The Haus der Statistik is regarded throughout Germany and internationally as a model for urban development geared towards the common good – and has already won several awards, including the Koop.Stadt federal prize and the Golden Lion at the Architecture Biennale in Venice.
Current information, press materials and an overview of media coverage of the project can be found in the press section.
General press inquiries: kommunikation@hausderstatistik.org
Press release: Start of room allocation for the experimental houses of the Haus der Statistik model project, May 15, 2025
Press release: Haus der Statistik 2025: First move-ins mark new phase of cooperative urban development, April 29, 2025
Press release: Outlook for the year 2025 at the Haus der Statistik, January 14, 2025
Press release: Realization competition “City Hall of the Future, Berlin Mitte” Conclusion of 1st phase, 09 December 2024
Press release: Realization competition “City Hall of the Future, Berlin Mitte” starts, 14 August 2024
Press release on Urban Design Day May 4, 2024 and KOOP5 podium
Information on the KOOP5 panel: House of Statistics - model project for Berlin's urban development?, November 18, 2023
Press release: Federal funding for the Haus der Statistik model project 3.27 million euros for the development of curated first floor spaces, October 20, 2023
Press release: Repair Action Day on 5 October 2023 at the House of Materialization
Press release: First pre-selection for future users of the House of Statistics made, 2023
Press release on Urban Design Day May 14, 2022 and KOOP5 podium
Press release: Outlook for 2023 at the Haus der Statistik. The plans of Koop5, January 19, 2023
A selection of articles, reports, interviews and reports from print, radio, TV and online
Berliner Zeitung, 14.01.2025
Mitte: First tenants to move into the Haus der Statistik in spring
Berliner Kurier, 14.01.2025
Risen from the ruins: Haus der Statistik turns the lights back on
BK / Stefan Henseke
Die Tageszeitung, 14.01.2025
Hand in hand at Allesandersplatz
Uwe Rada
Development City Berlin, 13.01.2025
Haus der Statistik at Alexanderplatz: first tenants to move in from spring 2025
Björn Leffler
Berliner Morgenpost, 13.01.2025
Haus der Statistik in Mitte: How the project is progressing
Isabell Jürgens
Berliner Zeitung, 09.12.2024
Berlin-Mitte wants to build new town hall: Jury selects 20 proposals in competition
Berliner Kurier, 18.08.2024
The House of Statistics of the GDR: Who will convert it into a smart town hall?
Norbert Koch-Klaucke
Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing, 14.08.2024
Realization competition “City Hall of the Future, Berlin Mitte” starts
Immobilien Zeitung, 22.08.2024
Berlin is looking for the city hall of the future
Klaus Grimberg
Berliner Woche, 22.08.2024
City Hall of the future is running late
Ulrike Kiefert
Entwicklungsstadt Berlin, 15.08.2024
Architectural competition launched: A new city hall for Berlin-Mitte
Björn Leffler
Die Tageszeitung, 09.07.2024
Plans for Molkenmarkt:Revivingthe
dead center
Yannic Walther
KMA II, 15.06.2024
Some greenery at the “Stadt.Bühne”
Regina Friedrich
Nextroom, 07.05.2024
Leona Lynen - Urban planning for the common good
Anne Isopp
Berliner Woche, 03.05.2024
House of Statistics introduces itself
Ulrike Kiefert
Berliner Morgenpost, 13.03.2024
Berlin: Why the Haus der Statistik will be even more expensive
Joachim Fahrun
Bauhaus, 03.2024
A center for sustainability
Catherine Hug
B.Z., 14.02.2024
These Berlin construction projects will be more expensive
Hildburg Bruns
Berliner Morgenpost, 13.03.2024
Berlin: Why the Haus der Statistik will be even more expensive
Joachim Fahrun
Berliner Zeitung, 13.03.2024
Haus der Statistik: Refurbishment is delayed and will be more expensive
Die rbb Reporter, 31.01.2024
Alexanderplatz construction site - building fences for eternity?
