Exhibition Opening September 15, 7 p.m.

Transforming, adapting, repurposing — existing building stock offers a multitude of opportunities for future-oriented architectural solutions. The Deutsches Architekturmuseum is currently also undergoing
renovation and uses a temporary space at a former office complex. This offers the opportunity to devote an exhibition to international designs displaying the possibilities of versatile transformations and new uses
of embodied architectural heritage. By respecting the existing building stock, architecture can also make a contribution to sustainability — after all, 40 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions are attributable
to the building sector. The architectural and ecological potential of retrofitting and repurposing is far from being exhausted. Demolition and new construction are often still the default answers when design
and space of structures no longer appear to meet modern standards, the current market situation or efficient usage. The values, resources and ‘grey energy’ embodied in buildings since their construction often
go unnoticed. The exhibition presents clever and creative strategies in dealing with existing architecture, covering topics in six key areas. A survey of selected Frankfurt structures also opens up new perspectives involving users and residents

SPRECHER:
PETER CACHOLA SCHMAL,
Direktor Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM),
Frankfurt am Main

VERTRETERIN DER STADT FRANKFURT:
Sylvia Weber, Dezernentin für Bildung, Immobilien und Neues Bauen, Stadt Frankfurt

VORSTELLUNG DER AUSSTELLUNG:
KATHARINA BÖTTGER, JONAS MALZAHN, MATHIAS SCHNELL,
Kurator:innen

This exhibition is supported by the Society of Friends of the DAM, Frankfurt Ostend Immobilienentwicklungs GmbH and sponsored by s.boehme & co. Advice on content is provided by Architects for Future, Frankfurt.