"Preserve. Upgrade. Renew. - General refurbishment of the Wolfsburg Theater 2014 - 2015".
Current: News and dates relating to the reopening of the theater
- The poster for the reopening of the theater is now available free of charge from the .
- A new publication with the same title is expected to appear in March/April 2016 with contributions from Winfried Brenne, Rocco Curti, Heidi Fengel, Nicole Froberg, Franz Jaschke, Petra Pennigsdorf and others.
Pioneering cultural buildings
Founded in 1938, Wolfsburg is one of the very few new cities of the 20th century. Founded on July 1, 1938, the city was often a pioneer of urban development trends in the young Federal Republic of Germany during its short and exciting history. The city is a characteristic example of planned urban development, closely linked in its history to the economic developments of the automobile group. Wolfsburg can therefore almost be regarded as a museum of 20th century urban development ideas and at the same time combines a large number of exciting individual buildings.
Since the mid-1950s, Alvar Aalto's Kulturhaus, Hans Scharoun's theater building, the art museum and the Autostadt have been built along the central city axis. Up until the phæno, a groundbreaking cultural project was realized here practically every ten years, providing impetus as a pioneering development.
Communicating architecture in Wolfsburg
The fact that urban development and architecture follow special parameters in the "new" city of Wolfsburg and now have a decisive influence on the city's public image has been taken into account by the city of Wolfsburg by creating a separate department on July 1, 2001 for the topic of architecture communication and architecture mediation: the Forum Architektur. The aim of the institution is, on the one hand, to consciously raise Wolfsburg's profile as a city of architecture and, on the other hand, to do basic work on architectural culture for the residents of this city.