Rainbow Factory Berlin
The rainbow factory in Berlin is an alternative project of the squatters of the 1980s : hostel, bicycle workshop, carpentry, cinema, kitchen & canteen and day care center describe the work areas. Soon after legalization, the rainbow factory in Berlin-Kreuzberg established itself as a “children's, culture and neighborhood center”. The area and buildings of the rainbow factory today comprise approx. 1,300 m² of usable space and 900 m² of open space and are located in the courtyard at Lausitzer Straße 22 near Görlitzer Park , which has been on the site of the former Görlitzer train station since the 1990s .
A long lease agreement has existed between the Regenbogenfabrik and the Berlin Senate since 2012 .
“After a few years of vacancy, a group of committed people occupied the former factory premises in 1981 with a lot of support from the population. It was the time of protests against an inhumane building policy and alternative lifestyles. The 'repair' prevented the threatening demolition of the factory buildings and the construction of a new six-story building. Most of the buildings have now been modernized in-house and the courtyards have been greened. "
The group
In the early years up to legalization, the everyday struggle to maintain and secure the project was in the foreground. The group of squatters and squatters saw himself as part of the Berlin squatter movement and engaged in Besetzerrat , in working groups, neighborhood 'Reichenberger street and district-wide events and demonstrations. The self-image of the members was based on the goals and problems of the occupation movement. It was only after legalization that a situation was created that allowed a long-term concept of life and work with the corresponding differentiation.
In accordance with the circumstances, pragmatic working groups were initially of great importance - for example the “construction crew” or those who dealt with the numerous children from the neighborhood and organized a day care center or, depending on the requirements, got together. B. to negotiate with institutions and authorities or to carry out public relations. In the course of time the provisional groups developed into fixed 'facilities'.
In keeping with the mood of the times, egalitarian principles were implemented: “Our decision-making and management structure is grassroots democracy : every member has the same say, decisions are made according to the 'principle of consensus', i.e. there are no majority decisions, rather discussions are held until a common basis is found . Although this also means constant compromises, it is ultimately more sustainable. "
working area
Circumstances of the time
The structure of the work areas in the rainbow factory was related to the “wave of founders” of the alternative movement, which consciously contrasted the development of society and economy in the then Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin . The founding of projects by the youth generation after the 68s was an expression of a self- image that neither wanted an integration into the general work process, which was perceived as profit-oriented and externally determined, nor the “march through the institutions” as the previous generation around Rudi Dutschke and Joschka Fischer planned, but them intended to 'do it yourself' and thereby enable self-determination in work and life - a development of alternatives to the social process. The wave of founders of the youth generation, also known as the “alternative movement”, began in all areas of life and work from the mid- 1970s and continued consistently in the 1980s. The rainbow factory stood in this new tradition and, due to its spatial basis in the commercial buildings, had suitable conditions for a variety of fields of work.
Wood workshop
“The workshop was set up immediately after the occupation in connection with the 'construction crew', when the repair of the buildings and systems was one of the most urgent tasks. A new beginning took place in 1988, when a group of carpenters emerged after the improvisation phase had ended. The group works independently, but remains part of the factory and is also responsible for expansion work and repairs. For example, cabinets, the counter, stairs and the substructure were made for the canteen. We work closely with the guys from the construction team on specific projects. ”(Festschrift zur Tischlerei - Die Tischlerinnen, p. 46 f.)
Bicycle workshop
The bicycle workshop became the talk of the town in Berlin in 1982 with an extraordinary success: the Berlin Senate sold in bulk orders originally packaged but not yet assembled bicycles that had been stored twenty years ago for times of crisis for 150 DM each. The association SO 36 ordered 1,250 bicycles after a survey, "they teamed up with the occupiers from Lausitzer Strasse [...] and with that (... the rainbow factory) became the largest bicycle transshipment point in Berlin." For another 10 DM The bikes were expertly assembled and the action on March 17 and 18, 1982 turned into a festival.
In terms of equipment and tools, the workshop has achieved a standard that is in no way inferior to professional workshops. Courses on bicycle technology, help with self-employment and bicycle rental are offered.
