Lub tsev twb tau tsim txoj haujlwm ua haujlwm lawm, tabsis txoj haujlwm qhib kev ua haujlwm yog npaj rau Lub Ib Hlis 30, 2010: nyob rau xyoo tom ntej Essen thiab lwm lub nroog 53 hauv lub nroog Ruhr yuav tau txais cov kev sib tw ntawm cov peev txheej ntawm Tebchaws Europe, thiab Ruhr yuav yog thawj thaj chaw tau txais lub meej mom no: tag nrho nws cov "kwv yees" yog cov nroog.
Kev tsim kho dua tshiab ntawm Folkwang Tsev khaws puav pheej, suav hais tias yog thawj lub tsev khaws puav pheej European ntawm kev kos duab niaj hnub (tsim muaj xyoo 1902), yuav yog qhov tseem ceeb tshwm sim xyoo 2010. Kev sib sau ntawm lub tsev khaws puav pheej suav nrog cov duab kos duab thiab cov duab ua los ntawm kev ua yeeb yam ntawm cov neeg ua yeeb yam nyob rau tiam 19th thiab 21st, ib qho kev yees duab loj, thiab German Poster Museum, uas muaj ntau dua 350,000 cov khoom pov thawj. Rau kev ua tiav zoo ntawm kev teeb tsa kev ua haujlwm ruaj khov thiab kev teeb tsa ib ntus, nrog rau kev nyab xeeb thiab yooj yim khaws thiab rov ua haujlwm, cov kab lis kev cai no tau xav tau ntev los nthuav thaj chaw. Txog thaum tsis ntev los no, nws tau nyob hauv lub tuam tsev loj uas tau tsim thaum xyoo 1950, hloov tus qub, raug rhuav tshem thaum Tsov Rog Thoob Ntiaj Teb Zaum II, thiab hauv lub tsev thaum xyoo 1983, uas nws tau sib koom nrog Tsev khaws puav pheej ntawm Ruhr Thaj Chaw; thaum rov kho lub tsev no tag.
David Chipperfield txhim tsa 6 lub tsev thiab 4 lub tshav loog nrog lub vaj thiab lub qhov hauv nws qhov chaw. Cov txheej txheem no, nrog rau cov qauv dav dav, tau qiv los ntawm nws los ntawm lub tsev qub ntawm lub tsev khaws puav pheej, uas tau qhib xyoo 1960: nws muaj cov xwm txheej ntawm cov mlom thiab suav hais tias yog ib lub tsev khaws khoom zoo tshaj plaws tom qab tsov rog hauv Tebchaws Yelemees. Cov qauv kev niaj hnub no nyob nruab nrab ntawm xyoo pua 20th, ze rau ntawm tus kheej "sau ntawv" ntawm tus kws kes duab vajtse, zoo li cov neeg siv khoom, Krupp Foundation, qhov tsim nyog tshaj rau cov tsev tshiab: hauv kev sib tw 2007 lawv nyiam Chipperfield's version rau cov tswv yim ntawm David Adjaye, Zaha Hadid, MVRDV chaw lis haujlwm thiab SANAA.
Nkag mus rau hauv lub tsev cia puav pheej los ntawm kev qhib lub hauv ntej theem ntaiv, tus qhua nkag mus rau hauv lub tshav puam, uas ua lub luag haujlwm ntawm lub ntsej muag: chaw muag ntawv nyeem, tsev noj mov thiab tsev noj mov tau qhib. Txhua qhov chaw luam tawm thiab chaw nthuav dav ntawm lub dav hlau tshiab tau nyob ntawm tib theem, theem siab dua, uas ua rau nws muaj peev xwm ua kom siv dav dav ntawm lub ntuj dhau los ntawm glazed ceilings. Lub tsev loj, nrog thaj tsam ntawm yuav luag 1,500 m2, yog npaj rau kev ua yeeb yam ib ntus, thaum tus so yuav tso duab tom qab-1950 daim duab, duab kos, thaij duab thiab ntawv tshaj tawm. Chipperfield lub tsev tseem ua lub tsev qiv ntawv nrog chav nyeem ntawv, chav ua haujlwm, chav khaws khoom thiab chaw cob qhia rov qab kho dua. Ua ke nrog cov koom nrog ntawm keeb kwm ntawm Kev Ua Yeeb Yam Keeb Kwm nyob ze, nws tsim cov qauv nroog tshiab hauv nroog.
