Utopia on forty times forty

The Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Architects, formAD e.V. and the Association of German Architects are inviting designers and planners to come up with utopian visions for Heidelberg. Participants can submit their designs until April 13, 2018.

The International Building Exhibition in Heidelberg has been focusing on the theme of “Knowledge creates the city” since 2012 and will continue until 2022. During this period, the city is initiating construction projects such as schools, museums, research facilities and cultural centers around the theme of the “knowledge society”. In addition to the realized projects, the focus is on the IBA’s visionary questions: The IBA wants to stimulate a dialogue about the city of the future. 2018 marks the halfway point of the building exhibition, which is why the IBA team is presenting the current interim status to the public.

The IBA Heidelberg is holding a competition aimed at designers and planners and their visions of what utopian places in Heidelberg could look like. They have until April 13 to submit their ideas in the form of a collage, a drawing or a model. There are no limits to the imagination, the result just has to fit on a format of 40 x 40 centimeters. Models should also not exceed 40 centimeters in height, width and depth.

All submitted works will be exhibited in May in construction containers on the grounds of the Chapel – Raum für Stadtkultur. The exhibition opens on May 4, 2018.