Boschareal, Architectural ensemble in Stuttgart, Germany

Boschareal is a former Bosch factory complex in Stuttgart bounded by Breitscheidstrasse, Seidenstrasse and Forststrasse. Its buildings were erected between 1909 and 1913 by the architects Heim & Früh in reinforced concrete, with glazed brick facades in Art Nouveau style and exposed concrete facades in neoclassical style. Renovated between 1998 and 2001 by Roland Ostertag and Johannes Vornholt, it now houses shops, restaurants, the Literaturhaus Stuttgart, a CinemaxX cinema, a gym and a club.

Robert Bosch founded his workshop for precision mechanics and electrical engineering in 1886 on Rotebühlstraße, about 800 metres south of today's Boschareal. In 1901 he built his first factory near the later Liederhalle, Stuttgart's first reinforced-concrete building, destroyed in the Second World War. From 1909 to 1913 Heim & Früh added six reinforced-concrete buildings on the Boschareal site. Baden-Württemberg bought the site in 1964, and architects Roland Ostertag and Johannes Vornholt renovated it between 1998 and 2001.

A cinema, literature house, and numerous restaurants now occupy the preserved industrial buildings from the early 1900s. This mix of cultural venues and dining options makes the complex a gathering place for locals and visitors alike.

The complex lies between Breitscheidstrasse, Seidenstrasse and Forststrasse, with the Liederhalle congress centre and a hotel immediately to the east at Berliner Platz. The CinemaxX cinema occupies the spot of Bosch's second factory on Breitscheidstrasse. The buildings are used for shops, offices, flats, a literature house and a gym, so parts are public while others are not.

The glazed bricks on Forststraße 7 and Seidenstraße 20 came from Ullersdorf am Queis, now in Poland, and were laid with white mortar; their surface shifts between dark red and purple. Forststraße 9 lost its brick facade in the war and was given plain white plaster instead.