Koppel 66 - House for Arts and Crafts
| Koppel 66 - House for Arts and Crafts | |
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| place | Hamburg |
| architect | Carl Plötz |
| Construction year | 1924 |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 33 '30.3 " N , 10 ° 0' 40.8" E |
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| Commercial building with atrium | |
Koppel 66 , the house for arts and crafts is located in the district of St. Georg in the district of Hamburg-Mitte . The name of the building is also the address, a second entrance is located a little back on the Lange Reihe street. The building houses workshops and studios, exhibition areas, the GEDOK art forum and the Koppel café.
The Union
The foundation of the association Förderkreis Koppel 66 eV goes back to the private initiative of the Hamburg restorer Hans Dieter Rommeney. The new foundation was in 1990. The Koppel 66 was to become a publicly subsidized social and cultural-political institution. The aim of the association was above all to promote the next generation and communication among the artisans , to create inexpensive spaces for a permanent presentation of their work and to enable the interested public easy access to artistic workshops. Each tenant and sub-tenant automatically becomes a member and is obliged to volunteer for all tasks and concerns that are part of the functioning of the artist community. This includes the selection of tenants as well as the support of sponsors, administration, organization of exhibitions and trade fairs, repairs to the building and communication with the responsible authorities - to name just a few.
The building
The building was built in 1924 as a machine factory. It has two entrances - at Koppel 66 and at Lange Reihe 75. Originally it served as a turning shop for mechanical engineering, later as a factory and after the war as a warehouse for the 1000 pots company. The focal point is the staircase over two floors and above the glass atrium . The studios and workshops are located around the staircase . The opening was in February 1981. The building is registered as a commercial building in the list of monuments for Hamburg-Mitte under the number 13734; Carl Plötz is responsible for the design.
Studios and workshops
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At the moment around 20 artists work in studios and workshops, some also share the premises. Goods from the areas of graphics and art, textiles , wood , leather , jewelry and soap are offered . The focus is on textiles and then jewelry. The tenants and of course the goods change from time to time.
Art forum GEDOK
The art forum GEDOK - Association of Artists and Friends of Art eV Gruppe Hamburg is located on the ground floor. The main focus is on exhibitions, concerts, chamber music , poetry , lyric poetry and readings, to name but a few. GEDOK was founded in 1926 by Ida Dehmel - married to the poet and writer Richard Dehmel and later a widow. A plaque of the Patriotic Society in honor of Ida Dehmel is on the Hamburger Hof building on Jungfernstieg. The couple are particularly committed to women's rights. As a Jew , she was persecuted by the National Socialists and on September 29, 1942, she committed suicide.
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Craft fairs are held in the building twice a year. The big Advent fair every weekend in Advent and the spring fair on a weekend between April and May.
Café Koppel
Café Koppel is a purely vegetarian café and is located on the ground floor, and outside in the summer months. Live concerts take place here once a month, mostly free of charge.
Others
Every year in Advent , a prize for handicrafts is given. Regular events are charity events, concerts and workshops . The foyer and the floors can be rented for cultural events. The artist and craftsman collective focuses on design and high quality as a counterpart to mass consumption, the workshops and studios are available to the public during opening hours.
