Guided architectural tours: Daily at 11 am, 1 and 3 pm in German and at 12 and 2 pm, English
(DE) Events in German

May 2013

Events / Special guided tours / Workshops

Sat, 25.05.2013

10:30 am

Workshop
Vitra Design Museum

Sketches and Studies after Kahn / WORKSHOP (DE)

€ 45.00 per person, registration until 21 May 2013 at workshops(at)design-museum.de

June 2013

Events / Special guided tours / Workshops

Sat, 01.06.2013

10:30 am

Workshop
Vitra Design Museum

ReDesign – Bags out of Recycled Materials / WORKSHOP (DE)

€ 45.00 per person, registration until 28 May 2013 at workshops(at)design-museum.de

Thu, 06.06.2013

6:00 pm

Event
Vitra Design Museum

Metabolism Revisited – Charlie Koolhaas / TALK (EN)

With their high-profile 2012 project, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Rem Koolhaas and the photographs of Charlie Koolhaas took a new look at the phenomenon of Metabolist architecture in Japan, for which Louis Kahn provided a significant influence. Charlie Koolhaas speaks about the rediscovery of this phenomenon and her photographic explorations in the Far East.
Free admission, registration not required

Sat, 08.06.2013

10:30 am

Workshop
Vitra Design Museum

Sketches and Studies after Kahn / WORKSHOP (DE)

€ 45.00 per person, registration until 4 June 2013 at workshops(at)design-museum.de

Tue, 11.06.2013

5:00 pm

Event
Vitra Design Museum

Zaha Hadid / SPECIAL LECTURE (EN)

This year, the Fire Station by Zaha Hadid on the Vitra Campus celebrates its twenty-year anniversary – it was the first work by Hadid ever to be realized and marked the beginning of a great architectural career. To commemorate this milestone, in Art Basel week (11 – 16 June), Zaha Hadid delivers a lecture on her own work. Entry € 20.00, admission from 4pm. Registration required under events@design-museum.de until 2 June 2013.  

Wed, 26.06.2013

10:00 am

Event
Vitra Design Museum

Louis Kahn – Curator’s Tour / WEDNESDAY MATINEE (DE)

Curator Jochen Eisenbrand offers a guided tour of the exhibition »Louis Kahn – The Power of Architecture«, explaining the background of Kahn’s work and answering questions.
€ 7.00 per person, registration not required

Sat, 29.06.2013

10:30 am

Workshop
Vitra Design Museum

PappDesign – Furniture out of Cardboard / WORKSHOP (DE)

€ 65.00 per person, registration until 25 June 2013 at workshops(at)design-museum.de

July 2013

Events / Special guided tours / Workshops

Thu, 11.07.2013

6:00 pm

Event
Vitra Design Museum

Archizines: The Magazine as an Art Form
Elias Redstone / TALK (EN)

Inspired by new architectural discourses and publishing options, a new culture of young and experimental architectural magazines has emerged over the last decade. Elias Redstone, Curator of the exhibition »Archizines« in the Vitra Design Museum Gallery, presents the new magazines.
Free admission, registration not required

Sun, 14.07.2013

11:00 am

Special guided tour
Vitra Design Museum

City, Land, River – Louis Kahn for Children / CHILDREN’S TOUR (DE)

For Louis Kahn, the interplay between nature and architecture played a decisive role. Following a tour of the exhibition, we will sketch the museum and the VitraHaus in the context of their surroundings.
For children 5 – 12 years of age.
€ 5.00 per child, registration at workshops@design-museum.de

August 2013

Events / Special guided tours / Workshops

Fri, 09.08.2013

6:00 pm

Event
Vitra Design Museum

Learning from Vernacular
Pierre Frey, Simon Velez / OPENING TALK (EN)

With their high-profile 2012 project, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Rem Koolhaas and the photographs of Charlie Koolhaas took a new look at the phenomenon of Metabolist architecture in Japan, for which Louis Kahn provided a significant influence. Charlie Koolhaas speaks about the rediscovery of this phenomenon and her photographic explorations in the Far East.
Free admission, registration not required

Sat, 31.08.2013

12:04 pm

Workshop
Vitra Design Museum

ReDesign – Jewellery out of Recycled Materials / WORKSHOP (DE)

€ 45.00 per person, registration until 27 August 2013 at workshops(at)design-museum.de

September 2013

Events / Special guided tours / Workshops

Sat, 07.09.2013

10:30 am

Workshop
Vitra Design Museum

Sketches and Studies after Kahn / WORKSHOP (DE)

€ 45.00 per person, registration until 3 September 2013 at workshops(at)design-museum.de

Sat, 14.09.2013

10:30 am

Workshop
Vitra Design Museum

ReDesign – Bags out of Recycled Materials / WORKSHOP (DE)

€ 45.00 per person, registration until 10 September 2013 at workshops(at)design-museum.de

Wed, 18.09.2013

10:00 am

Special guided tour
Vitra Design Museum

Learning from Vernacular
An Architectural Journey / WEDNESDAY MATINEE (DE)

A guided exhibition tour presents living environments from around the globe and illustrates how the study of traditional architectural forms provides young architects with inspiration.
€ 7.00 per person, registration not required

Thu, 19.09.2013

6:00 pm

Event
Vitra Design Museum

Building Africa – Francis Kéré / TALK (EN)

Francis Kéré achieved prominence with his innovative buildings for schools and his design of an opera village in Burkina Faso for the director Christoph Schlingensief. Kéré explains his vision of a new African architecture that combines indigenous traditions with modern engineering.
Free admission, registration not required

Sat, 21.09.2013

10:30 am

Workshop
Vitra Design Museum

PappDesign – Furniture out of Cardboard / WORKSHOP (DE)

€ 65.00 per person, registration until 17 September 2013 at workshops(at)design-museum.de

Sat, 28.09.2013

10:30 am

Workshop
Vitra Design Museum

ReDesign – Lamps out of Recycled Materials / WORKSHOP (DE)

€ 45.00 per person, registration until 24 September 2013 at workshops(at)design-museum.de

October 2013

November 2013