IBM Campus 1972–2009
Stuttgart-Vaihingen

Designed by Germany’s most celebrated post-war modernist architect Egon Eiermann, this campus complex near Stuttgart was home to the Germany offices of US technology and consulting giant IBM from 1972 to 2009.

Part of photographer Andreas Gehrke’s powerful narrative series on dormant modernist buildings. Vacant work spaces that once hosted business enterprises playing a significant role in shaping the political, social and economic face of post-war Germany.

Andreas Gehrke (b. 1975, Berlin, Germany) is a self-taught photographer and publisher living in Berlin, specializing in architectural portraits and aura-laden landscapes. His work has been exhibited internationally, including MoMA PS1, New York and Pierogi, Leipzig. Gehrke founded Drittel Books in 2013 and publishes limited edition monographs. He was recently awarded the 2017 European Architectural Photography Prize.