IBA’27
IBA’27
International building exhibitions are an instrument of regional and urban development. They set high standards and develop social, cultural, economic and ecological innovations responding to change in urban development and landscape planning.
The aim of the Internationale Bauausstellung 2027 StadtRegion Stuttgart (IBA’27), is to find new ideas for the cities and open spaces in the 21st century, trying and testing these in the Stuttgart region. 100 years after the Stuttgarter Weissenhofsiedlung, which in 1927 initiated radical changes for modern urban development, IBA’27 is looking for answers to the question: How will we be living and working in the future?
The Maker City is being created in the C1 area around the Wagenhallen
Since July 2020, the quarter C1 Wagenhallen has been one of currently 14 IBA’27 projects (as of April 2021). The urban development of the area surrounding the Stuttgart Wagenhallen is intended to be an experimental field for productive-creative pilot projects and for new concepts for a diverse city. The winning design of the urban development competition visualises the area as what they call the “Maker City”. The idea here is to combine ecology affordable housing, living together with urban production, culture, educational and research facilities as well as gardening and agriculture in the city.
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In 1901, the first IBA was held in Darmstadt (Mathildenhöhe) and is considered a milestone in the German Jugendstil era. In 1927, Weissenhofsiedlung was built in Stuttgart as a follow-up of the subsequent international building exhibitions as exhibition of the Deutscher Werkbund. Under the artistic direction of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, leading representatives of Neues Bauen created 21 model houses as a housing programme “for the modern city-dweller”. Today, the settlement is considered one of the most important examples of modern architecture.
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This major event has been organised by IBA’27 StadtRegion Stuttgart GmbH since 2017. The shareholders are the State Capital Stuttgart, the Verband Region Stuttgart, the Wirtschaftsförderung Region Stuttgart GmbH, the Chamber of Architects Baden-Wuerttemberg, as well as the University of Stuttgart. Andreas Hofer, the artistic director, is responsible for the content of IBA’27. Karin Lang, as commercial manager, is responsible for the business side. The work of IBA’27 GmbH covers giving an impetus, advising, networking, providing support, documenting and developing projects and planning with partner organisations. Even before the presentation year 2027, numerous events – in the form of conferences, public plenums and festivals – will take place.
For more detailed information on IBA’27 please refer to www.iba27.de.
An overview of all urban IBA’27 projects, as well as the projects in the IBA’27 network can be found at www.stuttgart.de/iba-2027.