Kitchen & canteen
Since the factory had a facility for supplying the workers, its continuation was initially an option for the self-sufficiency of the illegal owners. The idea of a “neighborhood kitchen” came up early on in order to offer inexpensive and quality-conscious meals to the mostly impoverished neighborhood. This fact was quickly understood by the authorities and so “the positions were funded by ABM, SAM and the social welfare office. There were also alternative service providers and interns. The change in personnel was rapid. [...] In this way, the kitchen was constantly changing. There were Polish, Arab, Turkish, Swiss, German and African cooks. ”At first there were tables and benches for the guests in the courtyard, and in winter they had to improvise. In addition to the kitchen, the canteen on the ground floor of the 'new building' (which was previously a shabby shed) was opened in May 2000. The status stabilized further in 2005, long-term employment relationships could be created and apprentices trained.
Nevertheless, the location remained colorful and unique: The cook Maja reports in the commemorative publication 25 Years of Rainbow Factory: “So this is my final destination in formal working life: Me, Maja, a full member of the canteen fringe group, where I can let off steam on the stage from chaos kitchen to experimental cuisine . I think this is a wholesome mix of colleagues who are too 'international', too old, too unemployed - the employment office used to find out: 'You are unfortunately overqualified' - people for whom there is unfortunately no suitable drawer gives. All of this always results in interesting dishes, desserts that are certainly not to be found anywhere else in Berlin at this 'social' price. "(P. 39)
Since November 2, 2006, the "Kreuzberg cake bakers", who also offer catering and out-of-home service, have been in the rainbow.
Day nursery and playground
“Even before the Rainbow Factory existed, the site was an adventure playground for us children. [...] Only after us did the squatters come into the back of the factory. Since it was our playground, we had to defend it. They came to terms quickly. [...] We could have a room if we cleared it of the garbage. [...] After a short time we took responsibility for our group ourselves. [...] During the apprenticeship years, the people from the factory looked after us intensively, found and supervised apprenticeships, gave tutoring and gave us moral support. [...] We became full members of the rainbow factory. ”(Nihat Karasu: The squatter scene came after us. Festschrift, p. 49 f.)
The benefit for the children, who have now often become parents themselves, has been documented in many ways, especially for the first few decades - it was and is their living environment, even if their number should have decreased today. (Festschrift contribution: My name is Leila Iraki and I always play here ... , p. 50 f.)
The authorities soon accepted and supported childcare as a “ large foster home ” for children from 2 years to school entry - in 1985 the large foster home became a daycare center recognized and supported by the Senate .
"Perhaps it was often the responsibility for the children and the idea to develop a different perspective on life for them and with them, which the rainbowmen, despite all adversities, never gave up ..." (Festschrift: A. Schill / R. Lauterbach / B. Proß-Klappoth: Die Regenbogenkinder. , S. 21 f.)
movie theater
When it was founded, the rainbow cinema was one of the rare gaming locations in Kreuzberg SO 36 . The program initially consisted mostly of productions by independent filmmakers and their current works on environmental protection , the fight against nuclear power plants , the 1968 movement or the squatting. A “rotating cinema group” provided variety - after the early days, the voluntary cinema team solidified.
Over time, the classic cinema found its way into the program planning, plus films for children as well as German and international productions that did not find their way into the major sales channels. The cinema has 35 mm projectors, a 16 mm and a Super8 projector. The cinema room is also used for meetings, celebrations, music events, readings and rehearsals.
In 2004 the cinema received the award "for an excellent film program" from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media , Christina Weiss .
Coffee shop
The day café connects the members of the project with the immediate 'outside world' of the residents and passers-by, the public space on Lausitzerstraße.
The café was founded in 1982, "when things were getting tough with Vogel & Braun (the owners of the site)." There was a need for discussion and gathering, and neighbors and interested parties also easily found connections and information. "And the agreement between Vogel & Braun and the occupiers, which prevented an escalation and eviction, was watered here by Vogel, Werner Orlowsky (City Councilor), the occupiers, SHIK (association 'Self-managed houses in Kreuzberg') and representatives of the Senate."
In 2010 the café was reopened. It is also the point of contact for Berlin tourists and other visitors who are there or in the neighboring area
Information office
Get information about the hostel and factory activities. The café and information office are located in the neighboring house at Lausitzerstraße 23, the rear building of which is also part of the rainbow factory.
Hostel and reception
The hostel opened in 1997 on the initiative of two 'manufacturers' with 18 beds as a “Sleep Inn”. However, the guests often turned out to be “extremely idiosyncratic and complicated”, and the demands on their “self-organization” were quite difficult in the long run. "Since 2000, Nazmiye 'threw away' the guest area and from then on was the 'good soul' of the whole thing." In addition, the completion of the 'new building' in 2000 saw the expansion to 34 beds.
