Halls at the Borsigturm
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| Basic data | ||
| Location: | Am Borsigturm 2, 13507 Berlin | |
| Opening: | March 25, 1999 | |
| Total area: | 50,000 m² | |
| Sales area : | 22,000 m² | |
| Shops: | 115 | |
| Visitors: | 19,410 | |
| Operator: | ECE project management | |
| Website: | www.hallenamborsigturm.de | |
| Transport links | ||
| Railway stations: | Borsigwerke underground stations and Alt-Tegel S-Bahn station Tegel |
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| S-Bahn : | S25 | |
| Subway : | U6 | |
| Omnibus : | 133 | |
| Motorways : | A 111 | |
| Other: | Holzhauser Straße or Waidmannsluster Damm exits | |
| Parking spaces : | 1600 | |
The halls at Borsigturm are a shopping center in Berlin 's Reinickendorf district in the district Tegel . It is located on Lake Tegel near Berlin-Tegel Airport . The shopping center in listed old buildings was opened on March 25, 1999 and contains a total of 115 shops on a total area of 50,000 square meters in addition to office and hotel space. Much of the retail space is home to fashion stores. There is also a specialist market for consumer electronics, a grocery store, an organic supermarket, a drugstore and specialist shops for perfumery, jewelry, books, shoes, sports and a range of services and restaurants. In addition, the "Hallen am Borsigturm" offer leisure and entertainment opportunities. These include bowling, a cinema and a 24-hour gym.
Historical background
August Borsig laid the foundation stone for the current popularity of the Borsig area in Tegel with the establishment of his mechanical engineering institute in front of the Oranienburger Tor in 1837. With this establishment, most of the German steam locomotives were to be produced for Germany and abroad for half a century . With the commissioning of the Prussian railway line, which established a connection between Berlin and Potsdam , the company expanded very quickly and additional production sites were created. The company founder August Borsig died in 1854. The company was supposed to be taken over by his only son Albert, but he also died in 1878. Then Albert Borsig's sons, Ernst, Arnold and Conrad, took over the company.
Due to the emerging economy , extensive modernization, rationalization and innovation measures took place in the 1890s in order to be able to keep up with other major Berlin companies such as Siemens or AEG . The construction of the well-known Borsig factory began in Tegel in 1896 . In order to ensure the accommodation of the factory workers as well as important foremen and directors, the Borsig company built an official residence and the Borsigwalde workers' colony at the same time as the factory was built .
When the economy was in bloom after the First World War , the plant expanded considerably: a new boiler forge, a new locomotive repair shop, and the expansion of the old boiler house and the administration tower were built. The landmark of the site - the Borsig Tower - was built between 1922 and 1924. It was Berlin's first high-rise building and the administrative center of the Borsig company. The construction phase suffered a slump during the Second World War .
New development
The original metal processing of the Borsig works was withdrawn from the Borsig site in the 1990s. On the north-eastern part of the production site, Herlitz built its production and storage buildings for its paper, office and stationery products. It was more difficult for the rest of the shutdown production facilities. They threatened to deteriorate, individual halls were listed as monuments and the former administration building was neglected.
The development did not progress for many months. Finally, the Herlitz company took the initiative and founded its own subsidiary Herlitz Falkenhöh, which was exclusively responsible for “project development” and was supposed to develop a solution to the problem. In cooperation with the public administrations, the monument protection and cooperation with all those involved and affected, they tried to plan a realignment of the Borsig factory premises.
In 1993 a master plan with short and long-term recommendations for the further development of the former Borsig site was established. The new guiding principle for the “Am Borsigturm” project was “The economic center for north-west Berlin”. The focus was also on key terms such as “synergy” and “sustainable development”. Synergies should be expressed in the fact that what is already there should be built on. This means that existing historical evidence should be integrated and historical axes and building heights restored. This was also a central point in the area of sustainability. It was important to consider the existing existing existing and possibly listed buildings as just as suitable as a new building.
With this in mind, a detailed overall usage concept was created. Environmentally compatible industries from the growth sectors of communication and information technology, traffic engineering and logistics were to be built on the former Borsig site. In addition, a qualified service infrastructure consisting of lawyers, consultants, investors, marketing specialists, engineers and protection services, primarily responsible for all surrounding companies, was planned. In particular, they wanted to involve the public. Specifically, the goal was to improve the quantitatively and qualitatively weak retail trade in the north-west of Berlin.
architecture
Taking into account the historical background of the Borsig site, the architects set themselves the goal of preserving the old production halls as evidence of an important industrial past. The existing structure should therefore not be torn down, but restored and integrated into the new building project. Since the historical elements of the industrial halls were placed under monument protection , regular close coordination with the authorities was necessary. The plan was not simply to restore the historical substance, but to combine structural elements, shop windows and other design elements with the restored facade and construction elements inside and out.
In the “Hallen am Borsigturm”, the shopping area, the leisure areas, the cinema, the office building, the parking garage and the urban planning around it are subordinate to the axis system of the original factory halls. The outer edges of the buildings form the base of the former industrial area. Inside the center, the filigree steel roof structures of the old and new halls are reminiscent of the historical elements. From the outside, a roof membrane that acts as a sun protection creates a connection between the buildings like a second skin. The result is the “Hallen am Borsigturm”, a modern shopping center that shows that reconstruction and modernity do not have to be in opposition to one another.
Functional areas
Retail and leisure sector
The shopping area is integrated into five old factory aisles. The stream of pedestrians is directed from Tegel-Nord via the “Ladenstrasse” to the green area to the south in the direction of Borsigtor and Borsigwerke underground station. All retail is located on the ground floor and the 1st floor. The food & drink area is in the center of the mall. There are numerous restaurants, food stalls, bistros and cafes on three floors. The 2nd floor offers leisure and sports areas. The center management is also located there.
Parking garage
The nine-storey, open car park with 1,600 parking spaces is located directly at the shopping area and can also be reached from there. The parking levels have eight elevators. The covered shopping area can be reached via the ground floor and the 1st and 2nd floors.
office building
There is a five-story office building in the building on Berliner Straße. There are also retail spaces on the ground floor and on the first floor. The levels above accommodate various office tenants.
movie theater
In addition, there is a cinema in the “Hallen am Borsigturm” in the south-western part. It contains nine cinema halls and has space for 2,400 people.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hallen am Borsigturm - ECE ( Memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Made in Reinickendorf ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file)
- ↑ a b c d Manfred Birk, Helmut Engel: German Museum of Technology (2000): Borsig, Between Tradition and Awakening. Berlin.
Coordinates: 52 ° 35 ′ 4.9 ″ N , 13 ° 17 ′ 10 ″ E