ExRotaprint
ExRotaprint is the 10,000 m² former production site of the printing machine manufacturer Rotaprint in Berlin-Gesundbrunnen . Since 2007, the non-profit GmbH ExRotaprint, founded by tenants, has been developing, renting and renovating the commercial site for a heterogeneous use of commercial enterprises, cultural workers and social institutions. ExRotaprint gGmbH owns the listed buildings by means of a 99-year heritable building right, the land is owned by the trias Foundation and the Edith Maryon Foundation . With the combination of non-profit status and heritable building rightsExRotaprint has implemented a property model that excludes speculation with the site and ties use to defined goals. ExRotaprint is perceived in Berlin's property policy as a model that, developed by local users, creates a socially integrative, long-term stable and financially viable perspective.
Starting position
After the Rotaprint company went bankrupt in 1989, there was no prospect of the former production site for 18 years. Due to guarantees that the Senate of Berlin had granted the ailing printing press manufacturer in the 1980s, the entire area fell into the city's assets after its bankruptcy and was administered by the district. In 1991 the large depot at Gottschedstrasse 4 / Bornemannstrasse 9-10 and the separate building at Wiesenstrasse 29 were placed under strict monument protection. The production halls inside the block were demolished in 1992. The district rented the buildings to interim users. In 2002 the site was transferred to the property of the Liegenschaftsfonds Berlin with the aim of selling it at the highest bidder. The Liegenschaftsfonds Berlin divided the site into three sub-plots: the site Gottschedstrasse 4 / Bornemannstrasse 9-10 (since 2007 ExRotaprint), the house Wiesenstrasse 29 (since 2009 Wiesenstrasse 29 eG) and the fallow land as building land (the largest part of which was given to the discounter Lidl in 2004 was sold).
History of origin
In 2004 the visual artists Daniela Brahm and Les Schliesser developed a concept for the tenants to take over the site. The aim was to develop the location for a heterogeneous use of work, art, and social issues. Together with other tenants, the artists first founded the ExRotaprint association on the site in order to bundle the interests of the tenants and enter into purchase negotiations with the Liegenschaftsfonds Berlin. After three years of difficult negotiations and disputes with the Berlin Senate and the Liegenschaftsfonds - but with support from the press and individual politicians - the user initiative ExRotaprint finally prevailed. In 2007 the site was acquired. ExRotaprint gGmbH was founded from the association to take over the site.
Ownership model
The legal structure of ExRotaprint consists of two contracts that complement each other. The contracts secure the non-profit character of the project development and the usage concept in the long term and exclude real estate speculation at this location. The 99-year leasehold contract with the trias foundation and the Edith Maryon foundation was signed on September 3, 2007. ExRotaprint decided against buying the site with a bank loan and for the heritable building right with the foundations in order to make the resale of the site impossible. Both foundations are working on a new approach to land and are therefore ideal partners for project development that is not profit-oriented . ExRotaprint gGmbH is in a position equivalent to ownership of the leasehold and is responsible for the development and financing of the project in all aspects. Only the sale of the property is excluded. The leasehold instrument separates the land and the building, the land remains the property of the foundations, and the buildings are owned by ExRotaprint gGmbH. The non-profit partnership agreement of ExRotaprint gGmbH was concluded on July 17, 2007. Founded by tenants, ExRotaprint gGmbH has committed itself to preserving the registered building monument , protecting historical monuments and promoting art and culture and is recognized as a non-profit . The surplus from the rental must be invested in the charitable goals. The shareholders of ExRotaprint gGmbH do not benefit from the income from the site. The non-profit status prevents the outflow of capital and secures its use for the content-related goals of project development.
Usage concept
“Work, art and social affairs” are the focus of ExRotaprint's leasing activities. A third of the area is rented to each of the named uses. Businesses from production and handicrafts work on the site , there are social organizations and educational institutions as well as studios for artists, musicians and creative companies. The site is open to all social groups. The result is a heterogeneous picture that promotes exchange and cooperation between tenants and counteracts displacement mechanisms. ExRotaprint also uses the term “social plastic” for this.
Project development
On October 1, 2007, ExRotaprint gGmbH took over the site. The economic basis of the project development is the rental income . The rents are used to pay for ongoing operations, the annual leasehold interest to the foundations, as well as interest and repayment (monetary transactions) for the building renovation . In 2009 ExRotaprint gGmbH took out a loan for the renovation. The renovation is being carried out step by step with almost full occupancy. In 2012 half of the construction work was completed. There are 96 rental contracts in 11 houses. ExRotaprint has set up a canteen , two guest apartments and a project room for events and conferences.
Monument protection
The site of the former Rotaprint factory has been a listed building since 1991 and was in great need of renovation when it was taken over. The ensemble is characterized by a combination of commercial buildings from 1904 and extensions from the 1950s. In particular, the buildings by the architect Klaus Kirsten are of great architectural and historical value and are unique in Berlin's industrial construction .
literature
- Birgit Rieger: Up close , in: Der Wedding - Magazine for Everyday Culture # 2, 2009 ISSN 1866-0762 , pp. 30–35
- Brahm, Schliesser, Villaroel: Heritable building right: ExRotaprint , in: Arch + Zeitschrift für Architektur und Städtebau # 201/202, March 2011 ISSN 0587-3452 , pp. 118–121
- Wolfgang Seidel: Next exit Wedding , in: Testcard # 21 Survival, Ventil Verlag, Mainz 2011, ISBN 978-3-931555-20-7 , pp. 218–222
- NGBK (Ed.): ExRotaprint , in: Other possible worlds , argobooks, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-942700-21-4 , pp. 84-89
- Claudia Wahjudi: Art for the workers' district , in: Zitty Spezial, Das Berlin Buch 2011/2012, ISBN 978-3-922158-40-0 , pp. 85–93
- Martina Braun, Kees Christiaanse (eds.): ExRotaprint , in: City as Loft , gta Verlag, ETH Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-85676-302-2 , pp. 158–165
Web links
- ExRotaprint gGmbH
- Edith Maryon Foundation
- Foundation trias
- Think Space, Copenhagen 2011 Interview
- Experimentdays, Vienna 2011
- Min2Max, Berlin 2011
- Urbanize, Vienna 2012
- Moscow Urban Forum, Moscow 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.exrotaprint.de/
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ [1] Veronica Frenzel in the Tagesspiegel from May 12, 2012
- ↑ [2] Uwe Rada in the TAZ from May 4, 2012
- ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
Coordinates: 52 ° 33 ′ 1.2 ″ N , 13 ° 22 ′ 11.7 ″ E