In 2002 the reception for the hostel was set up.
The accommodation facility with reception today offers 36 beds in single and multi-bed rooms and is mainly used by young visitors from all over the world. The hostel and day care center are run by women groups from the Rainbow Factory. The hostel and the neighborhood kitchen provide the support for financing the project.
Operation and financing concept
Organizational form
In addition to the basic democratic decision-making structures organized in self-agreement, legal forms were chosen that correspond to the circumstances and the situation: A non-profit association includes day care centers , bicycle and wood workshops as well as the cultural sector. The canteen, hostel and cake bakers are set up as an entrepreneurial society (UG) and the café functions as an independent business association.
Work organization
The rule is that “every job - regardless of activity and training - is worth the same and is rewarded accordingly. The aim is to create meaningful, self-determined workplaces, depending on the individual skills as well as the possibilities and requirements in the project, in which everyone can realize themselves and at the same time contribute to the idea and quality of the overall project. "
The participants set up a regular (usually weekly) plenum according to their respective work areas, in which the requirements of the project can be “compared” with the individual's will to self-determination. These plenums send representatives to the monthly project plenary. Each work area also has a place in the management group. The corresponding work is carried out by an office group.
financing
Beginning in the development phase as a " self-help project " - supported by voluntary work - the rainbow factory became a social project through competence and professional differentiation. In other words, its mode of action relates to the common good - in the local area directly on the urban neighborhood and in the regional environment on cooperation with similarly oriented organizations in which particular skills can be brought into effect together. As a result, in the opinion of the active members, it was and is justified that part of the financing - in particular 'paid jobs' - is created within the framework of state-sponsored employment measures.
The Rainbow Factory also offers internships and "European volunteers or participants in F reiwilligen Ö ecological J ahr find a place here."
"In the meantime, after massive cuts in this area and difficult framework conditions that were increasingly difficult to reconcile with our principles, we are mainly trying to achieve our goals and thus also long-term, meaningful jobs by implementing offers within the framework of a 'solidarity economy' to back up. [...] Organizationally, the hostel and the canteen were outsourced as an economic area in January 2012 and are now each operated as an entrepreneurial company (Regenbogen-UG), since the relevant previous non-profit employment area could no longer be maintained for the reasons mentioned. "
Solidarity economy
The concept of the “solidarity economy” places emphasis on qualitative and sensible products as well as fair working conditions and on the distribution of the jointly generated profit. The profit must not be privatized, but rather socialized within the project. The value of a work area is not determined by its financial return, but measured by the benefit for the project as part of an ensemble of activities and thus by criteria for a humane and just society. 'Market-appropriate', profitable sectors contribute to areas that, according to the solidarity economy, cannot be commercialized, e.g. B. Childcare or offers for low-income people. The 'functioning whole' based on freedom, equality and corresponding values is the goal that the economy has to serve.
Solidarity economy is a concept that can be implemented not only to regulate the internal relationships of an economic unit, but increasingly also with other units - for example by exchanging specific services. There is no claim to 'abolish money', but to use it as a medium of exchange.
Acting in solidarity
The renunciation of peculiarity, personal wealth and the power based on it and corresponding (self-) constraints offers starting points that have hardly been and are rarely tried out in society and thus only lead to different experiences in rare times and in courageous individual cases. Despite all the contradictions and (personal) problems, there seems to be a compensatory existence that rarely makes those affected regret their decision:
“The rainbow factory is a very interesting example of social and solidarity action and an example of a simple and active life among like-minded friends. Whoever enters the rainbow factory leaves behind the terrible world of competition and the hunt for ever larger status symbols or the very latest toys [...] a real 'open sesame' in Kreuzberg, which today's 'civilized society' prefers to enjoy Would throw garbage. ”(Ewa Ziólkowska and Piotr Kawiorski, Poland, Festschrift, p. 25.)
“Life in the community was often difficult. External and internal enemies were to be fought; tears flowed and some fellow campaigners and principles fell by the wayside. Under the motto 'Live, live and work together' they dared to walk a tightrope between happiness and total annoyance, which was sometimes sobering. Nevertheless, they never gave up [...] finally there was something to defend, which is unique in this form: a (Gallic) village in the middle of capitalism, grassroots democracy without top and bottom, the equality of all work from plastering to administration "( SM, Festschrift, p. 26.)
