WIA 2025: Female power in architecture lights up Lörrach!

WIA 2025: Female power in architecture lights up Lörrach!

The anticipation is growing in Lörrach, because the Germany-wide festival is about to startWIA 2025 – Women in Architecture, which is entirely dedicated to making women visible in architecture. From theJune 19 to 29, 2025The city becomes a center for architecture and design, with a particular focus on the role of women in the industry. Lörrach.de reports that the motto of the festival is “diversity in building culture” and it as a whole264 projectsfrom all over Germany will present.

The initiators of the festival not only want to showcase the works of female architects, but also offer the public and the media a platform for exchange and networking. Exhibitions, lectures, discussions and workshops are intended to raise awareness of the achievements of women in a traditionally male-dominated field. The FV2 architectural group is planning its own exhibition that will present craftswomen from various trades and positions in order to tell their stories. Information about this and about the diversity of women in the trades is available fv2architektur.com provided.

The start in Lörrach

The festival kicks off onFriday June 20, 2025, at 4 p.m. The highlight is a tour with the architectDipl.-Ing. Barbara Wilhelmand a poster exhibition in the town hall. This event is supported by BDA Baden-Württemberg, which will show the works of female members. Participation in the tour is free of charge, registration is available at eveeno.com/WIA-Wilhelm necessary. The meeting point is the DHBW administration building at Marie-Curie-Straße 4 in Lörrach.

The WIA series also offers onJune 27, 2025at 4 p.m. an exciting insight into current projects, where planners from the city of Lörrach will report on four major projects: from the future of the Lörrach town hall to the conversion of the district hospital to the innovative city quarter at the Lauffenmühle. An open debate on the transformation of the Lauffenmühle into a sustainable urban district will also take place here.

Festive endings

The Lörrach WIA series concludes onSaturday June 28, 2025, a tour of the Lauffenmühle area, led by the mayorMonika Neuhöfer-Avdić. Immediately afterwards, the second neighborhood festival “Always a summer long” begins onSunday June 29th, continues. Details and information about the events can be found on the city website loerrach.de to find.

A look at the gender distribution in architecture shows that the proportion of women in this professional field is still low. A recent survey by Statista shows that the gender distribution has only progressed slowly in recent years. The WIA Festival aims to significantly increase the visibility and influence of women in this sector and promote equality in the long term.

So be there when art and building culture come up with fresh ideas in Lörrach and women in construction are brought to the fore!