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Opening of the 2026 World Heritage Festival: 100 Years of the Waldsiedlung | BERLIN

Ab 17.00 Uhr

27.08.2026

UNESCO World Heritage Festival 2026: 100 Years of the Waldsiedlung

For the third year running, we have the privilege of helping to shape the musical programme for the Festival of UNESCO World Heritage Settlements (Berlin State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments). Following our spectacular events at the Schillersiedlung in 2024 (Wedding) and the Hufeisensiedlung in 2025 (Britz), this year, from 27 to 30 August 2026, we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the historic Waldsiedlung Zehlendorf.

Under the theme ‘Architecture in Motion’, we’ll be combining the visionary designs of Bruno Taut, Hugo Häring and Otto Rudolf Salvisberg, as well as those of landscape architects Leberecht Migge and Martha Willings-Göhre, with our very own free-form musical approach. Without any sheet music or chairs, we’ll be performing throughout the heritage site and bringing its history to life through sound.

Look forward to a varied programme: alongside interactive workshop concerts with school pupils, you can expect salon events featuring discussion and music in the neighbourhood, as well as a walking concert. Come along, stroll through the estate with us and experience music as a unifying element of space and community!

Photo: Wonge Bergmann - Alte Oper Frankfurt

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OPENING

Meeting point:
Emmaus Church
Onkel-Tom-Straße 80
14169 Berlin

Team

musical lead
Franziska Aller

workshops
Immanuel de Gilde
Sebastian Lange

priduction lead
Lea Hladka

Tickets

free entry

Bild: OffenBlende.
Bild: OffenBlende

FESTIVAL PROGRAMME WITH STEGREIF

27 August 2026, 5 p.m. - Opening

Joint workshop concert: Stegreif and the Wilma Rudolph Secondary School brass band
Concert: feel:free | Stegreif Orchester
Emmaus-Kirche | Onkel-Tom-Str. 80
free entry

28 August 2026 - Salon Events

1. Salon, 5 p.m.: UNESCO World Heritage – What is UNESCO and why does the World Heritage programme exist?
with music by an Stegreif duo
Yogaschule – Zehlendorf
Riemeisterstraße 114 (Eingang: Im Gestell)

10€ regular price // 5€ reduced price

2. Salon, 7 p.m.: Typography and Architecture – Lettering
with music by an Stegreif duo
Toms Kaffeerösterei
Ladenstraße (U-Bhf Onkel-Toms-Hütte)

10€ regular price // 5€ reduced price

29 August 2026 - Salon Events

3. Salon, 3 p.m,: The synthesis of open space and architecture
with music by an Stegreif duo
Kiefernhof (Eingang: Im Gestell)

10€ regular price // 5€ reduced price

4. Salon, 4 p.m.: Careful construction in a World Heritage Site
with music by an Stegreif duo
Praxis in der Waldsiedlung
Wilskistraße 18

10€ regular price // 5€ reduced price

5. Salon, 6 p.m.: Bruno Taut
with music by an Stegreif duo
Buchhandlung Born
Ladenstraße (U-Bhf Onkel-Toms-Hütte)

10€ regular price // 5€ reduced price

30 August 2026: Closing ceremony

11.30 a.m. - Ceremony: Unveiling of the new tactile model with stelae
with music by Stegreif
Taut Meile | Riemeisterstraße 113–127
free entry

2 p.m. - A walking concert through the Waldsiedlung
feel:free - a symphony born of the moment
meeting point:
Taut Meile | Riemeisterstraße 113–127
Kieztreff in der "Frisierkunst" | Wilskistraße 34
free entry

You can find the full festival programme in the information provided by the Berlin State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments:

ABOUT THE UNESCO Settlement Festival

100 Years of the Waldsiedlung | Berlin-Zehlendorf

The foundation stone for the Waldsiedlung Zehlendorf was laid 100 years ago. Between 1926 and 1932, the star architects Bruno Taut, Otto Rudolph Salvisberg and Hugo Häring created a world-renowned showcase project in social housing with this estate. Their revolutionary guiding principle of ‘light, air and sun’ brought a radically new quality of life to Berlin with colourful windows, balconies and gardens.

The festival celebrates the beauty, colour and cheerfulness of this unique ensemble. The diverse programme, designed for all generations, invites visitors to explore the original locations – whether in the open air or within the estate’s buildings. Musicians, experts, residents and guests come together to breathe life into the architecture. Through concerts, workshops, open-air cinema, salons and guided tours, visitors can experience how a new social force emerges from lived community life – then, now and as a trailblazer for the future.

Partner*innen

Eine gemeinsame Veranstaltung des Landesdenkmalamts Berlin mit der UNESCO, Vonovia und des Heimatvereins Zehlendorf. In Kooperation mit dem Stegreif Orchester und der Konzertmanufaktur Palent.