Since 2021, it has also been possible to learn vocational skills at the IMLS. In order to create realistic life prospects for many young people in this regard, the Werner Erkes Foundation will take on this project and, in addition to the existing music, language and IT offerings, will build a training centre above the recently completed ‘Musikstockwerk’ construction phase, where students will be able to learn tailoring, journalism, print media, carpentry/instrument making and repair, sound engineering, hairdressing or fashion design, bricklaying, electrical engineering, plumbing, welding, car mechanics, agriculture, business administration with project management, childcare, cooking, catering/hospitality, film and photography.
This requires suitable premises on several floors. In particular, the upper basement (the building will be constructed on a slope) will house a sewing workshop, a carpentry workshop with an integrated instrument-making workshop, a recording studio, a meeting room, choir and orchestra rehearsal rooms and a band room. The ground floor will also feature large seminar rooms with movable walls, a library, a museum, a piano practice studio, a health advice centre and an employment agency. Two further floors complete the centre, with offices and training rooms, as well as a large multifunctional concert and theatre hall under the roof.