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The State Minister for Culture and Media of the Federal Republic Wolfram Weimer visiting Venice, launches the offensive for the redevelopment of cultural buildings.
VENICE (VE). On the occasion of his visit to the Architecture Biennale in Venice, the Minister of State for Culture and Media of the Federal Government, Wolfram Weimer, launched an offensive for the redevelopment of exceptional cultural buildings in Germany in the coming years. “We will invest in cultural buildings throughout Germany. Cultural infrastructure needs strengthening. For this reason, we are promoting and accelerating numerous construction projects in the cultural sector to support the cultural and creative industries as engines of innovation. At the same time, we are promoting growth and employment in the construction industry and in specialized trades.”
The renovation of the historic park of the Palazzi e Giardini Prussiani Foundation on Isola dei Pavoni has recently been completed. The Luther’s House in Wittenberg, part of the Luther Memorials Foundation of Saxony-Anhalt, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is currently undergoing energy-efficient renovation. The renovation of the synagogue in Augsburg is underway. And in Berlin, the construction of the new Museum of Modern Berlin is well underway.
Within the culture of memory, important projects include the German-Polish House project and the redesign of memorials in memory of the victims of the Nazi regime in Dachau, Ravensbrück, and Sachsenhausen.
“Thanks to their high visibility, cultural buildings directly contribute to Germany’s attractiveness and strengthening as a business location,” Weimer said. “Cultural buildings are part of our identity as a cultural nation. They promote social cohesion by enabling stimuli and encounters. Especially in an international context, we should make our cultural beacons shine even brighter.”
During his visit to Venice, Weimer met, among others, the President of the Biennale Pietrangelo Buttafuoco and visited the German Pavilion Stresstest with curator Nicola Borgmann and visual artist Christoph Brech. “What strikes me most about the German contribution is the emphatic and contemporary approach to the threats posed by climate change,” Weimer stated. “At the same time, the Biennale clearly shows how innovative and forward-thinking our approach to architecture and building culture is, even in an international comparison. We want to continue to support this approach.”
The Federal Minister of Building Verena Hubertz commented: “The exhibitions of the German Pavilion at the Architecture Biennale in Venice are an important contribution to the national and international dialogue on building culture. With their practical proposals for the climatic adaptation of our cities and communities, the curators of the Stresstest team have managed this year to address a cardinal theme of the Federal Government’s urban development policy. The quality of our built environment for livable, sustainable, and healthy buildings, infrastructure, and public spaces is particularly important to me. That is why we have made the necessary expansion of green and blue infrastructures a priority of German policy on Baukultur ‘Shaping spaces for good coexistence’.”
State Minister Weimer also visited the German Center for Venetian Studies, funded by the State Minister for Culture and Media, which is also engaged in the topic of Baukultur. On the occasion of the Architecture Biennale, the international symposium “Hydraulic Engineering and Climate Adaptation” will be held in the lagoon city from June 11th to 13th, 2025, in collaboration with the Federal Foundation for Baukultur and the Venice Urban Lab.