Häuserkampf: Podcast about housing policy in the big city, 14.12.2023
Aufbruch
IVV immobilien vermieten & verwalten, 25.10.2023
Around 300 affordable apartments in the Haus der Statistik Berlin-Mitte
Berliner Woche, 22.10.2023
Cheque for Haus der Statistik
Ulrike Kiefert
Tagesspiegel, 20.10.2023
Cooperative project in Berlin-Mitte secured: “House of Statistics” to receive almost five million euros in funding
Thomas Loy
Solarserver, 27.08.2023
Water heat pump: Energy from rivers and drains
Eva Augsten
Informationsdienst Wissenschaft, 24.08.2023
Cooperation between science and society
rbb24 Inforadio, 14.08.2023
Wastewater to become a source of heat for Berlin
Berliner Morgenpost, 20.07.2023
Haus der Statistik: Everything will be different at Alexanderplatz
Jana Treffler
BauNetz, 13.07.2023
Temporary open space design Haus der Statistik: workshop procedure decided in Berlin
Development city Berlin, 15.02.2023
RBBDOCUMENTATION: THE STATE OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AT ALEXANDERPLATZ
Björn Leffler
Die rbb Reporter, 14.02.2023
Alexanderplatz construction site - the pitfalls of the underground
Thomas Balzer and Georg Berger
Berliner Woche, 24.01.2023
Competition for new city hall: What's next for the Haus der Statistik?
Ulrike Kiefert
BZ, 20.01.2023
Ruin on Alexanderplatz - 290 apartments are being built at the Haus der Statistik
Stefan Peter
Information Circle for Spatial Planning, Issue 215 / 1-2022
Co-productive urban development: challenge and opportunity. How administrations, local politicians and city makers are experimenting together.
Stephan Willinger
ND, 06.09.2022
A positive handprint. From zero waste to repair: Berlin initiatives want a different approach to raw materials
Louisa Theresa Braun
BZ, 30.08.2022
Ruin backwards! Start of construction! The Haus der Statistik is to regain its GDR charm
Hildburg Bruns
TAZ, 29.08.2022
The weekly preview for Berlin: Participation becomes more expensive again - taz.de
Berliner Abendblatt, 29.08.2022
Start of construction in the heart of Berlin: The House of Statistics is about to start again - Berliner Abendblatt
Berliner Morgenpost, 29.08.2022
Official start of construction on the Haus der Statistik in Berlin-Mitte
Berliner Zeitung, 29.08.2022
Construction starts on the Haus der Statistik: Now the GDR heritage is being renovated
Ulrich Paul
ND, 29.08.2022
Urban development: antithesis to Alexanderplatz (nd-aktuell.de)
EE-News Switzerland, 06.08.2022
Berlin: Cool energy mix for hot project on Alex
BZ, 01.08.2022
Shared flat with 25 rooms! Cluster apartments are the future
Hildburg Bruns
RBB Kultur, 14.07.2022
Rethinking the future of spaces of remembrance
Lena Jöhnk
BZ, 13.07.2022
What should be on the Haus der Statistik?
Stadt+Werk, 12.07.2022
Cool energy mix for hot Alex
Building with wood, 03.06.2022
Student Trophy 2022: Continue building the city
Rottenplaces, 30.05.2022
Construction work on the Haus der Statistik has officially begun
Andrè Winternitz
Entwicklungsstadt Berlin, 25.05.2022
House of Statistics at Alexanderplatz: conversion has begun
Nachrichten heute.net, 19.05.2022
proHolz Student Trophy 22: Three winners for urban densification in Berlin, Munich and Vienna
Alexander Bogner
BauNetz, 17.05.2022
Senate Building Director Petra Kahlfeldt in conversation / We're not sitting in an ivory tower
Friederike Meyer, Gregor Harbusch
Tagesspiegel plus, 14.05.2022
When Berlin activists build urban districts: Ten years of Holzmarkt and projects “from below”
Ralf Schönball
ZDF Heute Journal, 06.05.2022
Berlin - in Café Ukraine
Stephanie Gargosch
Deutschlandfunk Kultur, 12.04.2022
Ukrainians in Berlin - Fashion designers in the House of Statistics
Sebastian Engelbrecht
Tagesspiegel Plus, 09.04.2022The anti-department store on Alexanderplatz: ecological materials management is now being tested at the Haus der Statistik
Katharina Victoria Weiß
FLUSS BAD BERLIN, 26.08.2023
“Quo vadis Berlin model projects?”
