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trip - met Hashmat Projects 34 Created 31-Aug-16 By Sharmila Nasheed, Rotterdam, Netherlands Land Formation-one Weil am Rhein, Zaha Hadid s exposition space, horeca, office VitraHaus Vitra Bus Stop Vitra Dome Conference Pavilion Vitra Design Museum Gas Station Vitra Furniture Factory Vitra Fire Station 7 Vitra Factory Building Weil am Rhein, SANAA factory Romeo & Julia 14 Killesbergturm 15 Stuttgart Central Station 16 Mercedes-Benz Museum 17 Stuttgart, UNStudio car park, museum, showroom 8 State Gallery Stuttgart 18 Stuttgart, James Stirling museum 9 Porsche Museum 19 Stuttgart, Delugan Meissl Associated s museum, showroom 10 Weissenhofsiedlung 20 Stuttgart, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe housing, urban plan 11 Weil am Rhein, Zaha Hadid s exposition space, fire station Stuttgart, Paul Bonatz train station Weil am Rhein, Grimshaw factory 6 Weil am Rhein, Jean Prouvé gas station 13 Stuttgart, Luz und Partner belvedere, watch-tower Weil am Rhein, Gehry Partners 5 Weil am Rhein, Tadao Ando congress centre, meeting room, pavilion Vitrashop Factory Hall Stuttgart, Hans Scharoun housing Weil am Rhein, Thomas C Howard auditorium, exposition space, pavilion 4 Weil am Rhein, Jasper Morrison bus station Weil am Rhein, Alvaro Siza Vieira factory Weil am Rhein, Herzog and De Meuron museum, shop, showroom 3 Child and Youth Centre 21 Stuttgart, Kauffmann Theilig und Partner youth house 12 Kunstmuseum Stuttgart 22 Stuttgart, Hascher Jehle Architektur museum http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 1

Wohnblock Am Weißenhof Stuttgart, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe housing Cathedral Choir School Tagblatt Tower Museum of Modern Literature Community Centre ZGG Pavilion Kunstmuseum Bonn Bonn, Schultes Frank Architekten museum 30 Hauptbahnhof Köln Extension 31 Museum Ludwig 32 Cologne, Busmann + Haberer museum 26 Museum of Applied Art 33 Cologne, Rudolf Schwarz museum 27 Wallraf Richartz Museum 34 Cologne, Oswald Mathias Ungers museum 28 Darmstadt, Angela Fritsch Architekten pavilion 25 Mannheim, Netzwerk Architekten community centre, youth house Kolumba Cologne, Busmann + Haberer train station Marbach am Neckar, David Chipperfield s library, museum 24 Stuttgart, Ernst Otto Oßwald exposition space, office, theatre Cologne, Peter Zumthor museum Stuttgart, no w here auditorium, education 23 Hotel Chelsea 35 Cologne, Hartmut Gruhl hotel 29 Kranhaus 1 Rheinauhafen 36 Cologne, BRT Architekten office http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 2

photo: Jeroen Meijer photo: Jeroen Meijer Land Formation-one Mattrain 1 79576 Weil am Rhein photo: Jeroen Meijer The project is designed to serve as an event and exhibition space for the garden festival in Weil am Rhein 1999 The suggested structure does not sit in the landscape as an isolated object, but emerges from the fluid geometry of the surrounding network of paths Three of those paths entangle to make the building Four parallel, partly interwoven spaces are caught in this bundle of paths One path snuggles up to the south side of the building, another, gently sloping, rises over its back, whereas the third path cuts diagonally through the interior The main spaces, exhibition hall and cafe, stretch along those routes and allow for plenty of sun light and views from the exterior Secondary rooms 'disappear' within the 'root' of the building A terrace including a covered performance space is located to the south of the cafe The centre for environmental research is situated north of the exhibition hall, half submerged into the ground Floor area/size 1999 845 m² Structural engineer Zaha Hadid s GS Projekt City of Weil am Rhein jpmm By Car: E35 exit Weil am Rhein>left 1 Km> left>left Muhlheinmerstrasse 1Km>roundabout straight>baslerstrasse>roundabout left> 700m right> 100m right>200m left arrive! http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 3

photo: Iwan Baan photo: Iwan Baan VitraHaus Charles-Eames-Strasse 2 79576 Weil am Rhein http://wwwvitracom/vitrahaus A new building has been added to the Vitra Campus The VitraHaus lies in close proximity to the Swiss border and the furniture manufacture's Basel headquarters Here the Vitra Home Collection is shown The furnishings and objects are arranged in a variety of settings for both living and working: classics by Charles & Ray Eames, George Nelson, Isamu Noguchi, Jean Prouvé and Verner Panton are combined with contemporary designs by Maarten Van Severen, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Antonio Citterio, Hella Jongerius, Jasper Morrison and others With the VitraHaus, there is a sense of "homecoming" not only with regard to the architects, but also in the building concept Herzog & de Meuron make reference to the archetypal form of the gabled house, which is found in residential structures around the globe They have stretched this basic form and combined a series of "houses" in an intersecting stack photo: Iwan Baan 1-2010 Supplier Herzog and De Meuron Sto Isoned Vitra Verwaltungs GmbH, Weil am Rhein, MI_MOA The VitraHaus is open Monday to Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm Vitra Design Museum offers guided architectural tours of about 2 hours on the Vitra Campus Daily at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm Public transport: From Claraplatz or Badischer Bahnhof Basel, take bus 55 From EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, take bus 50 to the Basel SBB Railway Station, tram 2 to Badischer Bahnhof Basel, bus 55From the train station in Weil am Rhein, it is about a 15 min walk to the museum By car: From and Switzerland, take the A5 motorway, exit at Weil am Rhein, turn left, follow the signs for Vitra Design Museum From France, go to the Palmrain (D) border crossing, take E35 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 4

