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"Tourendetails"

Explore the avant-garde

Tillmann Franzen, tillmannfranzen.com © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2018;
School of Design Ulm (1950–55), architect: Max Bill

duration

3 days

cities

Stuttgart, Ulm und Karlsruhe

travel type

on foot, Rail, Bus, Bike, Car

 

The modern metropolis reimagined: experience the state capital Stuttgart and its famous Weissenhof estate with the museum in the Le Corbusier house. From here we continue to Ulm, where you can look forward to two examples of modern university architecture with the university and the HfG. In Karlsruhe, take in the Dammerstock housing estate, an impressive example of Walter Gropius' ribbon constructions (Zeilenbauweise). The route can be rounded off in culinary fashion with a visit to the Kreutzenberger winery in Kindenheim.

 

 

 

School of Design Ulm (HfG Ulm), Ulm (Baden-Württemberg), Architect: Max Bill, 1950–55.
Tillmann Franzen, tillmannfranzen.com / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2018.
School of Design Ulm (HfG Ulm), Ulm (Baden-Württemberg), Architect: Max Bill, 1950–55.
Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Ulm (Baden-Wuerttemberg): In the 1980s, a fire protection concept was developed together with Prof. Günter Behnisch and Ernst Achilles, the legendary Frankfurt fire brigade chief, and also implemented to a large extent. Maintaining the architectural quality, especially the transparency and the generous spatial effect of the traffic areas of the consistently modularly designed building, which was largely constructed with 27 prefabricated components, was already a matter close to Günter Behnisch's heart. Spiral stairs were added to the front sides of the high-rise buildings as escape routes.
Land Baden-Württemberg vertreten durch Vermögen und Bau Baden-Württemberg, Amt Ulm, Fotograf: Martin J. Duckeck, Ulm.
Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Ulm (Baden-Wuerttemberg): In the 1980s, a fire protection concept was developed together with Prof. Günter Behnisch and Ernst Achilles, the legendary Frankfurt fire brigade chief, and also implemented to a large extent. Maintaining the architectural quality, especially the transparency and the generous spatial effect of the traffic areas of the consistently modularly designed building, which was largely constructed with 27 prefabricated components, was already a matter close to Günter Behnisch's heart. Spiral stairs were added to the front sides of the high-rise buildings as escape routes.
House on the Alb, Exterior view, Bad Urach (Baden-Wuerttemberg), Architect: Gustav Adolf Schneck, 1929-30.
Gerd Jütten Ɩ Fotodesign.
House on the Alb, Exterior view, Bad Urach (Baden-Wuerttemberg), Architect: Gustav Adolf Schneck, 1929-30.
Dammerstock Housing Estate, Karlsruhe
KTG Karlsruhe Tourismus GmbH.
Dammerstock Housing Estate, Karlsruhe
Tillmann Franzen, tillmannfranzen.com.
Weissenhofmuseum, Stuttgart
González/Weissenhofmuseum.
Weissenhofmuseum, Stuttgart
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, facade of the Stirling building, Stuttgart (Baden-Wuerttemberg), Architects: James Stirling and Michael Wilford, 1979–84.
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, facade of the Stirling building, Stuttgart (Baden-Wuerttemberg), Architects: James Stirling and Michael Wilford, 1979–84.

The tour

1.day

The modern metropolis reconceived

•    Travel to Stuttgart
•    Guided walking tour of the Weissenhof Estate with visit to the Weissenhofmuseum im Haus Le Corbusier
•    Afternoon visit to the collection and the special exhibition at Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
•    Overnight stay in Stuttgart

2.day

Visiting the School of Design

•   Morning: travel to the former Hochschule für Gestaltung in Ulm
•   Tour of the academy with visit to an exhibition of the HfG archive
•   Walking tour of the medieval old town with its familiar fishermen’s quarter
•   Return trip to Stuttgart
•   Evening: optional visit to a music or theatre performance
•   Overnight stay in Stuttgart

3.day

Forward-thinking housing

•  After breakfast: travel to Karlsruhe
•  Guided walking tour of the Dammerstock Estate
•  Afternoon visit to the ZKM Center for Art and Media or the Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
•  Return travel

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The tour recommendation outlined here cannot be booked as an package via the Bauhaus Cooperation Berlin Dessau Weimar or the state tourism agencies.
If you are interested in booking a group trip, you can send your request by e-mail to Project 2508: touristikservice@bauhaus100.de.

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Contact and service

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70182 Stuttgart
+49 (0)711 238 58 0
info@tourismus-bw.de
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