ContextThe exhibition at the Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig provides an initial overview of the planning and construction history of the
city in this era, organising the key construction projects into three chronological sections: Stabilisation of authority 1933–36, Demonstration of power 1936–40 and Wartime reality 1940–45.
Spatial concept
The idea for staging the exhibition is based upon highlighting the central role of propaganda and mass rallies as a means of exercising the authority of National Socialism via drills, training and forming of the individual. Uniform wall elements are arranged diagonally in the space in strict patterns. They are reminiscent of a marching column, in which all individual interests are dissolved. Narrow, red flags extend each individual wall, reinforcing homogeneity and the monumental impression of the space. Orientation is aided by black walls and floor lettering, together with a red line. The flags are coloured in an increasing gradient of black to red. Whilst they maintain their rigid order – representing totalitarian ideologies – in the three chapters, in the final chapter the formation of the information bearers is disrupted: walls stand crooked or lie on the floor.
Design conceptThe exhibition concept is transferred to all com-munication and advertising material: the formation is visualised through the serial arrangement of an image motif in combination with a red surface.

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