Hombroich Cultural Environment

The development of the Hombroich Cultural Environment, which must be regarded as open not only spatially but also in what it signifies, has its roots in the Hombroich Museum Island established in the erarly 1980s. The starting-point for all these developments was an extensive collection of fine art and a 'forgotten place' in North-Rhine/Westphalia situated close to Düsseldorf, where a special synthesis of art, architecture and natural surroundings was able to emerge. In 1994, the Raketenstation close by also became a part of the Hombroich Island and thus documents spatially the extension to a Cultural Environment.

The buildings, hangars, earthen walls and observation tower on the grounds covering roughly thirteen hectares were renovated and redesigned. Today they offer the framework for a strong intermeshing are artistic, philosophical and scientific positions from diverse cultural areas and associated activities of all kinds. New buildings by Erwin Heerich, Oliver Kruse and Katsuhito Nishikawa supplemented the existing ensemble along with sculptures by Heinz Baumüller and Eduardo Chillida.

The Hombroich Museum Island and the Raketenstation joined together in 1997 to form the Hombroich Island Foundation, thus constituting the germ cell of the Hombroich Cultural Environment, a cultural space in which art, culture, science and nature each have their space and can develop further in a continuous and open way.