Can GREEN in architecture improve the climate in cities, reduce heat generation, lower the release of fine dust particles, and increase people‘s well-being? It’s time to develop architecture with regard to green spaces, to upgrade urban spaces, and to consider GREEN not just in terms of ecological aspects. Learn more about the exhibition EINFACH GRÜN  here…

Wie wird Frankfurt im Jahr 2099 aussehen? Eine spannende Frage. Wir wollen die Zukunft selbst in die Hand nehmen und unsere Stadt der Zukunft bereits heute bauen. Was sind unsere Utopien? Was entsteht, wenn viele verschiedene Visionen zusammentreffen? Gemeinsam mit dem Youtuber Josef Heinrich Bogatzki (aka. TheJoCraft) haben wir die Idee entwickelt, das Spiel Minecraft zu nutzen, um gemeinsam ein urbanistisches Szenario “Frankfurt 2099” zu realisieren.

We invited children to transform our exhibition space on the ground floor into a children’s city together. With paths made of fabric, houses made of cardboard, smoke made of cotton wool and trees made of wood. For themselves and yet together – this is how a city of children’s dreams was created! 

Above all in the Rhineland in Central Germany, Krefeld native Heinz Bienefeld (1926–1995) designed and realized numerous ecclesiastical buildings and residential buildings over a period spanning some 40 years. It is not easy to categorize the style of his architecture, which alternates between the classicism of a Palladio and the contemporary modern.

The Gesellschaft der Freunde des Deutschen Architekturmuseums e.V. (Friends of DAM) was founded in 1985 and supports DAM in the realization of its public duties, both in ideal form and materially. Can we count on you too?