ExhibitionSuburbia. Living the dream – rethinking the house crisis

Lush lawns, blue swimming pools, double garages: Suburbia delves into the (visual) worlds of American suburbia—politics, architecture, pop culture and advertising have shaped desires and realities. The exhibition highlights these tensions and simultaneously illustrates the boom in single-family homes in Germany after 1945 with home stories from the magazine Schöner Wohnen. Visitors can flip through them in a library. But what does the future hold? The suburbs are synonymous with long traffic jams, enormous land consumption, and traditional family models. Suburbia sparks debate: does the single-family home offer a solution to the housing crisis?

Find out more on the topic in Das große Ziel: ein kleines Haus. Schöner Wohnen und das Eigenheim im Wirtschaftswunder.