January 26, 2023

The full press release from the Senate Department can be found here: bit.ly/3IkeoA4
DLE and COPRO view this official review as confirmation of the planning basis to date and thank the Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing for this comprehensive and conclusive professional assessment. This also affirms the public vote from the workshop process begun in 2014, which aimed to achieve an early, broad consensus among experts and citizens. The results of this early participation process formed the basis for the subsequent international urban design and architecture competition, won by the Berlin firm Ortner & Ortner Baukunst. The numerous majority votes in favor of the project by the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district’s political bodies are likewise confirmed by the Senate Department’s review.