‘Soziale Stadt im Bild’ at Architekturgalerie am Weißenhof, Stuttgart
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“Soziale Stadt im Bild. Das Neue Frankfurt In Fotografien Von Matthias Matzak” featuring the works of architecture photographer Matthias Matzak is on view at Architekturgalerie am Weißenhof, Stuttgart.The selection of works on display features the docume‘Soziale Stadt im Bild’ at Architekturgalerie am Weißenhof, Stuttgart
“Soziale Stadt im Bild. Das Neue Frankfurt In Fotografien Von Matthias Matzak” featuring the works of architecture photographer Matthias Matzak is on view at Architekturgalerie am Weißenhof, Stuttgart.The selection of works on display features the documentation of the architecture of Frankfurt by Matzak from 2008 till date. The photographs represent the settlements and buildings of Neue Frankfurt by architects such as Ernst May, and Martin Elsaesser among others. The images depict the current state of this reforming architecture which started in the early parts of the 20th century through an aesthetic eye. “Soziale Stadt im Bild” raises questions about designing and mediating urban planning being only a dispensable luxury or essential need for social coexistence?Die architekturgalerie am weißenhof was founded in in 1982 by Stuttgarter Architekten and the BDA Baden-Wuerttemberg. It is thus one of the oldest architectural sites in Europe. In the awareness of the historical location, the institution moved into the small town in the year of its foundation Vorbau to a multi - family house on the Weißenhof in Stuttgart, built in 1927 by the Berlin architect Peter Behrens. As part of a former model house, the rooms of the gallery today are among the few places of the internationally famous Factory "The Apartment," which is open to the public. The pioneering program of 1927 dealing with contemporary and historical architecture, took over the gallery and could so far in has organized approximately 150 exhibitions achieve an exciting and productive reflection.“Soziale Stadt im Bild. Das Neue Frankfurt In Fotografien Von Matthias Matzak” runs through October 15, 2017 at Architekturgalerie am Weißenhof, Am Weißenhof 30, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany.For details, visit: http://weissenhofgalerie.de/Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition. Read more