Kraftwerk Berlin, Entertainment center in Berlin-Mitte, Germany.
Kraftwerk Berlin occupies the southern wing of the former Heizkraftwerk Berlin-Mitte at Köpenicker Straße 59–73. Its centrepiece is a 100-metre-long turbine hall of exposed concrete, now cleared for events and exhibitions across roughly 8,000 square metres. The hall opened to the public on 2 October 2010 with the Realstadt exhibition.
The south wing of the Heizkraftwerk Berlin-Mitte was shut down in 1997 and stood empty from 2001. Dimitri Hegemann leased the site from its owner Vattenfall and opened part of it to his Tresor techno club, which moved in during 2007. After renovation of the 100-metre turbine hall, Kraftwerk Berlin opened to the public on 2 October 2010 with the exhibition Realstadt. Wünsche als Wirklichkeit.
The 100-metre turbine hall has hosted the Staatsoper Unter den Linden performing Luigi Nono's opera Al gran sole carico d'amore in March 2012, and the Berliner Liste art fair in 2011 and 2012. Since 2015 the German perfume prize Duftstars has been awarded here under the title Duftwerk. The Tresor techno club moved into part of the site in 2007.
Kraftwerk Berlin occupies the southern wing of the former Heizkraftwerk Berlin-Mitte at Köpenicker Straße 59–73, in the Mitte district. The venue is reached through the 100-metre turbine hall, whose concrete surfaces and lack of daylight shape the conditions inside. Events are held in the converted industrial rooms rather than in a purpose-built auditorium, so visitors move between the hall and the exhibition areas on foot.
The 100-metre turbine hall opened to the public on 2 October 2010 with the exhibition Realstadt. Wünsche als Wirklichkeit, which filled 8,000 m² with around 250 miniature city models and 65 projects. From 2007 the Tresor techno club occupied part of the site, and in 2011 and 2012 the Berlin Live concert series was recorded here with acts such as Einstürzende Neubauten, Kasabian and Calexico.
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