photo: Jeroen Meijer photo: Jeroen Meijer Vitra Bus Stop Römerstraße 79576 Weil am Rhein http://wwwvitracom/en-gb/collage/campus/ The creation of the Vitra Design Museum by Frank Gehry in 1989 was a turning point in the history of the Vitra project and completed the transformation from a purely industrial site to a meeting place for cultural and commercial activities Over the next few years, new construction projects dared to experiment with architectural forms A conscious decision was made to select architects who normally would not have designed buildings in the Basle area, the aim being to create a site that drew not on regional sources that are now recognised around the world, but designs that stamped their distinctive character on the site through their foreign influences Jasper Morrison, a leading figure of "New Simplicity" a movement that advocated a more modest and also more serious approach to design designed in addition to furniture and accessories a tram system for the city of Hanover, and this project for Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein: a pair of discreet stainless steel bus stop shelters photo: Jeroen Meijer 2006 Jasper Morrison Vitra jpmm By public transport: from Basel main station take the bus to the Vitra campus; By car: autobahn E35, take the exit Weil am Rhein and drive in the direction of the Vitra Design Museum http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 5

photo: Timo Mecking photo: Timo Mecking Vitra Dome Charles-Eames-Strasse 2 79576 Weil am Rhein http://wwwvitracom The Charter-Sphere Dome, which was erected in 1954 in Detroit, has been transferred to the Vitra Campus at Weil am Rhein in 2000 The Charter-Sphere dome is Thomas C Howard's signature design TC Howard started using the Charter-Sphere dome as the request became more demanding Charter-Spheres are easier to design and erect than the geodesic domes They are still abundantly seen around the world TC Howard designed most of the early geodesic domes that are thought to be Buckminster Fuller's The dome at the Vitra Campus is constructed as a lightweight structure with a membrane cover and is currently used as a space for events by the Vitra company photo: Wojtek Gurak 1978 Thomas C Howard timo_mecking Monday through Sunday: 1000-1800 / Wednesday: 1000 2000 / Closed on December 24-25, December 31, January 1 The museum shop and the café have the same opening hours as the museum By public transportation (ÖPNV): From Basel (Claraplatz or Badischer Bahnhof) take bus number 55 until the bus stop Vitra From the train station in Weil am Rhein it is a 15-minute walk to the museum http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 6

photo: Wojtek Gurak photo: Wojtek Gurak Conference Pavilion Charles-Eames-Straße 1 D -79576 Weil am Rhein http://wwwdesign-museumde/ Vitra, the German furniture manufacturer, has been collecting buildings by a variety of architects on their factory site near Basel They organize tours over the premises The starting point for the tour is Gehry's sculptural-expressionistic museum building, completed in 1989 - the first of the California architect's buildings to be realised in Europe The Conference Pavilion by Japan's Tadao Ando was also a European premiere The introverted structure is visually impressive with its formal restraint and reduction to a few materials Most of the building is situated under ground The austere and elegantly proportioned conference pavilion is a deliberate contrast to the flamboyance of Gehry's neighboring design museum Along with the museum and Conference Pavilion, the Fire Station by London-based Zaha Hadid is one of the highlights of the tour 1993 Tadao Ando Vitra Design Museum boeboe photo: Wojtek Gurak Monday through Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm Wednesday: 10 am - 8 pm Closed: December 24-25, December 31, January 1 The museum shop and the cafè have the same opening hours as the museum Guided tours are daily, at 12 pm and 2 pm, lasting two hours From February 23, 2008 daily at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm The number of participants is limited There is no advance registration for public tours Contact: A Gastel, info-weil@design-museumde, or call 0049 (0)7621 702 3200 Public transportation (ÖPNV): From Basel (Badischer Bahnhof) take bus number 55, from the train station in Weil am Rhein it is about a 15-minute walk to the museum By car: The Vitra Design Museum can be reached from Freiburg (north) or Basel (south) via the Autobahn A5 (exit Weil am Rhein), from France/St Louis take the boarder crossing Palmrain From Lörrach/Riehen turn west at the marked junction "Weil am Rhein" just north of the Fondation Beyeler A big car park free of charge exists http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 7

photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Wojtek Gurak Vitra Design Museum Charles-Eames-Straße 1 D -79576 Weil am Rhein http://wwwdesign-museumde/ The inception of the Vitra Design Museum dates back to the early 1980s With the aim of documenting the history of the Vitra company, Vitra CEO Rolf Fehlbaum began collecting the furniture of designers who had influenced the company's development, such as Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Alvar Aalto, and Jean Prouvé The design museum houses temporary exhibitions on themes of furniture design, and Gehry's building makes a suitable host for them - in keeping with the theme, but - once inside supporting, not competing with, the exhibitions As well as Frank Gehry, Alvaro Siza, Nicholas Grimshaw, Tadao Ando and Zaha Hadid are all represented with separate buildings on the grounds of Vitra, in a cross between an industrial plant and a model village photo: Dirk Verwoerd 11-1989 Gehry Partners Vitra Design Museum boeboe Monday through Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm Wednesday: 10 am - 8 pm Closed: December 24-25, December 31, January 1 The museum shop and the cafè have the same opening hours as the museum Guided tours are daily, at 12 pm and 2 pm, lasting two hours From February 23, 2008 daily at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm The number of participants is limited There is no advance registration for public tours Contact: A Gastel, info-weil@design-museumde, or call 0049 (0)7621 702 3200 Public transportation (ÖPNV): From Basel (Badischer Bahnhof) take bus number 55, from the train station in Weil am Rhein it is about a 15-minute walk to the museum By car: The Vitra Design Museum can be reached from Freiburg (north) or Basel (south) via the Autobahn A5 (exit Weil am Rhein), from France/St Louis take the boarder crossing Palmrain From Lörrach/Riehen turn west at the marked junction "Weil am Rhein" just north of the Fondation Beyeler A big car park free of charge exists http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 8

