Let’s move in the city! Sport and Architecture for Tomorrow, created by the architectural agency, DREAM, questions the place of sport in the city of tomorrow. In 2020, the lockdown caused by the COVID epidemic has turned the city into an open-air gymnasium, even a place of daily practice. In 2022, the Football World Cup in Qatar triggered a wave of indignation. This constant media coverage of professional sport reveals its growing role and the issues it raises in our contemporary societies. Essential to public health and a vector of socialisation, sport is at the same time a leisure, a set of techniques and an economic issue. It constitutes an institutional organisation and is at the heart of territorial political strategies.

The first International Congresses of Modern Architecture in the 1930s increased the general awareness about the influence of sport in the design of space on an urban scale. In Firminy, the Centre for re‑creation of the body and mind designed by Le Corbusier is an example of this functionalist urbanism where people should not only work but also have access to leisure. Today, the overall increase of leisure and entertainment sports – associated with the development of new forms of practices and uses – implements the need for new organisations, and relationships with the territories.

This requires a renewal of architectural programmes in rapidly changing cities. The exhibition presents a first approach based on interactive immersive and innovative devices.

Cabougeneville_Einladung_Faltblatt

(more…)

10 am – 6 pm
Free admission to the Weissenhof Museum

The Weissenhof Museum is located in Le Corbusier’s semi-detached house. The history of the Weissenhofsiedlung can be seen in one part of the house, with models, photos, plans and various exhibits. The other part of the house shows the Le Corbusier house as it was in 1927 with the original room layout, coloring and furnishings. Admission is free on International Museum Day.

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

The Weissenhof Estate, built in 1927 by 17 international architects, is a milestone in modern architecture. The guided tour (no interior visits) explains the history of the settlement and the two houses built by Le Corbusier, which are an UNESCO World Heritage site since 2016.

Meeting point: in front of the Weissenhof Museum in the Le Corbusier house, Rathenaustr. 1, Participation free of charge. Duration approx. 45 minutes. Please note that the guided tours will all be in German.

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