"The Rainbow Factory is a visionary facility run by wonderful people, and Lukasz and I wish her all the best for the next 25." (Andrew Mason, Wellington, New Zealand, Visitor - Festschrift, p. 58)
history
The factory
The factory building ensemble was built in the early days of the 19th century . It is an example of early industrial production facilities and is now a listed building . In the steam sawmill, wood was first processed, later glue, varnish and other products made from chemicals were produced. The chimney was part of the coal firing system, which kept the saws going by means of a steam engine with drive belts. The neighboring Landwehr Canal was the main artery through which wood and coal for the factory and other building materials were transported.
Ownership prior to occupation
The owner of the site was the company "Wohnbau Design" of the real estate dealers Vogel & Braun, who wanted to occupy the inner courtyard areas of Reichenberger and the corner of Lausitzer Strasse with new buildings. "Around 100 houses belong to the Vogel & Braun Trust [1983] in the district (SO 36) alone." Another 120 companies are nested with Wohnbau Design. Overall, this area involved public money in the three-digit million range - in Block 109 alone, the area of the rainbow factory, if the Vogel & Braun plans had been implemented, "at least 60 million marks would have been due in subsidies."
After the occupation on March 14, 1981, a large number of supporters were mobilized through internal information channels and 'word of mouth' in order to make it as difficult as possible for the police to evacuate during the first night. According to the so-called Berlin line of the Berlin Senate, it would have been possible to clear the site within 24 hours without any further formalities. However, this deadline passed unused. So the first time went without conflicts and the legal situation around the property, which was also worthless in the eyes of the owners, favored the squatters, who immediately began to clean up. The desolate condition of the factory did not allow for housing and so apartments in the partially rented front building at No. 22 and the vacant rear building at Lausitzer Strasse 23 were occupied for this purpose. The group of occupiers numbered around 50–60 people.
Repair
It was occupied by a group that came from the environment of the citizens' initiative BI 36 and the monthly magazine Südost-Express , the "Kreuzberger local newspaper of citizens from SO36 ". There were also people looking for accommodation and work, and people with 'project ideas'. The occupation of the property was planned at short notice and came as a surprise to the authorities and the police. Clearing out the buildings began immediately. Successful contact with the neighborhood was established on April 25th by means of a children's party, and a “Summer Party for the Tenants and Occupiers of Block 109” on June 27th, 1981 with around 500 visitors deepened the acquaintance in the neighborhood.
1980s
On June 15, 1981, the Kreuzberg district center sponsored the occupied houses at Lausitzer Strasse 22 and 23 (HH). They want to build a neighborhood alliance with more sponsorships. The Asta of the Free University of Berlin (FU) and the neighboring Ölberg community joined the sponsorship.
An arson attack in September 1981 caused considerable damage, which could be repaired by January 1982.
On 15 February 1982, a conversation between occupants and a Kreuzberg district Special Committee took place in the newly furnished common room (now a cinema) with politicians of all parties held, in consequence of it to a joint statement by the SPD, CDU and Alternative list came within the meaning of the occupiers. This moderate development was also favored by the relenting of the owners Vogel & Braun, to whom the implementation of their new building plans appeared increasingly problematic at this point and who were willing to compromise in exchange for another property.
An important step on the way to stabilizing the project was the citizens' meeting on March 4, 1982 in the Olberg congregation , where the rainbow factory presented its concept. It was a questioning of the residents on which the district office wanted to base its further action. In addition to the user groups of the factory, representatives of the International Building Exhibition (IBA) also explained various aspects related to building and urban planning. The plans and projects met with a positive response from those present, with the exception of CDU representatives: The meeting's resolution was clear: everyone voted for the continuation of the rainbow concept and for the district to take over the property (by swapping it with the owners) who wanted to combine it with his own plans in the youth and leisure area.
The legalization process of the rainbow factory began in November 1982 (signed on October 30, 1982): “Following an agreement between the speculators Vogel & Braun, Senate, District, IBA, occupiers and association SO 36, Vogel started the modernization of Lausitzer Straße 22a. The squatters are practically tolerated and the SHIK cooperative (Association of Self-Managed Houses in Kreuzberg) is recognized as a contractual partner. "
Also in November 1982, the chemically contaminated soil under the courtyard and buildings began to be replaced down to a depth of two meters, and in the spring of 1983 the area was greened.