photo: Viktor Ramos photo: Viktor Ramos Gas Station Charles-Eames-Straße 1 D -79576 Weil am Rhein http://wwwdesign-museumde The station was designed to be portable so that the gas station placement could be modified This made it quite easy to ship it off to Vitra and rebuild it In 2003 Vitra incorporated it into their collection on the factory grounds near Basel Jean Prouvé (8 April 1901-23 March 1984) was a French architect and designer His main achievement was transferring the manufacturing technology from industry to the architecture, without losing the aesthetic qualities photo: Wojtek Gurak 2003 Jean Prouvé Vitra Design Museum Naomi Monday through Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm Wednesday: 10 am - 8 pm Closed: December 24-25, December 31, January 1 The museum shop and the cafè have the same opening hours as the museum Guided tours are daily, at 12 pm and 2 pm, lasting two hours From February 23, 2008 daily at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm There is no advance registration for public tours Groups can make reservation Contact: A Gastel, info-weil@design-museumde, or call 0049 (0)7621 702 320 Public transportation (ÖPNV): From Basel (Badischer Bahnhof) take bus number 55, from the train station in Weil am Rhein it is about a 15-minute walk to the museum By car: The Vitra Design Museum can be reached from Freiburg (north) or Basel (south) via the Autobahn A5 (exit Weil am Rhein), from France/St Louis take the boarder crossing Palmrain From Lörrach/Riehen turn west at the marked junction "Weil am Rhein" just north of the Fondation Beyeler A big car park free of charge exists http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 9

Vitra Furniture Factory Charles-Eames-Straße 2 79576 Weil am Rhein https://wwwvitracom/en-us/campus/architecture/campus-a rchitecture The factory Grimshaw designed for Vitra in 1981 has become a famous and much imitated piece of industrial design The client, whose name is widely associated with contemporary furniture design, initially contacted Grimshaw following a disastrous fire Insurance provided cover for just six months loss of production, so a rapid solution was essential Grimshaw started work on site within three weeks and the first container load of furniture left the factory exactly six months after the first contact was made The fast-track construction used a 25m span pre-cast concrete frame combined with service towers erected independently of the main structure This provided a clear and flexible production floor The lining panels and insulation followed the structure so that the fit-out could proceed in parallel to cladding The cladding is made up of corrugated sheeting, rounded at the building's corners, producing a low maintenance building with clean lines photo: Nazar Leskiw Floor area/size 1981 15000 m² Grimshaw Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 10

photo: Wojtek Gurak photo: Wojtek Gurak Vitra Fire Station Charles-Eames-Straße 1 D-79576 Weil am Rhein http://wwwdesign-museumde/ Following a major fire in 1981, the company Vitra has pursued a conscious approach to its own architecture, starting with the commission awarded to the English architect Nicholas Grimshaw to build a new factory hall After completion of the first structure, he was assigned the task of developing a master plan for the Vitra grounds Now Vitra commissions a different architect for each building project, deliberately contrasting works of architecture confront one another and imbue the site with vitality and a distinctive identity The Fire Station is one of the highlights of the tour Long an icon of deconstructivist architecture, this was the first work ever to be realized by the master architect who is today entrusted with prestigious global commissions Constructed as a working firehouse within the Vitra furniture design and manufacturing complex, the building is now used by Vitra as a showplace for part of its permanent collection of chairs 1994 Zaha Hadid s Vitra Design Museum Naomi photo: Wojtek Gurak Monday through Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm Wednesday: 10 am - 8 pm Closed: December 24-25, December 31, January 1 The museum shop and the cafè have the same opening hours as the museum Vitra offers guided architecture tours in numerous languages over the premises of the Vitra company's factory in Weil am Rhein, daily, at 12 pm and 2 pm, lasting two hours From February 23, 2008 daily at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm Contact: info-weil@design-museumde or call 0049 (0)7621 702 3200 Public transportation (ÖPNV): From Basel (Badischer Bahnhof) take bus number 55, from the train station in Weil am Rhein it is about a 15-minute walk to the museum By car: The Vitra Design Museum can be reached from Freiburg (north) or Basel (south) via the Autobahn A5 (exit Weil am Rhein), from France/St Louis take the boarder crossing Palmrain From Lörrach/Riehen turn west at the marked junction "Weil am Rhein" just north of the Fondation Beyeler A big car park free of charge exists http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 11

photo: Dina Bonefacic Mihaljek photo: Dina Bonefacic Mihaljek Vitra Factory Building Charles-Eames-Str 2 79576 Weil am Rhein http://wwwvitracom/en-us/magazine/details/sanaa-factory -building This most recent addition to the VITRA's architecturally distinguished campus, is the first industrial building designed by SANAA It was designed for "Vitrashop" which produces shop fittings and uses this hall primarily for storage and assembly Because the building was required to be of great size and because it is close to a nearby residential area, the architects shaped its floor plan as a slightly deformed circle (with a 160 m diameter) This overall form allows for functional flexibility as well as for a more pleasing visual impression The building is 11 m high, its roof is supported by a grid of steel columns The exterior envelope is made of concrete, insulated and wrapped in undulating elements of acrylic glass, with varying fold widths photo: Dina Bonefacic Mihaljek Project is not public! Floor area/size 4-2013 20 m² SANAA VITRA DinaBM http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 12

