Deutsches Dokumentationszentrum für Kunstgeschichte - Bildarchiv Foto Marburg

Stuttgart Central Station, southeast wing, Paul Bonatz.& Friedrich Eugen Scholer, 1911-1928, Foto: Foto Marburg, Rose Hajdu 2009, Neg. Nr. fmd445859

Stuttgart Central Station was built between 1914 and 1928, and was designed by architects Paul Bonatz (1877–1956) and Friedrich Eugen Scholer (1874–1949). The building unites traditional elements of prestigious monumentality with progressive features exhibited in the compositional principle or the largely flat roofs. This monumental structure is therefore considered to be a representative of the so-called “Other Modernism”, which played a significant part in the architectural history of the twentieth century.

Although an historic monument, this terminal station is slated to be torn down to make room for an underground through station which is part of the controversial traffic and urban development project known as “Stuttgart 21”. Recently the side wing of the building has already begun to be demolished in spite of vehement protests.

Bildarchiv Foto Marburg commissioned a documentation in the summer of 2009 to record the original state of this endangered historic building in photographs showing the outer facades, along with important details, as well as views of various interior rooms.

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