BAUBAU: A Play Space for Kids

Playing, laughing, making noise, letting off steam, doing nothing – all in an exhibition venue! From 4 September 2024, BAUBAU invites children to do exactly that. The artist Kerstin Brätsch designed an admission-free play space for kids, where more is allowed than forbidden. On the Gropius Bau’s ground floor, colourful wallpapers, structures, objects and open-ended material called “loose parts” configure flexible spaces that are shaped by children’s activities. They set the tone and decide what happens in this place, as it becomes a space for possibilities that can change from one day to the next.

BAUBAU will open in September 2024 in a prototype version. In the years to come it will continue to evolve and grow both inside and outside the Gropius Bau. This will happen in close consultation with children, always taking into account what they want, for this is their space.