In the summer of 1983, however, the owners came up with a luxury modernization of the front building at Lausitzer Strasse 22 and ultimately the second transverse building 22a / 23, in which the 35 squatters of the factory, in which there were no living spaces, lived . In addition, the owners Vogel & Braun and the building senate were unable to agree on a replacement plot of land for the factory premises. The existence of the project threatened to be shifted back to the uncertain and lengthy legal level.
“After the political situation with regard to the squatted houses came to a head, firstly, almost all hopes for the alternative district carrier SHIK were dashed; secondly, negotiations between the Senate, District Office, IBA, occupiers and owners have stalled and legalization is once again a long way off Moved further away and thirdly, according to statements by the finance senator, the state of Berlin will neither buy nor finance the rainbow factory even after legalization. The project is therefore anything but secure and it remains open to provisionally continue to work in self-help within the framework of one's own modest possibilities in the, albeit very vague, hope of a better future. "
In February 1984, however, Vogel & Braun were defeated by the Berlin Administrative Court with their previously never abandoned new building plans on the factory site. The occupiers could breathe a sigh of relief: “The last reason for their evacuation was finally gone.” That also seemed politically wanted, because: “ Building Senator Franke in Bethanien zur Regenbogenfabrik: The Senate made no secret of the fact that this facility should get a chance. "
Nevertheless, there was still no security for a few more months, because the owners tried to force the squatters to give up by means of high lease demands (initially DM 7,000, then DM 4,100 per month) and contractual hurdles (voluntary evacuation of the transverse residential building) Majority had decided to reject the contract. This situation mobilized the 'support group', which itself included a CDU member of the Bundestag, so that the squatters signed the contract shortly before the deadline due to financial commitments (July 31, 1983): A purchase of the site for 316,000 DM was supposed to replace the lease, so that the Südost-Express dared to predict: "The guarantors, lenders, network , private donors and the district office will probably make sure that the rainbow fans make it."
On October 17, 1985, the Berlin House of Representatives decided to purchase the property. The rainbow factory disappeared from the headlines for the time being.
In the following years, the Senate agreed to take on ongoing funding, “but the poor structural condition of the rooms, the constant improvisation due to lack and the almost exclusively voluntary work drain the energies of the activists, which also overcomes the uncertainty that has existed since the beginning have to withstand the continued existence ", reported the Südost-Express at the end of 1988. Various contracts and agreements were ready to be signed, but" the owner refused to sign a passage stating that there were no contaminated sites on the property. "The ground was in the outdoor area Replaced to a depth of two meters, but new samples revealed chemical contamination under the buildings. The question of costs now delayed any further agreement.
1990s
The announcement by the Senate Department for Health and Social Affairs at the beginning of February 1990 that the donation, with which the monthly rent of now DM 7,000 could almost be covered, plunged the project into the next crisis:
“The Social Senate can only pay if the Finance Senate buys, it can only buy if the Environment Senate renovates the floor for 3-4 million DM, it can only pay if the owner pays for the dirt removal - or the State of Berlin. The owner does not dream of it because otherwise he will go bankrupt - which the building senate does not want. The state of Berlin cannot and does not want to because the negotiations between the building senate and the speculative empire Vogel & Braun are about the catastrophic hereditary burden ... "
Only after the responsible environmental senate administration found the way to a - at least long-term - renovation of the building, the negotiations could be resumed and [...] a contract with an amicable settlement of contaminated sites could be concluded.
“1992: 11 years and 2 months after the occupation: The House of Representatives decides to purchase the site by the State of Berlin and hands over the property to the district office. We can finally operate rent-free!
1996: After a four-year construction phase, the renovation of the rear building is finished. The self-help effort of all residents creates affordable living space for 37 people.
1997: The hostel opens: operations begin with 18 beds. "
2000
Opening of the canteen. This means that the kitchen can be operated all year round.
“... the self-managed neighborhood center 'Regenbogenfabrik' on Lausitzer Strasse [is] established. The rainbow factory took part in the Open Monument Day for the first time . "
2006
Reflection of a quarter of a century: The 25th anniversary on March 14, 2006 prompts the group of residents and activists of the project to publish a commemorative publication with contributions from their own company and from guest authors. Some of them were busy for years in the institutions with the factory and now wrote greetings.
