Events

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

Sunday, September 10, 2023, 10 am – 6 pm:
– Free admission to the Weissenhof Museum in the Le Corbusier House.

Sunday, September 10, 2023, 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm and 5 pm:
– Guided tours of the Weissenhof estate

Sunday, September 10, 2023, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
– Spatial installation on the Hermann-Lenz-Höhe: “What remains? What comes? What goes?”
– Coffee, cake and cold drinks on the Hermann-Lenz-Höhe.

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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.

On the Hermann-Lenz-Höhe (corner of Birkenwaldstraße / Am Kochenhof) you can enjoy coffee, cake or a cold drink while viewing the participatory spatial installation “What remains? What comes? What goes?”. This includes a tower as a sign for the upcoming IBA’27 and an exhibition on the ongoing residential projects of the IBA almost 100 years after the Weissenhof exhibition in 1927.

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Heritage Day
Under the motto TALENT MONUMENT, the Heritage Day is being celebrated nationwide this year, coordinated by the German Foundation for Monument Protection.

The call for tenders for the procedure “New construction of the Visitor and Information Centre for the Weissenhofsiedlung (BIZ)” was published in the EU Official Journal on July 14th, 2023.

Further information as well as the procedure documents for download can be found under the following link:

https://www.dtvp.de/Satellite/notice/CXP4YMZ6QRM/documents

We look forward to your participation and courageous contributions!

Fri, June 30th, 2023
“Insight Out – Insights into the Weissenhof estate”, an evening with a pop-up Common Kitchen around the Hermann-Lenz-Höhe

An event of: Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung e.V.

5 – 9 pm

The temporary walk-in installation „Was bleibt? Was kommt? Was geht?“is surrounded by set tables. Members of the “Matriarchal Communal Kitchen” (“Matriarchale Volksküche”) serve food and create a setting for exciting dinner conversations. The focus is on the kitchen, a place of central importance at any home.

While eating and drinking together, short presentations/talks will give impulses for the conversations. What makes a kitchen a good kitchen? Which ideas did the designers realize in the houses of the Weissenhof estate? What memories come to your mind, if you think of kitchens?

Bring along something you associate with kitchens. An object, a picure, or anything else you would like to tell a story about. From the design of your dream-kitchen, old contruction plans to the ladle of your grandmother: there are no boudaries of what to bring along. Your object will be handed around and displayed during the evening.

Location: Hermann-Lenz-Höhe (opposite of Birkenwaldstr. 217), 70191 Stuttgart
limited number of participants: If you are niterested, please register by June 26th, 2023, at the following address: ibakontaktstelle@freunde-weissenhof.de
Cost: Free food, drinks against payment
Bring along: A kitchen picture or another item including a story

Fri, June 23rd, 2023, 4– 8 pm
„Outsight in – view from the Weissenhof estate into the region”

Opeing of an Installation on the Hermann-Lenz-Höhe near the Weissenhof Estate
One of the kick-off events of the IBA’27-Festival #1, organized by Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung e.V. and IBA´27

4 – 6 pm:
IBA-housing projects introduce themselves

The first IBA´27-Festival is starting– and we are joining at the Weissenhof Estate!

The Weissenhof Estate (Weissenhofsiedlung) is one of the most important examples of “Neues Bauen” (“New Objectivity” or “New Building”) in the history of architecture. It was part of a building exhibition held by Deutscher Werkbund together with the city of Stuttgart in 1927.

About 100 years later, the IBA´27 starts it’s first IBA´27-festival exactly here: Architects from seven IBA housing projects present their ideas and plans for living today. And thus build a bridge from the past to the future.

Under trees and the open sky, scaffolding, printed truck tarpuiles and huge red letters, visible from afar, attract people’s attention. The tower is a signal for the IBA´27. You can walk inside the installation and experience it – and at the opening event you can grab a drink and speak with architects of several IBA-projects.

Those involved in the projects are on site and will present and discuss their work with some organizers of the IBA´27, Friends of the Weissenhof Estate and the audience: What is left of the ideas of “New Building”? What differences and parallels are there between yesterday and today? And how can the Weissenhof Estate, an inhabited monument, be developed for the future?

Location: Hermann-Lenz-Höhe (opposite of Birkenwaldstr. 217), 70191 Stuttgart

IBA projects which are presented: Quartier am Rotweg, Quartier Böckinger Straße, Quartier C1, Tobias-Mayer-Quartier, KaepseLE-Goldäcker, Zukunft Münster 2050, Leben in der Vorstadt (Schorndorf), 1927-heute-2027 (Weiterentwicklung Weissenhofsiedlung)

Moderation: Grazyna Adamczyk-Arns (IBA´27), Dr. Raquel Jaureguízar (IBA´27), Suse Kletzin (Freunde)

starting at 6 pm:
Art events alsongside the Gaucherstraße

A green, overgrowm path winds its way from the Hermann-Lenz-Höhe to the Wagenhallen through alotment gardens. A group of performance artists of the Wagenhallen (Florian Feisel) will perform the walking-act “bipolare Nagetierbegleitung”.

Located at the container city of Wagenhallen you can let the evening come to an end with the performance Festival „Performing the Others“ from Martina Wegener.

More IBA’27-Festival#1 kick-off events:

starting at 2 pm: GroundBreaking Stadtgarten
starting at 8.30 pm: Opening of the IBA’27-Festivalzentrale