Center Kreuzberg

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Center Kreuzberg New center of Kreuzberg
Center Kreuzberg
Kreuzberg center at "Kotti" in 2004
Basic data
Place: Berlin-Kreuzberg
Construction time : 1969-1974
Opening: 1974
Renovation: gradually from the 1990s
Architectural style : Modern
Architects : Wolfgang Jokisch,
Johannes Uhl
Use / legal
Usage : House in
front: commercial building
Apartments : 367
Owner : Gewobag
Client : Limited partnership on behalf of the Berlin Senate
Property management : Kremer Property Management GmbH
Technical specifications
Height : 35 m
Floors : 12
Building material : Reinforced concrete
Construction: Skeleton construction
address
City: 10999 Berlin,
Adalbertstrasse 96–98,
Reichenberger Strasse 174–177
Country: Germany

The Kreuzberg Center ( Neues Kreuzberg Center , or NKZ for short ) is a building block at Kottbusser Tor in Berlin-Kreuzberg , which was built between 1969 and 1974 as part of the reconstruction of war-torn Berlin. Its architects were Wolfgang Jokisch and Johannes Uhl .

description

The Zentrum Kreuzberg is a building with twelve floors and 367 apartments. The facade forms a slight angle towards the square. In front of the long side towards the intersection is a quarter-circle designed two- to three-story building, which offers around 15,000 m² of usable space for business. After all, the NKZ also included two parking garages, one of which was converted into a day-care center.

Bars, restaurants, cinemas and the district library are part of the cultural environment. In terms of transport, the NKZ is connected to the Kottbusser Tor underground station with two lines and several BVG bus lines.

history

The destruction caused by the Second World War resulted in almost all of the pre-war buildings in the surrounding area being demolished after 1950, following rigorous demolition methods and partly under protest. A small wing with three older rental houses on the northeast side of the square was preserved and could be renovated in later years and integrated into the newly designed square.

In 1963, the Berlin administration launched the project of the First Urban Renewal Program in West Berlin, based on an urban planning report by the group around Hans Scharoun . Architects have been invited to development competitions. A limited partnership was founded as the owner and builder in 1968, which received generous tax breaks and investment allowances for the establishment and has earned well since then.

The designs by Wolfgang Jokisch and Johannes Uhl received the preference and within five years the New Kreuzberg Center (NKZ) was built with kitchen-living rooms and balconies to each apartment. The wing of the building bridges Adalbertstrasse. It was later joined by a similar building complex up to Skalitzer Strasse, which is directly connected to the NKZ. Almost at the same time, a similarly structured ensemble was created around Mehringplatz .

However, the new tenants at Kottbusser Tor soon moved out - mainly because of the close proximity to their homes and the accommodations that are classified as social housing - and commercial space was vacant. This led to increasing crime and slumness. The Senate and the District Office reacted with a changed concept “for cautious urban renewal”. Under the influence of the International Building Exhibition 1984/87 , the planners developed proposals for changes to the living environment at Kottbusser Tor, which were gradually implemented:

In 1988 the multi-storey car park on Dresdener Strasse was converted into a day-care center; the concrete stairs for the commercial buildings on Adalbertstrasse were then replaced by more filigree steel stairs. The house entrances have been renovated and rebuilt so that only residents can enter, elevators have been replaced. Nevertheless, the cold rents have been kept relatively low to this day.

A neighborhood management introduced at the beginning of the 21st century brought about a gradual revival of the NKZ. As an outward sign of change, the building complex was renamed Zentrum Kreuzberg in 2000 , which was installed as neon letters on the concrete bridge over Adalbertstrasse. All apartments are now rented, including the remaining parking garage and there are waiting lists for those interested.

A backpacker hotel was set up in the commercial building in 2009 .

In April 2017, the municipal housing company Gewobag acquired the Kreuzberg center.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Anne Lena Mösken: A house in Kreuzberg . In: Berliner Zeitung from 22./23. November 2014, magazine p. 1/2.
  2. ↑ Uwe Aulich: The new steel staircase should be a symbol for change. In: Berliner Zeitung , February 26, 2000, accessed on January 8, 2017.
  3. ↑ Housing construction in Berlin: State owned Gewobag buys NKZ am Kotti . In: Der Tagesspiegel , accessed on April 21, 2017.

Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 1 ″  N , 13 ° 25 ′ 6 ″  E