Naval house
| Naval house | |
|---|---|
 Marinehaus on the corner of Märkisches Ufer and |
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| Data | |
| place | Berlin center |
| architect | Otto Liesheim |
| Client | Berlin war club |
| Architectural style | Neo-renaissance |
| Construction year | 1908/1909 |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 30 '50.5 " N , 13 ° 24' 56" E |
| particularities | |
| has already been structurally changed several times | |
The Marinehaus is a historic building in Berlin , Mitte district , in Luisenstadt , Am Köllnischen Park 4 / 4a / Märkisches Ufer 48/50. The listed plastered building was built in 1908/1909 according to plans by the architect Otto Liesheim .
architecture
The facade , originally strongly structured by risalits and decorated in the neo-renaissance style , is interrupted by arched openings . In 1984 the building was significantly changed in its substance through renovations, the striking tower top was removed. There is a fountain in the corner of the building.
history
The building was built for the Berliner Kriegerheim GmbH and initially had the address Am Köllnischen Park 9 / Brandenburger Ufer 1. After the war club had become the naval club, the building served as a club house for an imperial naval unit until 1918. The house got its name after this association.
During the November Revolution in 1919, the headquarters of the People's Naval Division was located in the Naval House. This is indicated by a plaque on the building.
The naval house changed hands several times in the course of its history. As the new owner, the Berliner Landesversicherungsanstalt had it converted into an office building in the 1920s. From 1945 it was the seat of the administration of the social security in the Soviet zone, later the GDR . After the nationalization of the insurance, the building came into the possession of the FDGB , which was the carrier of the GDR social insurance from 1951 .
After the fall of the Berlin Wall and German reunification, the FDGB was dissolved and the house was vacated and returned to its pre-war owner. In 1993 the state of Berlin bought buildings from the state insurance company. It was supposed to be rebuilt for administrative purposes, but nothing came of it. The Liegenschaftsfonds Berlin received the building for resale, but there were no prospective buyers. Finally, in 2007 the Senate decided to connect the large hall on the upper floors, which had been unused for more than 20 years, to the Märkisches Museum as an extension . It should house a forum for contemporary history . An architectural competition was held for the renovation in 2008 , which was won by the London office of Stanton Williams. The construction cost for the 5,000–7,000 square meter exhibition area should be 23.4 million euros. After detailed planning and measures to remove the core from the building, it turned out in 2011 that the hall in the Marinehaus “contrary to expectations only offered limited possibilities for conversion to a museum in the required area and usage profile”. The project therefore had to be canceled even though planning costs of at least 2.8 million euros had already been incurred.
In 2018, another competition was announced with the same usage goal, from which the Copenhagen architecture firm Adept emerged as the winner. In September 2017, a financing agreement was signed between the federal government, the Berlin Senate and the German Lottery Foundation Berlin . The Marinehaus, together with the Märkisches Museum, will form the core of a museum and creative quarter in the Köllnischer Park and, as a center for museum and cultural activities, will complement and expand the offerings of the Märkisches Museum. Construction work is scheduled to begin in 2022.
A public restaurant has been located on the Märkischer Ufer on the ground floor of the building since the 1930s. In the GDR era, the consumer ran the "Marinehaus" restaurant, which was decorated with matching decorations. It will continue to operate under the traditional name after reunification .
literature
- Berliner Architekturwelt , 12th year 1909/1910, issue 6 (September 1909), pp. 228-233. (Facades, interiors and floor plans of the completed building)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Am Köllnischer Park . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1910, part 3, p. 411.
- ↑ a b New concept for the naval house comes from Copenhagen. In: Der Tagesspiegel , November 17, 2018
- ↑ Millions for the Navy House. Extension of the city museum . In: Berliner Zeitung , October 18, 2007
- ↑ Decision of the architectural competition to expand the Berlin City Museum on stadtentwicklung.berlin.de
- ↑ Financing agreement signed. Website of the Stadtmuseum Berlin
- ↑ The naval house. Website of the Stadtmuseum Berlin
- ↑ Sens, A. In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1935, II, p. 223.