"For me it shows in an impressive way how urban renewal , which is in the hands of the residents, works, how their goals and their work do in fact renew the city, with the existing building fabric, with a few careful and necessary interventions." Kostas Kouvelis, IBA project supervisor, Festschrift, p. 9.)
"Gentle but emphatic in appearance, the rainbow people initially found approval in the immediate vicinity, [...] finally also in the district assembly, in the various positions in the district office as well as in the senate administrations and finally in 1985 in the House of Representatives with the decision to 'long-term and comprehensive preservation the rainbow factory. '"(Günther Poggel - Senate Administration for Education, Youth and Sport -, Festschrift, p. 10.)
"The 'rule violations' of the illegal, but legitimate squatting, turned out to be beneficial - beyond the residential area." (Werner Orlowky - at that time building councilor in Kreuzberg - Festschrift, p. 14.)
“But there must be people in the rainbow factory (and I think I know some) who not only endure this rainbow phenomenon, but also face their maturation process on a daily basis without losing the fascination of the adventure ...” (Gerd Behrens - Managing Director BERLITAX , Steuerberater - Festschrift, p. 34.)
“What was special back then: You were open and active from the start, also for the interests of the neighborhood, and you remain ready to talk to everyone, including your political opponents. That brought you a lot of sympathy across parties and administrations. "(Cornelius van Geisten - STERN GmbH - Festschrift, p. 54.)
"Many of the ideas that sounded illusory in 1981 have now found their way into the middle of society [...] - possibly as illustrative material for a future generation that dares to venture into the unknown again ..." (Martin Düspohl - Kreuzberg Museum - , Festschrift, p. 55.)
"... the uncertainty that still exists today in dealing with the legacies of the previous owner, the chemical factory Carl & Co., we should manage together." ( Franz Schulz - Senate Department for Education, Youth and Sport -, Festschrift, p. 56.)
Conclusion: "We haven't achieved a revolution, but we have created free space and at least given sociopolitical and housing policy food for thought." (Marten Köhler from the Rainbow: 25 years - see that's a true story!, Festschrift, p. 7.)
2011
On the 30th anniversary, even the Berliner Morgenpost congratulates - in the occupation times under Axel Springer rather tightly on the opposite side and probably no less surprised than the former occupiers, about whom the editor states: "The operators of the rainbow factory are probably a bit surprised themselves that they can celebrate their 30th birthday - too often, the alternative project in the backyard on Lausitzer Strasse was always on the brink. "
In 2011, however, a new discussion began - now it was about whether the factory can still be entitled to regulate its 'economy' with a hostel, kitchen & canteen and café as a non-profit association: The long lease negotiations with the Berlin Senate were imminent. Some areas are lucrative, others have to be subsidized - it's “always about 'solidarity-based economy', because the rainbow factory was' never a purely social project, it's about a mixture, 'says Christine Ziegler:' At the moment we are trying to find funding to the other. '"
On December 5, 2011, a long lease agreement was signed with the State of Berlin for a period of 30 years.
2012: restructuring of the economic base.
outlook
“It is becoming more and more difficult to work in collective structures under this [financial] pressure, so that internal conflicts increase and make positive project developments more difficult. Nevertheless, we believe in a future for the next few years on the basis of our basic principles, but also assume that this will require a number of restructuring processes (e.g. with regard to more efficiency in work organization). ”(Anette Schill in an interview with ITKAM, December 2012)
“And now we are working on making the factory fit for the next generation. How does it work while maintaining the values that have been held up so far, how does it work on an equal basis and in a democratic way? How do we learn solidarity management? We just do it. ”(Christine Ziegler: Mein Lernort Regenbogenfabrik. , Festschrift, p. 28.)
integration
Today, the rainbow factory is a natural part of the local infrastructure: “Countless greening, renovation and building runs have gradually wrested the place from being a garden courtyard that never seems to be completely finished, but as a playground and work place, neighborhood meeting place and festival location has found its permanent place in the Kiez on the southern edge of Kreuzberg. ”and is also part of Berlin's cinema culture and, as a hostel, is also in the focus of young visitors and newcomers from around the world.
