Oberbaum-City, Industrial heritage complex in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Germany.
Description
Oberbaum-City is a former factory complex in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg with several connected buildings featuring distinctive red and yellow brick facades. The site includes decorative stone elements and has been carefully adapted over recent decades.
History
The site started as Berlin's first waterworks before transforming in the early 1900s into a production center for OSRAM lamps under Deutsche Gasglühlicht AG. A distinctive tower from the 1920s continues to define the site.
Culture
The name comes from the distinctive bridge that crosses the site and serves as a local landmark. Today artists, agencies, and creative professionals work here, bringing the spaces to life with their activities.
Practical
The complex spans several streets and is well served by public transportation, making it straightforward to explore. The buildings feature ground-level entrances, and wide paths run throughout the site for walking.
Did you know?
The central tower was built in the 1920s as one of Berlin's earliest high-rise-like structures and housed a permanent burning laboratory for lamp development inside. This groundbreaking role as a research space remains visible in the building's structure today.
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