The House of Generations

In Francke’s times it was orphaned and abandoned children, and today it is also the growing number of older, mentally fit people nevertheless in need of care who need their own places in society. Places at the heart of life, places where they can stay in contact and dialogue with the young generation and the young generation with them. The House of Generations will be a place like this.

The House of Generations
is a unique German multi-generational model project focusing attention on the mutual responsibility of the generations for one another. In the midst of the cultural life of the Francke Foundations, people from all generations will meet up in everyday situations, learning and working together and supporting one another: in the partner institutions, the Maria Montessori primary school, the family centre and the Paul Riebeck Foundation home for the elderly, and in cooperation with the many partners on site. The project aims to provide answers to the key challenges of today’s society. Demographic change and the fast-moving processes of change within the family mean we have to find new ways to work and live together across the generations.

A Landmark in the Land of Ideas
The House of Generations was highlighted as part of the 2006 nationwide initiative Germany – Land of Ideas. Presided over by the Federal President Horst Köhler, the 365 selected landmarks represented the cultural, social, scientific and business ideas and visions of Germany in the year the country hosted the World Cup.