A barracks from Imperial times as a place of meeting and artistic activity - the successful re-creation of the Ihlenfeld area is proof of the creative power of modern architecture. The conversion of the former French barracks was the largest structural engineering project of the city in the 20th century. Straddling yesterday and tomorrow, built of steel, glass and concrete, it provides an ambience for the City Library, Music School, Youth Arts School and some 20 associations and groups which have come together since 1992 under the aegis of the umbrella society KiK - Kultur in der Kaserne, Culture in the Barracks.
