Mies van der Rohe Haus is an exhibition space for contemporary art that mediates between past and present. A central thread of the program is a sustained reflection on architecture and its social contexts, with the work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe serving as material for artistic inquiry. A holistic program of site-specific exhibitions, newly commissioned works, and cross-institutional collaborations provides Mies van der Rohe Haus with a flexible institutional vocabulary, deliberately open to diverse audiences and differing perspectives on duration, attention, and the transmission of knowledge.
Mies van der Rohe Haus is the present-day name of the former Haus Lemke, built in 1932–33 by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe as a residence for Karl and Martha Lemke. Shortly after the end of the Second World War, the Lemkes were forced to vacate the building, after which it was used by the GDR’s Ministry for State Security and underwent structural alterations. Following the fall of the Berlin Wall, it opened to the public and has served as an exhibition space since 1990. Between 2000 and 2002, it was restored in accordance with heritage conservation standards and returned to its original condition.