Remarks
- ↑ The International Building Exhibition (IBA) was an institution supported by the federal government and the State of Berlin, whose task it was to develop a concept for future urban planning in Berlin. In connection with the squatting movement that began at the end of 1979 and grew dynamic from 1981, the employees, the architects and urban planners of the IBA, were able to bring their innovative theoretical concept of “ careful urban renewal ” into a fairway that made the design politically enforceable. Hence the cooperation between the occupiers and the - mostly younger - urban planners and architects, which is also effective elsewhere.
literature
- Axel Klappoth: Hidden Places in Berlin , Yuba Edition, Berlin 2009. ISBN 978-3-942033-00-8 .
- Bernd Laurisch: No outline under this number , Anabas-Verlag (Werkbund-Archiv; 7), Giessen 1981, p. 224. ISBN 3-87038-088-8 .
- Ed .: Regenbogenfabrik Block 109 eV: Festschrift for the 25th anniversary of the Regenbogenfabrik , Berlin 2006.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Self-description of the project, see information material, e.g. B. Prospectus June 2014.
- ↑ Anette Schill, Regenbogenfabrik, in an interview with ITKAM, the Italian Chamber of Commerce for Germany, December 21, 2012. itcam interview with Anette Schill (January 26, 2015).
- ↑ SÜDOST-EXPRESS 5/82: Here the company Pedale & Randale sells bicycles owned by the Senate . , P. 14.
- ↑ Gabi Schopp: Rainbow canteen. , Festschrift 25 years, p. 37 f.
- ↑ SÜDOST-EXPRESS 12/82, p. 11.
- ↑ Jenny Schill: Our reception. , Festschrift, p. 39 f.
- ↑ Prospectus Rainbow Factory, June 2014.
- ↑ Anette Schill, Regenbogenfabrik, in an interview with ITKAM, the Italian Chamber of Commerce for Germany, December 21, 2012.
- ↑ Prospectus Rainbow Factory, June 2014.
- ↑ GLS-Bank : Financed Projects & Companies, June 1, 2013.
- ↑ SOUTHERN EXPRESS 4/81: maintenance occupation in the Lausitz road. , P. 10.
- ↑ SÜDOST-EXPRESS special edition: The (un) stopping rise of Vogel & Braun. , September 1983, pp. 2, 7, 9 and 16.
- ↑ Documented in SÜDOST-EXPRESS 4/81: Repairs on Lausitzer Straße. , Ed. Citizens' Initiative SO 36, Elefanten Press Verlag GmbH, p. 10 f.
- ↑ SÜDOST-EXPRESS 7/81, p. 8.
- ↑ Bernd Laurisch: No abstract under this number. , Anabas-Verlag (Werkbund-Archiv; 7), Giessen 1981, p. 224. ISBN 3-87038-088-8 .
- ↑ SÜDOST-EXPRESS 9/81, p. 8.
- ↑ SÜDOST-EXPRESS 3/82, p. 11.
- ↑ SOUTHERN EXPRESS 4/82: Common interest at the district office and squatters. , P. 16 f.
- ↑ SÜDOST-EXPRESS 12/82, p. 3.
- ↑ SOUTH EAST EXPRESS 7/8/83: Rainbow Factory - Dead End? , P. 22.
- ↑ Ed .: Self-managed houses in Kreuzberg SHIK eV with the support of the IBA: We never want to go apart ... , October print, Berlin August 1983, p. 60.
- ↑ SÜDOST-EXPRESS 3/84: No more reason to evacuate. , P. 9.
- ↑ SOUTHERN EXPRESS 9/84: Legal Rainbow [...] On July 31 were from squatters tenants. , P. 3.
- ↑ SÜDOST-EXPRESS 12/88: Under the pavement ... , p. 11.
- ↑ Flyer of the Rainbow Factory for the 30th anniversary, March 2011.
- ↑ Ed .: Rainbow Factory Block 109 eV: Festschrift 25 Years Rainbow Factory. , Berlin 2006: Chronicle , p. 61.
- ↑ Der Tagesspiegel , Christian van Lessen: From squatters to homeowners. , October 11, 2004.
- ^ Ed .: Rainbow Factory Block 109 eV: Festschrift for the 25th anniversary of the Rainbow Factory. , Berlin 2006.
- ↑ Berliner Morgenpost : Birthday party in the rainbow factory. , March 17, 2011.
- ↑ Jenni Zykla: Die Utopiefabrik , Die Tageszeitung , March 14, 2011, p. 28.
- ↑ Axel Klappoth: Hidden places in Berlin . Yuba Edition, Berlin 2009, p. 62. ISBN 978-3-942033-00-8 .
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