photo: Marco De Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio Vitrashop Factory Hall Charles-Eames-Strasse 2 D-79576 Weil am Rhein This single-storey factory hall for Vitra has a footprint of over 20000 square metres With its clinker-brick façade, granite base and 4 metre-high windows, the building resembles a minimalist sculpture Project is not public! Floor area/size 1993 20000 m² Alvaro Siza Vieira Vitra GmbH Marco_De_Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 13

photo: Jiran Kohout Architekti photo: Jiran Kohout Architekti Romeo & Julia Schwabbacher Strasse 15 70437 Stuttgart 'Romeo and Julia' are Hans Scharoun's first buildings after World War II and his largest 'till then at all He designed organic floorplans to open the buildings like a fan towards the way of the sun There are almost no right angles which means that the rooms are hard to furnish according to the needs of the individual users Yet, the buildings had great economic success, which led to the construction of the 'Salute' buildings in Stuttgart-Fasanenhof, Sautterweg 5 Project is not public! 1959 Hans Scharoun JKA photo: Jiran Kohout Architekti http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 14

photo: Mieke Vullings photo: Mieke Vullings Killesbergturm Beim Hohenfreibad 10 70192 Stuttgart http://wwwkillesbergturmde This over 40 meter high belvedere is situated at the highest point of the Killesberg Park and offers a terrific view over the city of Stuttgart and its surroundings Two light spiral staircases, with each 174 steps, connect four platforms with levels of 8, 16, 24 and 31 meter To separate the traffic streams of people one leads the visitors up and one brings them down The structure consists of a prestressed cable-net 48 cables with a diameter of 18 mm are spun around the mast and platforms At 34 metre the cable net is connected to a compression ring and at the bottom at a ring basis Because the mast pushes the ring and connected net up, the net becomes prestressed and in the cables only the pulling strength is working Thanks to that trick the cables could be formed so very thin! On a windy day, you shouldn't be afraid of heights, it can be exciting and shaky Floor area/size 7-2001 66 m² Landscape architect Contractor Project manager Contractor Luz und Partner E Roleff GmbH Schlaich, Bergermann und Partner Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG Verschonerungsverein der Stadt Stuttgart Mieke photo: Mieke Vullings The tower is situated in the centre of Höhenpark Killesberg, the address set above is an approach of the exact location Stadtbahn U7, stop at Killesberg Messe Stadtbahn U6 und U13, stop at Maybachstrasse Parking Messe P8 Parking Messegelande - Rote Wand http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 15

Stuttgart Central Station Arnulf-Klett-Platz 2 70173 Stuttgart http://wwwbahnhof-stuttgartde Stuttgart Central Station is classified under monumental protection and is located in downtown Stuttgart, in close proximity of the Königstraße (Stuttgart s shopping district) and the Schlossgarten, which is also known as the 'Green U' of Stuttgart Stuttgart's main train station, similar to its surrounding area, offers its guests a selection of businesses that cater to their shopping, service and gastronomic needs The building by Paul Bonatz is a fine example of the Monumental Style (text from website Stuttgart Information) photo: Jiran Kohout Architekti 12-1927 Paul Bonatz JKA http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 16

photo: Mieke Vullings photo: Mieke Vullings photo: Mieke Vullings 900 am 600 pm Tuesday till Sunday (also on public holidays) Closed on Mondays The ticket counter closes at 5 pm Arrival by car: A8 motorway from Karlsruhe: To the Degerloch exit, from here on the B27 in the direction of Stuttgart-Zentrum, then follow the signs to Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion / Mercedes-Benz Museum A8 motorway from Ulm: To the Esslingen exit, from here on the B10 in the direction of Stuttgart to the Stuttgart-Ost exit, then follow the signs to Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion / Mercedes-Benz Museum A81 motorway from Heilbronn: To the Zuffenhausen exit, from here on the B27 in the direction of Stuttgart-Zentrum, then follow the signs to Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion / Mercedes-Benz Museum Parking facilities Please use either the multi-story museum car park or 17 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ this page is part of Mi guide ' trip - met Hashmat' made by Sharmila Nasheed, Rotterdam, Netherlands

the adjacent multi-story P4 car park Arrival by train: From Stuttgart main station or the Rotebühlplatz / Stadtmitte local public transport stop, take the S-Bahn (rapid transit line) S1 to the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion stop (no need to change trains) After alighting, please follow the signs Mercedes-Benz Museum Mercedesstraße 100 70372 Stuttgart wwwmercedes-benzcom/museum When approaching the city of Stuttgart from the eastern side, right next to highway B14 ermerges the new Mercedes Benz Museum The structure of the museum is based on a cloverleaf The semi-circular floors rotate around the central atrium forming horizontal plateaus which alternate between double and single heights The museumconcept is based on two different exhibitionflows One being the Collection rooms, which are exposed and day-lit, surrounded by huge, panoramic windows The other consisting of historical displays, Legend rooms, theatrical spaces, sheltered and artificial lit The Museum experience begins with visitors traveling up through the atrium in one of the three, capsule like, elevators At the top floor the visitor may take one of the two spiralling main paths down, that unfold chronologically as they descend through the building Intersecting with each other at several points, like strands of a DNA helix, allowing the visitor to change routes all the time Floor area/size 5-2006 34000 m² Geometry consultant Infrastructure consultant Building physics consultant Project manager Structural engineer Exhibition designer Lighting designer Contractor Structural engineer Structural engineer UNStudio Arnold Walz Arup Bayer Bauphysik Ingenieursgesellschaft mbh Drees & Sommer GmbH Ed Züblin AG HG Merz Ulrike Brandi Licht Wenzel + Wenzel Werner Sobek Ingenieure Wolff & Müller GmbH DaimlerChrysler AG Mieke http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 18

