The small town of Apolda, located between Jena and Weimar, was an important industrial site for decades. Since the beginning of the 18th century, the population has lived off textile production, first of stockings and later of knitted and woven fabrics. Only a few of the former 6,000 jobs, which existed solely in the textile industry, have been preserved since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Therefore, many of the city's large-scale production sites are now empty, one of which was the Egon Eiermann building. Since 2018, the IBA Thüringen has been developing this industrial monument into the Open Factory.
The Eiermann building is the only building in Thuringia designed by the architect Egon Eiermann. Originally built as a weaving mill, fire extinguishers were produced on site from the 1930s to 1994. Eiermann expanded the industrial building of the Apolda architect Hermann Schneider from 1938 to 1939, sensitively and attentively continuing the existing building structure while also incorporating the functional and aesthetic requirements of his time. Egon Eiermann is considered one of the most important German architects of post-war modernism. He was also a furniture designer and a professor at the Technical University of Karlsruhe. Logic, purity, and clarity were his architectural maxims.
Appropriation and development concept Open Factory
First use and expansion
The IBA Thuringia is the developer and placemaker of the Eiermann building. As the first user, it already moved into the industrial monument on a provisional basis in the summer of 2017. The IBA wants to motivate others to discover the place and work here as well. To this end, the IBA developed a prototypical expansion and utilization concept for 750 square meters in the Eiermann building from February to October 2018. In the fall of 2018, the IBA team finally moved into the cost-effective and functional, yet artistically sovereign office with greenhouses on the second floor, which can be replicated using a do-it-yourself guide issued by the IBA. Thanks to the house-in-house solution, it is possible to use two climate zones throughout the year.
To enable year-round rental of the Open Factory, the Eiermann building was further expanded in 2021: the previously missing building technology was added to all floors. Partial spatial expansion also took place. This allows small rental units to be offered in some of the 250 to 400 square meter halls. In addition, a framework plan for the future use and activation of the two-hectare outdoor area was developed in 2021.
In March 2023, the Open Factory in the Eiermann building was officially reopened. In May, the IBA's final presentation will begin with a central exhibition in the Eiermann building.
The project is funded by the ›Nationale Projekte des Städtebaus‹ program of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI) as well as the Thuringian Ministry of Infrastructure and Agriculture.
Impressions of the renovation from 2021 to 2023
Location
Open Factory Eiermannbau
Auenstraße 11
99510 Apolda
Planning Stakeholders
- Belius, Berlin
- b.i.g. Bechthold Ingenieursgesellschaft, Weimar
- GBI - Gesellschaft beratender Ingenieure, Erfurt
- ina Planungsgesellschaft, Darmstadt
- Ingenieurbüro Hausladen, Kirchheim
- Ingenieurbüro Matthias Münz, Weimar
- IPH Ingenieurbüro Peter Hilbig, Wickerstedt
- Raumlabor, Berlin
- Sebastian Stieß, Freier Architekt
- Station C23, Architekten und Landschaftsarchitekten, Leipzig
- Team des IBA Campus 2016
- Team des IBA Campus 2018
- Treibaus Landschaftsarchitekten, Hamburg mit Renée Tribble, Umschichten, Teleinternetcafe
- Wüstenrot Stiftung, Ludwigsburg
Building Participants since 2018
- Ammon Baubeschläge, Hermsdorf
- D-I-E Elektro AG, Jena
- GaLaBau-Lindenlaub, Weimar
- Glöckner Bau, Greußen
- KÖSSEL-Heizungsbau GmbH, Apolda
- MMS Metall- und Maschinenbau GmbH, Magdala
- Metallbau Reif, Arnstadt
- Palmen GmbH, Aachen
- PRA Industriefußboden GmbH, Jena
- RB Stahl- und Metallbau, Apolda
- Ralf Grebe GmbH, Ilmtal-Weinstraße
- Reichmann Gebäudetechnik, Bad Berka
- Spezialbau Erfurt GmbH, Erfurt
- Zehnder Group Deutschland GmbH, Lahr (Vertrieb Erfurt)
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- Bau und Aufbau IBA Gewächshäuser 2018:
Tobias Grabowski, Hannes Heitmüller, Simon Martini, Nicolas Schüller, Till Teubner, Katharina Wittke
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- Bauteam Open Factory 2022:
Mirjam Bauer, Laura Eleana Bein, Carl-Jim Bohlen, Denise Dilje, Tillman Gebauer, Constantin Paul Graw, Valentin von der Haar, Helena Judith Heckenbach, Mats Kröhnert, Hannah Langels, Jan Overmeyer, Paul Jonathan Räpple, Felix Stockhausen, Felix Tinneberg
IBA Contact Person
Katja Fischer
Projektleiterin
Telefon +49 3644 51832-11
katja.fischer@iba-thueringen.de
Dorothee Schmidt
Vermietung und Vermarktung
Telefon +49 3644 518 32-06
dorothee.schmidt@iba-thueringen.de
Alexander Stief
Projektmitarbeiter Open Factory
Telefon +49 3644 518 32-03
alexander.stief@iba-thueringen.de
Links / Further Information on the Process
Projektprozess
Feierliche Wiedereröffnung des Eiermannbaus und Aufnahme des Projektes in die IBA Abschlusspräsentation
03.03.23
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Textilworkshop mit Apoldaer Schüler:innen
07.07.22
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Stand der Projektentwicklung ›Open Factory‹ im Apoldaer Stadtrat vorgestellt
09.02.22
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Umbau des Eiermannbaus beginnt
03.01.22
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Freiflächenkonzept der Open Factory fertiggestellt
30.09.21
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Informationen zur Freifläche am Tag der Architektur 2021
27.06.21
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Ressourcenschutzkonzept der Open Factory fertiggestellt
20.04.21
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Probenutzung 2020: #eintrittfrei
01.07.20
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Eiermannbauentwicklung wird gefördert durch Bundesprogramm ›Nationale Projekte des Städtebaus‹
15.10.19
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Probenutzung 2019: ›Hotel Egon‹ im Eiermannbau
05.07.19
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Fertigstellung: Ausbau IBA Büro im Eiermannbau
23.10.18
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IBA Campus 2018: Ausstattung für Gäste und Besucher
18.08.18
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Öffentlicher Start der Entwicklung als Open Factory
31.05.18
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Zwischennutzungen im Eiermannbau 2017
01.12.17
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IBA Campus 2016: Leitbildentwicklung Open Factory
30.06.16
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Vorprojektphase: Gebietskulisse Bahnhof Apolda
17.10.14
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