Stations along a route are places of pause and reflection. They endow the path with internal coherence and a theme. The sixteen stations of the Remstal Garden Show span the arc of the Rems river, from its source to its mouth. The array of architectural structures by the participating studios characterises the sites where and for which the works were built; they differ from one another in design and atmosphere. Yet they are also linked to one another like pearls on a necklace. Although architecture ordinarily responds to requirements imposed for a precise function, these are of secondary importance here. Of primary importance is instead the search for a dialogue with the culture that distinguishes this landscape. The specificity of a place immediately catches the attention of visitors; they discern and understand without any instructions for use. Why? Because all the stations posses a narrative power that is an essential trait of any outstanding architecture.

Client:
Remstal Gartenschau 2019 GmbH

Curator:
Jórunn Ragnarsdóttir, Stuttgart

Involved architects:
Barkow Leibinger, Brandelhuber+ mit Marta Dyachenko, Burger Rudacs Architekten, harris+kurrle architekten, Hild und K Architekten, KUEHN MALVEZZI mit atelier
le balto, J.Mayer.H, Mäckler Architekten, Achim Menges/Jan Knippers, Florian Nagler Architekten, studioRAUCH, schneider+schumacher, Uwe Schröder Architekten, Schulz und Schulz, Staab Architekten, su und z Architekten

Beginning of the project:
December 2016

Exhibition of the drafts:
May 2017

Completion:
May 2019

Symposium:
June 2019

Locations in the rems valley:
Essingen, Mögglingen, Böbingen an der Rems, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Lorch, Plüderhausen, Urbach, Schorndorf, Winterbach, Remshalden, Weinstadt, Korb, Kernen im Remstal, Waiblingen, Fellbach, Remseck am Neckar

Photos:
Arno Lederer, Stuttgart

Publications
Lederer   Ragnarsdóttir  Oei 2
Lederer, Arno / Ragnarsdóttir, Jórunn / Oei, Marc (Hg.)
Jovis Verlag Berlin 2021

Bauwelt
17|2019

16 Stationen – Dokumentation.
Stuttgart 2019

Stuttgarter Zeitung
27.08.2019

DETAIL
7–8|2019

AIT
6|2019

Opus C
5|2019

der architekt
5|2019

Bauwelt
12|2017

16 Stationen – Ausstellungskatalog.
Stuttgart 2017

Stuttgarter Zeitung
10.05.2017