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The Weissenhof Museum in the Le Corbusier House is a municipal museum in Stuttgart, housed in the iconic double house of the architect Le Corbusier and embodying the essence of the Weissenhof Estate – a milestone of modern architecture.[1][2][3] As a walk-in exhibit, it invites visitors to experience the avant-garde ideas of 1927 up close.[5]
The Weissenhof Estate was created in 1927 as a building exhibition "Die Wohnung" of the Deutscher Werkbund under the direction of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. In just four months, 17 architects from five countries, including Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe and Hans Scharoun, built 33 cubic flat-roof houses on the Killesberg.[3][4][5][9] They demonstrated radical solutions for modern living: functional "living machines" with sliding doors that flexibly transform rooms, as in Le Corbusier's double house based on the model of a train compartment.[4][7]
The museum is divided into two halves with a chronological tour:
After changes in the 1930s and monument protection since 1958, the double house was bought back by the city of Stuttgart in 2002, restored with the Wüstenrot Stiftung and opened on October 26, 2006.[1][4][9] The Verein Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung e.V. has been operating the museum ever since.[4][8]
The main mission of the museum is to convey the New Building: It makes aesthetic, social and technical upheavals of modernism tangible and celebrates the avant-garde as a manifesto of functional, rational architecture.[2][3][5] Values such as monument preservation, authenticity and education are at the center – through faithful renovations and immersive presentations, the estate is preserved as a living heritage.[1][6] Since 2016, Le Corbusier's houses (double house and Citröhan house) have been UNESCO World Heritage Sites, which underlines their global importance.[3][4][7][10]
Sustainability is evident in the monument-appropriate restoration: Careful research and renovations since the 1980s preserve the original substance without erasing structural traces.[1][6] For the 100th anniversary in 2027, the city of Stuttgart is planning the Weissenhof Forum as a new visitor center with exhibition and event rooms – operated by the association to cope with increasing visitor numbers (due to IBA’27).[8] This promotes long-term preservation and accessibility.
The Weissenhof Museum combines history with experience: visitors immerse themselves in the vision of a better housing future and discover how modernism shaped Stuttgart in 1927. A MUST for architecture enthusiasts.[1][2][3]
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