State Gallery Stuttgart Konrad-Adenauer-Straße 30-32 70182 Stuttgart http://wwwstgtcom/stuttgart/statgalehtm The State Gallery Stuttgart is comprised today of three buildings The oldest part of the gallery, known today as the Old State Gallery, was constructed from 1838 to 1843 by Gottlob Georg Barth as the Museum of Picture Art In 1984, the Old State Gallery was joined by the New State Gallery, constructed by the English master architect James Stirling The Swiss architects Wilfrid und Katharina Steib annexed the Old State Gallery in 2002 While the Old State Gallery contains works from the Middle Ages to the 19th century, the New State Gallery contains art from the 20th century, including works from Braque, Chagall, Debuffet, Klee, Koloschka and Nolde Futhermore, the Gallery has one of the most important collections of Picasso's work to be seen In addition to the featured paintings, sculptures, and photography, the largest collection of European drawings and printed graphics within, with more than 400000 papers, can also be viewed (text from website Stuttgart Information) photo: Jean-Jacques Jungers 1984 James Stirling -MT4- http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 19

photo: Jeroen Meijer photo: Porsche Porsche Museum Porscheplatz 1 D - 70435 Stuttgart http://wwwporschecom The new museum is the business card at Porsche's headquarters in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen and will represent the company both inwardly and outwardly The exhibition is dedicated to the era of Professor Ferdinand Porsche and his development work in the period between 1900 and 1948, all gathered in one place Connected to this, as the main theme of the exhibition, is the product chronology of the Porsche sports car, which will be supplemented by more in-depth topic areas that are of particular significance for the company s history and philosophy The exhibition is a "rolling museum : 80 vehicles in the new museum regularly exchange places with other racing and sports cars The Company archive is also housed here and in addition to a restaurant and coffee bar in the foyer, there's a conference area on the top floor as well as an exclusive restaurant, which will be opened independently of the museum operation and may also be leased by external interested parties photo: Porsche Floor area/size 12-2008 25800 m² Delugan Meissl Associated s Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG boeboe Museum and Exhibition opening hours: Tuesdays Sundays 9:00 am 6:00 pm The admission counters close at 5:00 pm Closed on Mondays Christophorus Restaurant opening hours: Tuesdays Saturdays 11:30 am 12:00 pm Sundays 11:30 am 2:30 pm There is separate access to the Restaurant Museum Workshop opening hours: Mondays Fridays 9:00 am 4:00 pm Outside of official opening hours on request by public trasport:take rail S6 and get off at the stop "Porscheplatz'' Tel: 0049 (0)711 911 24026, Bookings of Group and Special Tours: Tel: 0049 (0)711 911 20 911, Enquiries for Events: Tel: 0049 (0)711 911 21 911, e-mail: eventsmuseum@porschede http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 20

photo: HJ Imhoff photo: HJ Imhoff Weissenhofsiedlung Rathenaustraße 1 70191 Stuttgart http://wwwweissenhofde The Weissenhofsiedlung is one of the most significant landmarks left by the movement known as "Neues Bauen" The development was erected in 1927 as a residential building exhibition arranged by the City of Stuttgart and the Deutscher Werkbund Working under the artistic direction of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, seventeen architects created an exemplary residential scheme for modern urban residents The architects participating in the exhibition - including Le Corbusier, Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, Scharoun and others - were known at that time only in those circles devoted to the international avantgarde Today they are amongst the most notable masters of modern architecture To be found at the Weissenhof development are numerous homes built by these architects, all in close proximity one to another And that's what makes this residential development unique around the world photo: HJ Imhoff 1927 Main designer, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Hans Scharoun JJP Oud Le Corbusier Mart Stam Peter Behrens City of Stuttgart and the Deutscher Werkbund HJI The neighbourhood is still "in use" and so open 24hrs a day The house by Le Corbusier is nowadays a museum, check the website for opening hours With U-bahn go to station "Killesberg Messe", from there it's just a short walk http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 21

photo: Roland Halbe photo: Roland Halbe Child and Youth Centre Obere Weinsteige 9 70597 Stuttgart Dating from 1912, this house was built originally as a chemist's shop and dwelling From the late 1970s on, it became inhabited by squatters They managed to stay put until 2002, when the house's owner, the Helene-Pfleiderer-Stiftung, began coaxing the tenants to move out and initiated the plan to convert the house into a council-run youth centre Both foundation and council preferred not to demolish the clinker-faced structure The elements added around the original building push forward strongly like a range of folded mountains The only feature that stands out from the layered composition is an emblematic tower that rises boldly, its topmost level used as a viewing platform Although the rather gruff, offbeat, jagged architecture testifies to the influence of Günther Behnisch, the youth centre as a whole radiates a distinctive style that combines the unconventional with professional discipline photo: Roland Halbe 2006 Project manager Kauffmann Theilig und Partner Jakob Eckert Stuttgarter Jugendhaus Ursula_Baus http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 22

