In Stuttgart's court district, a total of 17 new courtrooms are planned for the Regional Court and the Higher Regional Court in a tight inner-city situation. Together with the existing long building on Urbanstraße, the supplementary building is to enclose a two-story court hall that will be cenitally lit. A "stairway to heaven" provides access to the courtrooms of different sizes, which are stacked over 6 floors. The two filigree existing buildings from the 1950s are to be extensively renovated and flank a newly designed forecourt situation with a control building, which is to form the future entrée of the justice area.