SUBURBIA

Photo: Cover of a Schöner-Wohnen special edition, Constanze Publishers, 1958. Architect Heinz Raschig, Photo Bartsch (Kleinhempel)

SUBURBIA LIVING THE DREAM –
RETHINKING THE HOUSING CRISIS

March 21, – August 1, 2026 
Exhibition Opening: Friday, March 20, 2026, 7 p.m.
Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) >> 1st floor

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
tra£c jams, enormous land consumption, and traditional family models.
Suburbia sparks debate: does the single-family home oŽer a solution to
the housing crisis?

An exhibition by the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona and Deutsches
Architekturmuseum in cooperation with the TU München.
With a contribution from the research field wohnen+/-ausstellen, Mariann Steegmann
Institut. Kunst & Gender, Bremen.