Suburbia

Lush lawns, blue pools, double garages: Suburbia delves into the (visual) worlds of the American suburbs – politics, architecture, pop culture, and advertising have created both aspirations and realities.

The exhibition explores these tensions and, in parallel, traces the post-1945 West German single-family home boom through home features from the magazine "Schöner Wohnen" (Beautiful Living). A library allows visitors to browse through the magazines. But what does the future hold? The commuter belt is synonymous with long traffic jams, enormous land consumption, and traditional family structures. Suburbia invites debate: Does the single-family home hold the key to solving the housing crisis?

An exhibition by the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona and the German Architecture Museum in cooperation with the Technical University of Munich. With a contribution from the research field "wohnen+/-ausstellen" (living+/-exhibiting), Mariann Steegmann
Institute for Art & Gender, Bremen.

Opening: March 20, 2026, 7 p.m.