This eyesore in Zehlendorf’s heart is finally coming off

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Birgit Buerkner

For many years, the neglected, grey, outdated block has been an eyesore in Zehlendorf’s heart. Now it is finally being demolished – and the historic center is being upgraded.

Excavators are tearing apart the ugly building complex, which – built in 1961 – was beautified again in 1992. Recently it was almost empty. Only one dentist did not want to move out of her practice and stuck to a rental contract that had been agreed until 2031. Now she is said to have accepted a severance payment.

The owner, Berlinhaus Verwaltung GmbH, is planning the construction of a modern commercial building in this exposed location on the village green, at the intersection of Clayallee and Berliner Strasse – based on the neighboring historic facades. The design comes from the renowned architects Tchoban & Voss.

Zehlendorf's heart becomes beautiful again. Berlinhaus conjures up a gem in the historic town center (Photo: Tchoban Voss Architekten)
Zehlendorf’s heart becomes beautiful again. Berlinhaus conjures up a gem in the historic town center (Photo: Tchoban Voss Architekten)

The gem will house 2,000 square meters of retail space and 4,200 square meters of practice rooms with space for up to 14 disciplines. “We will build a really beautiful house with an appealing architecture, which with its mix of uses will become a strong attraction for everyone in the heart of the district and beyond,” says Sophie Timm from Berlinhaus to the BZ

Start of construction: mid-April. Completion: Summer 2024.

And we would also like to get rid of these 3 buildings…

► Sports and Recreation Center (SEZ)

The sports and recreation center (SEZ), opened in 1981, was a prestige project of the GDR and popular with East Berliners with its ice rink and wave pool. In 2003, the Senate sold the SEZ to the Leipzig entrepreneur Rainer Löhnitz for a symbolic euro. He let it go to waste. The Senate has been legally demanding the return since 2018 (Photo: Lutter Ralf)
The sports and recreation center (SEZ), opened in 1981, was a prestige project of the GDR and popular with East Berliners with its ice rink and wave pool. In 2003, the Senate sold the SEZ to the Leipzig entrepreneur Rainer Löhnitz for a symbolic euro. He let it go to waste. The Senate has been legally demanding the return since 2018 (Photo: Lutter Ralf)

►Experimental laboratory of the Free University

The experimental laboratory at Freie Universität, also known as the
The experimental laboratory at Freie Universität, also known as the “mouse bunker”, built in 1980 in the style of brutalism, devours around one million euros in tax money for accidents every year. Economic rehabilitation is impossible. The Charité wants to tear it down and would like to build new research facilities there. Architecture freaks are protesting, the State Monuments Office has initiated a discourse (Photo: Olaf Selchow)

►GDR sports hotel and congress center

The former GDR sports hotel and congress center (at the corner of Weißenseer Weg and Konrad-Wolf-Straße) was built as a model complex at the end of the 1970s. After reunification, the buildings fell into disrepair. In 2010, the Immonen Group acquired the 20,000 square meter site. Ambitious plans such as the skyscraper project
The former GDR sports hotel and congress center (at the corner of Weißenseer Weg and Konrad-Wolf-Straße) was built as a model complex at the end of the 1970s. After reunification, the buildings fell into disrepair. In 2010, the Immonen Group acquired the 20,000 square meter site. Ambitious plans such as the skyscraper project “The Square3” failed. Now the owner is planning a new project here (Photo: Stefanie Herbst)

What eyesores – be it derelict buildings or garbage corners – bother you in the city? Write to us at [email protected]. Do you have photos? Then it is best to send them along as well.

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