First partial opening of the new buildings at Tacheles and the renovated old building scheduled for this year The development project with the new buildings "Am Tacheles" on Oranienburger Straße is approaching completion with great strides. The first buildings are scheduled to open in the fall of 2022. Construction site of the new City Quarter [...]
Alexanderplatz - a major construction site for the coming years Whether in film, literature or the daily news: no other public square in Berlin stands more for the radical change and urban transformation in Berlin as Alexanderplatz with its unique history. Opinions of Berliners and guests are divided - for many it is a [...]
The past and future of Berlin's Spree Park Berlin's best-known lost place on the Spree River is becoming a new type of park. Nature, culture and art are the guiding principles for the future transformation of the 24-hectare area. The Spree Park is a green transformation project in the southeastern Spree region of Berlin, [...]
On 17 December 2020, the "Humboldt Forum Im Berliner Schloss" opened online. In a first step, the courtyards were opened to the public on Wednesday June 9. The exhibtion spaces opened in September accompanied by a program of guided tours about architecture and history of the site. In the last days of October, restaurant and café [...]
Spontaneous vegetation in the city - urban nature at a traffic island at Molkenmarkt In the centre of Berlin, there are only rarely areas where urban nature can develop spontaneously. Occasionally, however, such areas can be discovered during major urban redevelopment projects or in the vicinity of long-standing construction sites, as the example of a [...]
The City model exhibition of Berlin Senate The city model exhibition of the Senate Administration for Urban Development and Housing provide a good overview about urban development, new projects and new architecture. The two large models of the central area are on a scale of 1:500 and 1:1000 illustrate the construction work carried out since [...]
Situation and future perspectives Increasing warming of the climate for the northeast of Germany. More extreme dry seasons, heavy rainfall and storms with high wind peaks. Their resulting costs are increasingly burdening the households of cities and companies alike. The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in has stated: "The Spree metropolis is one [...]
Stadtwerkstatt - public participation and urban commons The Stadtwerkstatt (linked page is only in german language) is an instrument of citizen participation for the historic city-centre of Berlin. Public workshops should promote citizen dialogue, participation and municipal planning culture. At joint events with citizens, administration and local actors, recommendations are developed, or proposals for future [...]
Population growth and further rent increase Berlin is growing fast. According to studies by the Senate Department for Urban Development and Housing, an estimated 200,000 apartments would have to be completed by 2030, around 20,000 per year. The housing market in Berlin is considered very tense, especially for affordable rental apartments. Compared to other german [...]
Berlin Palace and Humboldt Forum On 17 December 2020, the inauguration of the Humboldt Forum was staged online due to the pandemic crisis. From July on the various sections are expected to open in several steps within the next few months. The new building houses the institution called Humboldt Forum, seathed by reconstructed baroque facades [...]