photo: Mieke Vullings photo: Thomas Bögl Kunstmuseum Stuttgart Kleiner Schlossplatz 1 70173 Stuttgart http://wwwkunstmuseumstuttgartcom The location in the heart of the city of Stuttgart has been a subject of several urbanistic competitions The design of Berlin architects Hascher + Jehle was selected from a number of proposals submitted in an international contest in 1999 By far the largest part of the 5000 m² exhibition space is actually located below Kleiner Schlossplatz While parts of the museum's own collection are permanently displayed on the two basement levels, the cube is mainly used for special exhibitions The glass galleries invite you during the day to a magnificent view of the city and the surrounding slopes, at night the cube floats as a fascinating light sculpture above the square With a museum shop, book shop, a classic espresso bar in the museum foyer and the Cube roof restaurant (with spectaculair views of the city!) as well as rooms for events, the glass cube is becoming an attraction for the friends of art as well as for the people passing by and the visitors to the city photo: Mieke Vullings Floor area/size 3-2005 13000 m² Project manager Contractor Hascher Jehle Architektur Drees & Sommer GmbH Kappes + Scholtz Ingenieur- und Planungsgesellschaft mbh Stadt Stuttgart Mieke Tuesday and Thursday till Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm Wednesday and Friday: 10 am - 9 pm Monday: closed Holiday opening hours: Good Friday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day: closed On all other holidays the museum is open from 10 am to 6 pm This also applies to Easter Monday and Whit Monday Guided tours (without prior reservation): Wednesday and Friday from 6 to 7 pm Saturday and Sunday from 3 tot 4 pm Tickets 2,50 / 1,50 (incl entrance) Bus 42 or 44 to Schlossplatz Underground lines U5, U6, U7and 15 to Schlossplatz S-Bahn transit to Stadtmitte station http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 23

photo: Jeroen Meijer photo: Jeroen Meijer Wohnblock Am Weißenhof Am Weißenhof 14-20 70191 Stuttgart http://wwwweissenhofckomde/02_gebaeude/index1php?k ategorie=0&id=&flash=0 In steel frame and built with brick masonry and plastered facade, with flat rooftop, the apartment building consists of four parts, each with one staircase, six-storey flats, each 42 to 80 square meters of living space The exterior this building offers no decorative or ornamental elements The only 'decoration is the grid in front of the staircase windows The rhythm of the construction follows from the cantilevered balconies and the horizontal window bands The apartment building was heavily damaged during the warthe building also served as a children's hospital The apartment layouts were created after the war, and greatly changed the layout In 1984 to 1986 the building was refurbished and additional 1-bedroom-loft apartments were developed During the renovation, 8 cm thick polystyrene panels with isolation were placed before the façades and the respective depth of the window bands have extremely reduced The window blinds are also a consequence of renovation and is not original photo: Jeroen Meijer 1927 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe jpmm Tue, Wed, Fri-Sun 11-18 Thu 11-20, closed on Mondays SMALL TOUR (45 min) and sample introduction Weissenhof 4 Euro / 3,50 Euro reduced LARGE TOUR Weissenhof introduction, show and tour Weissenhof 6 Euro / 4,50 off Tours: Available as Small or Large tour Tu-Fri 15 clock, Saturday, Sunday and holidays 11 am-15 o'clock clock group tours by appointment Weissenhofmuseum im Haus Le Corbusier Rathenaustr 1 70191 Stuttgart Tel +49 (0)71125 79 187 info@weissenhofmuseumde http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 24

photo: Becker Lacour photo: Becker Lacour Cathedral Choir School Landhausstrasse 29 70190 Stuttgart Churches are becoming increasingly important as cultural centres, especially with respect to musical education where state schools fail to perform this function In Stuttgart, a Catholic parish has built a choir school where non-church choirs may also go to practice The location is central, on a sloping site typical of Stuttgart The street features a relatively consistent use of brickwork and natural stone - and this material theme was taken up by architects no w here in their design Instead of a hierarchy of front, side and rear views, they chose to present the building as a sculptural volume, without overwhelming the rest of the street The foyer, large rehearsal hall, small practice rooms, library and even a small number of apartments are clad in a skin of bricks whose non-load-bearing quality is highlighted by the architects in the curved façade Inside, the atmosphere is cheerful and lively, animated with red, soft yellow and pale green 2007 no w here Katholische Gesamtkirchengemeinde Stuttgart photo: Becker Lacour Ursula_Baus http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 25

photo: Jiran Kohout Architekti Tagblatt Tower Eberhardstrasse 61 70173 Stuttgart In 1920s, a lively discussion started about high-rise buildings During this time a proposal for a network of high-rises in Stuttgart was created The Tagblatt Tower by Ernst Otto Oßwald is one of them It is an exposed concrete structure with a total height of 61m Originally used by a newspaper publisher, today the tower houses offices, exhibition spaces and a theatre Close to it stood the famous Kaufhaus Schocken by Erich Mendelsohn which was destroyed in 1960, many years after World War II 1928 Ernst Otto Oßwald JKA photo: Jiran Kohout Architekti http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 26

photo: Julia Magenau photo: Julia Magenau Museum of Modern Literature Schillerhöhe 8 71672 Marbach am Neckar http://wwwdla-marbachde/ Located on top of a rock plateau overlooking the valley of the Neckar River, the museum displays artefacts from the extensive 20th century collection from the Archive for German Literature, notably the original manuscripts The Trial (Franz Kafka) and Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin) By using the steep slope of the site, terraces allow for the creation of very different spaces A pavilion-like volume is located on the highest terrace, with the entrance to the museum The interiors reveal themselves as one descends down through the loggia, foyer and staircase spaces, preparing the visitor for the dark timber-panelled exhibition galleries, illuminated only by artificial light due to fragility and sensitivity of the works on display A clearly defined material concept using solid materials (fair-faced concrete, sandblasted reconstituted stone with limestone aggregate, limestone, wood, felt and glass) gives the calm, rational architectural language a sensual physical presence photo: Julia Magenau Floor area/size 1-2006 3800 m² Interior architect, Contractor Services engineer Structural engineer Services engineer Project manager David Chipperfield s MI_MOA Wenzel + Wenzel JMP Jaeger, Mornhinweg + Partner Ingenieurgruppe Bauen Ibb Burrer & Deuring Drees & Sommer GmbH Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach Tuesday to Sunday: 1000-1800 h Marbach is 25 km north of Stuttgart, to find out how to get there, see wwwstaedte-verlagde/stadtplaene http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 27

