Concept

Internationale Bauausstellung (IBA)
Fürst-Pückler-Land

In Germany, international construction exhibition projects have been characterising pushes in urban development for over one hundred years in the form of great constructional innovations. Traditionally, domestic architecture was in the centre of attention. From 1989 to 1999 it was IBA Emscher Park which was dedicated to the restructuring of an entire region for the first time - the Emsch area in the Ruhr region. It has developed a new type of cultural landscape there. This approach is being addressed by IBA Fürst-Pückler-Land in the south of Brandenburg where from 2000 through 2010 the subject "landscape" is and will be in the centre of activities.
In Lusatia millions of cubic metres of soil are being moved within the framework of lignite extraction and redevelopment. Where the energy centre of the former GDR once used to be, you will find Europe's largest landscape construction site today. In this region mountains are being moved and new lakes created. Part of this process of change are industrial buildings, mining equipment, company towns and large-area industrial sites for which new perspectives are to be found.

Workshop for new landscapes

IBA combines creative and technical innovation, confronts science and arts with this objective, draws international attention to the region - and thus creates regional circular flows in terms of economy as well as new jobs.
The IBA association, supported by four rural districts in Brandenburg as well as the city of Cottbus and promoted by the Land Brandenburg, is the heart of a network connecting the people involved on site with each other and with national and international experts by means of a planning-related target. This is realised via colleges and universities, through competitions, conferences, workshops, excursions and exchange of experience.
The man behind the name is Hermann Fürst von Pückler-Muskau. His parks in Bad Muskau and Branitz are to this day considered masterpieces of landscape gardening all over the world. Over and above that, he also embodies openness towards the world and stands for unusual ideas arranging exceptional landscapes.
The logo invites you to see the landscape with different eyes and to follow the process all the way to the lake landscape while getting involved in the creation.