"designed from shells"

Results of the research project ‘Stuttgart 210 - thinking ahead, building ahead!’ on display at StadtPalais - Museum für Stuttgart from 6 December 2024 to 26 January 2025

A crooked log also makes a straight fire. Despite this saying and plans for thermal utilisation, an interdisciplinary team from the universities of Constance, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe spent two years investigating forward-looking concepts on how the innovative reuse of formwork elements from the construction of Stuttgart's new main railway station can make an ecological contribution to the construction sector. The results will be presented in an exhibition in the gallery of the StadtPalais - Museum für Stuttgart from 6 December. In addition to aesthetic and functional aspects, the exhibition will shed light on the practicability of re-use and the specific challenges of large-scale upcycling by addressing structural engineering, legal and life cycle assessment issues. Plans, photographs and models show the possible use of formwork elements in various real-world laboratories in Baden-Württemberg in order to conserve raw materials and reduce CO² emissions. At an interactive exhibition station, visitors can experience the real-world laboratories and dimensions of the reused components on a 1:1 scale and try their hand at building their own virtual structures.

This interactive exhibition station can also be visited in the ITS InfoTurmStuttgart from 8 to 15 January, 10 am to 6 pm.

International IMIAD workshop follow-up report
here  

Duration
06.12.2024 – 26.01.2025

Location
Galerie-Ausstellung im StadtPalais  
Museum für Stuttgart | Konrad-Adenauer-Straße 2 | D-70173 Stuttgart

Opening hours
Tue-Sun 10 am bis 6 pm

Fri 10 am bis 21 pm +++ only during special exhibitions on the 2nd floor!

Admission
free