photo: Bjorn Utpott photo: Bjorn Utpott Community Centre Johannes-Hoffart-Straße 1 68163 Mannheim http://wwwekmade/thomasgemeinde This new protestant community centre forms a new heart in a cheerless expanse of urban sprawl The single-storey, flat-roofed building was a winning entry for an open design competition in which 440 other entries competed Surprisingly the architects have been able to built almost the same design as that with which they won the competition In, where decision-making is mostly done with a very large group, including the pastor, representatives of the congregation and members of the town council, this is a small miracle Especially since the outer facade of the building offers a pretty unusual sight The U-shaped building encloses a semi-public garden courtyard, which is surrounded by the meeting hall, rooms and youth centre The eye-catching, load-bearing outer shell consists of two basic modules: prefabricated unclad concrete components that could be installed either way up, and an all-round glass façade photo: Bjorn Utpott Floor area/size 10-2007 800 m² Main designer, Landscape architect Netzwerk Architekten club L94 Landschafts Architekten Evangelische Thomasgemeinde Bjorn_Utpott http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 28

photo: Hannes Freising ZGG Pavilion Dieburger Strasse 31 64287 Darmstadt In Darmstadt,, The Alice-Hospital vom Roten Kreuz has commissioned Angela Fritsch Architekten to build a pavilion in the park in front of their main building In cooperation with Hannes Freising from architectural façade firm Huellwerk, this ZGG pavilion (Zentrum Ganzheitlicher Gesundheit) was to consist of a cheap container box with a wallpaper made out of sheet metal This golden cover has ornamental leaves cut out of it, making it a shiny and decorative structure in the hospital's park Floor area/size 5-2003 54 m² Main designer, Angela Fritsch Architekten Huellwerk Alice-Hospital vom Roten Kreuz Hannes_Freising photo: Hannes Freising Daily from 0900-17:00 The structure is located in the park between Alice-Hospital and Mathildenhöhweg When entering the hospital's main entrance, you will find it straight ahead in the park The ZGG is in the park behind the hospital During opening hours you go in the main entrance Or you go around the hospital http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 29

photo: Reni Hansen photo: Reni Hansen Kunstmuseum Bonn Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2 53113 Bonn http://kunstmuseumbonnde Both the architecture and the collections it houses convey their pleasure in mutual existence Neither are in competition with the other; both find their expression in coalition with the building The Kunstmuseum Bonn built by Axel Schultes is the most important postwar museum construction, making it the culmination of the museum boom in The building is an architectural end-in-itself as well as a conservational shell It makes high claims for itself, but also for the collections Schultes operates openly; his art museum has three entrances; he designed the staircase to be a precisely cut, jewel-like geometry His concept of light brings the collection to life Light streams through the rooms as though poured from a watering can It was the architecture that made the museum internationally known In interplay with Gustav Peichl's building, the Art and Exhibition Hall of the German Republic that faces it, it enhances its own specific valency as architecture 1992 Schultes Frank Architekten City of Bonn MI_MOA photo: Michael Sondermann Tuesday Sunday: 11am to 6 pm Wednesday: 11am to 9 pm Closed on Monday, 23, 27 of February, 24, 25 and 31 of December The Kunstmusem Bonn is located at the B9, which connects Bonn and Bad Godesberg You can reach the Kunstmuseum fast through the A555/565 (exit Poppelsdorf) or the A59 (exit Bad Godesberg) Car-park is behind the museum The Kunstmuseum Bonn is connected to the public transport system of Bonn: use the subway from the central station line 16, 63 and 66, stop Heussallee; bus line 610, stop Heussallee http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 30

photo: Hélène Binet photo: Hélène Binet Kolumba Kolumbastraße 4 50667 Cologne http://wwwkolumbade/ Kolumba is the art museum of the archbishopric of Cologne As combination of place, collection and architecture it allows the visitor to experience two millennia of western culture in one building housing art from late antiquity to the present The architecture combines the ruins of the late Gothic church St Kolumba, the chapel Madonna in the Ruins (1950), the unique archaeological excavation (1973-1976), and the new building designed by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor The warm grey brick of the massive building unite with the tuffs, basalt and bricks of the ruins A secret garden, stone ruins, a uniquely dense archaeological site: the ruins of the gothic church in the center of rebuilt Cologne are the most impressive symbol of the city s almost complete destruction during the Second World War Kolumba allows visitors to immerse themselves in the presence of their memories and offers them their own experiences on their way Floor area/size 9-2007 6200 m² Peter Zumthor Erzbistum Generalvikariat MI_MOA photo: Hélène Binet Wednesday to Monday 12 to 5 pm closed on Tuesdays http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 31

photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Hauptbahnhof Köln Extension Köln Hauptbahnhof Cologne http://wwwbahnhofde/site/bahnhoefe/de/west/koeln/koel n hbfhtml Köln Hauptbahnhof (usually translated from German as ''Cologne Central Station'', short form: Köln Hbf) is the main train station for the city of Cologne in western The station is an important local, national and international hub On an average day, about 250,000 travellers pass by, leaving it tied with Hanover and Düsseldorf for fifth busiest station in The automatic baggage locker facility with over 1,000 located underground baggage compartments is another feature of the Cologne railway station The station's building also hosts a large shopping mall, the Colonaden In 1945 architect and urban planner Rudolf Schwarz called Cologne the "world's greatest heap of debris" In 1957 the station was rebuilt after the centre of the city was wiped out s Schmitt and Schneider designed the new entry hall and the bowl shaped roof In 2000 the station was renovated and expanded by Busmann + Haberer photo: Naomi Schiphorst 2000 Busmann + Haberer Naomi Every day Shops and eateries are also open on Sunday The station is situated next to the Cologne cathedral http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 32

photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Museum Ludwig Heinrich-Böll-Platz 50667 Cologne http://wwwmuseenkoelnde/museum-ludwig/ The Museum Ludwig is devoted to modern art from the beginning of the 20th century The highlight of the museum is the collection of Pop Art built up by Peter and Irene Ludwig - the largest outside the USA In addition, the Ludwigs have bequeathed a considerable collection on the Russian avantgarde from the period from 1906 to 1930 and a collection of several hundred works by Pablo Picasso The overall form of the building is a rhythmic east-west saw-tooth roofscape It is divided into two halves in order to create views and direct access from the Cathedral to the Rhine, involving five different streets and squares around the museum The spatial hierarchy continues inside At the centre of the cross formed by the outdoor streets and squares is the foyer, from where the staircase leads to the different levels and exhibition areas The saw-tooth roof allows an explicit northward orientation, giving evenly distributed natural north light, augmented as necessary by artificial light photo: Naomi Schiphorst 1986 Busmann + Haberer City of Cologne Naomi Tuesday - Sunday: 10 18 h Every first Thursday of the month: 10 22 h Monday closed +49-221-221-26165, info@museum-ludwigde On walking distance from the central train station http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 33

photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Museum of Applied Art An der Rechtschule D-50667 Cologne http://wwwmuseenkoelnde/museum-fuer-angewandte-kuns t/ The Museum für Angewandte Kunst (in short MAK) shows 20th century design in a great post-wwii building, designed in 1957 by Cologne architect Rudolf Schwarz Originally this building was designed for the the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and later housed Museum Ludwig The design department gives visitors the opportunity to study design in its close relationship with works of fine art Under the title 'Art + Design in Dialogue' the new permanent design exhibition highlights the complex interplay between design and art and contextualize it within it's political social and artistic framework 20th century design by pioneering designers, juxtaposed with outstanding works of fine art The building was sensitively renovated by the Cologne architect Walter Lom in 1983 1957 Main designer, Rudolf Schwarz Walter von Lom Naomi photo: Naomi Schiphorst Tuesday to Sunday 11 am - 5 pm Public tours: Saturdays, Sundays 230 pm, wednesdays 11 am Tel: +49/221/221-23860 and -26714 Library: Tuesday to Friday 11 am -5 pm Tel +49-221-221/26729-26713 - 221/23394 mfak@stadt-koelnde The Museum has a great lunch room and open air inner courtyard! Subway, tram, bus: Dom/Hauptbahnhof http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 34

photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Wallraf Richartz Museum Obenmarspforten 50667 Cologne http://wwwmuseenkoelnde/wallraf-richartz-museum/ The Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud is Cologne s oldest museum and one of the foremost picture galleries in It shows European painting from the 13th to the early 20th century and has one of the world s leading collections of mediaeval painting, with Stefan Lochner s Madonna of the Rose Bower as its greatest attraction Other highlights include works by the Baroque masters, ranging from Rubens and Rembrandt to Murillo and Boucher, the German Romantics, French Realism, and Impressionism A competition in 1996 for a new building between the so-called war Rathauspatz and the ruins of St Alban was won by the Cologne architect Oswald Mathias Ungers The new building stands on a historical basis and is of numerous witnesses to the centuries-old architectural history of this place Excavations of a Roman temple, and medieval cellars can be seen in the basement of the museum, and behind the entrance lie the church ruins of St Alban photo: Naomi Schiphorst 2001 Oswald Mathias Ungers Naomi Tuesday to Friday 10 am to 6 pm Every Thursday 10 am to 10 pm Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 6 pmclosed Mondays, as well as on 24, 25 and 3112 and January 1st tel: 0221-221/2 11 19, wallraf@museenkoelnde Restaurant Bistro WallRichEck, Tel + 49-221-9923750 Subway: station Dom/Hauptbahnhof (Central station) Bus: station Rathaus Tram: station Heumarkt Car: Parking facilities can be found in the direct vicinity http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 35

photo: Bjorn Utpott photo: Bjorn Utpott Hotel Chelsea Jülicherstr 1 50674 Cologne http://wwwhotel-chelseade An artists' hotel featuring "Artists in residence" The roof area has recently been developed in a deconstructionist style by architect Hartmut Gruhl, on top of a rather unpretentious building from the Sixties The result of this is seven new luxury rooms The other rooms are more ordinary and cheaper too It looks like a sculpture on a pedesta Some rooms have split-level, most of them with their own roof-top terrace The oblique construction creates unusual and exciting spaces with wide views from the wall-high cantilevered windows photo: Bjorn Utpott 2001 Hartmut Gruhl Bjorn_Utpott +49 221 207150 mail@hotel-chelseade Location great in pleasant neighbourhood with plenty of shops and restaurants, 20 mins walk through excellent shopping area to the old twon centre and the dome (or 2 tram stops) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 36

photo: Bjorn Utpott photo: Bjorn Utpott Kranhaus 1 Rheinauhafen Rheinauhalbinsel 50678 Cologne http://wwwkranhaus1de A new office space, with 'spectacular' design on a unique location at the River Rhine It is located on top of the Rheinauhafen car park, "Europe's longest underground car park", which stretches over a length of 1,600 meters under the area Project is not public! Floor area/size 2008 16000 m² BRT Architekten Bjorn_Utpott photo: Bjorn Utpott http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sharmila/guides/%20trip%20-%20met%20hashmat/ 37