Ruhrmoderne exhibition installation view

Cooperation of seven universities with excursions in the northern Ruhrgebiet and two one-week interdisciplinary workshops in Marl, summer academy, theoretical work and research with subsequent exhibition in the former empty school in Marl, Germany.

Ruhrmoderne publication designed with Nico Buurmann
The publication

Neues Museum Marl is designed and built in its function as a summer academy and exhibition space in the vacant main school. In the second step, the architecture of the Ruhrmoderne was examined and analyzed. On this basis, a reinterpretation of the building, or of its basic design idea, takes place as a design for the present. In the exhibition IBA 1967 both the reference project and the new design are shown.

Through the perception and intervention in Marl and the teachings of Karl Gerstner, a graphic designer who was active in the 1960s, a cross-sectional form and grid system was created. Thus, the often brutalist architecture is reflected in the media we design, and is reinterpreted and questioned through the content and the design.

Ruhrmoderne exhibition flyer
Flyer

The concept and design was developed and created together with Joscha Bauer & Nico Buurman