Part 1: Spotify, iTunes, Soundcloud
Part 2: Spotify, iTunes, Soundcloud
Stylepark, 01.04.2022
Stadtschichten
Alexander Russ
Tagesspiegel Plus 22.03.2022
Paving, sawing, chopping wood: a project to combat the shortage of skilled workers in construction
Sigrid Kneist
RBB Kultur, 19.03.2022
Ukraine as a cultural space Article about CETKA
Tagesspiegel Plus, 21.03.2022
Carry on - even when the bombs fall
Grit Thönnissen
ZEIT ONLINE, March 13, 2022
Demonstrations for peace: Full streets for peace
REMAKE VIDEO
Stop Wars Grafitto
THE GOOD ONES
Video portrait Self-made music
Berliner Zeitung, 05.03.2022
Refugees in Berlin: “We saw such terrible things along the way”
Salto.bz, 04.03.2022
New versus old.
Valentina Gianera
Planner, 01/22
The other property - space utilization for civil society urban projects
Konrad Braun
RBB Doku, 08.02.2022
Start of construction on Alex - planned high-rise buildings for Berlin's Mitte district
Thomas Balzer & Georg Berger (from 33:16 onwards on the Haus der Statistik)
Koop.Stadt: Prizewinners - Instruments - Practical tips
Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development, 24.01.2022 Dowload pdf
IzR issue4/2021 /p. 68-73)
Current positions on urban development Think city, make cityParticipation for the common good in urban development
Prof. Dr. Nina Gribat
Make Shift (Mäusebunker model process), December 2021
Manfred Kühne: Escaping isolation with a willingness to experiment
Francesca Ferguson
House of materialization, Press review 2019-2021 (pdf)
nd, December 3, 2021
Waste becomes art - and the circular economy is tested
Louisa Theresa Braun
Rethinking the city magazine, November 2021
Public Civic Partnership - models of partnership-based cooperation at the Haus der Statistik
Leona Lynen and Konrad Braun
Kontext weekly newspaper, 03.11.2021
How urban planning works from belowDietrich Heißenbüttel
Morgenpost, 30.10.2021
Upcycling in Berlin: fashion made from tarpaulins and plastic waste
Julian Würzer
rbb fernsehen, 19.10.2021
Berlin - ungovernable, but sexy?
Der Standard, 21.10.2021
Pro Holz Student Trophy architecture competition: ideas for three building sites in Vienna, Munich and Berlin (HDS)
BZ- Berlin, 20.10.2021
Red-Green-Red starts with spending freeze - and savings could be made HERE
Hildburg Bruns
RBB Kulturradio 17.10.2021
Lydia Lange in conversation with project manager Ana Lichtwer
Architectural League of New York, 6.10.2021
“The Struggle is Real Estate”
Tagesspiegel, 08.10.2021
Who owns the city? In Berlin, a real estate directory should help against speculation
Ralf Schönball
Tagesspiegel, 04.10.2021
Turkish workers, German culture: People came - but all you saw on TV were stereotypes Andreas Busche
Radioeins, 01.10.2021
Too good for the garbage can - nationwide campaign week “Germany saves food”
MORGENPOST, 27.09.2021
Berlin Mitte in upheaval. What lies ahead for politics
Julian Würzer
MONOPOL 19.09.2021
Unlaid eggs
Friedrich von Borries
BAUWELT 19.2021
Improbability calculations: House of Statistics
Alexander Stumm
BAUWELT 19.2021
Caring is essential
Roland Gruber
8th House of Statistics Radio Kiosk
Commitment and food
rotten places, 07.09.2021
General contractor found for the Haus der Statistik - rottenplaces.de
André Winternitz
02.09.2021, Neues Deutschland:
Land prices: Worrying outlook
Nicolas Šustr
01.09.2021, Deutschlandradio Kultur:
Golden Lion for Berlin collective
Manfred Götzke
01.09.2021, Junge Welt:
The city is swimming
dpa
01.09.2021, DerStandard Kultur:
Venice Architecture Biennale: Golden Lion
abs/epa
31.08.2021, Immobilien Zeitung:
Berliner Modellkiez has signed up general contractor
Gerda Gericke
31.08.2021, RTL:
Architecture Biennale: Golden Lion for Berlin collective - RTL
dpa
31.08.2021, FAZ:
Berlin architecture collective Raumlabor receives Golden Lion at the Venice Architecture Biennale
Niklas Maak
30.08.2021, Berliner Zeitung:
After more than ten years of vacancy: Haus der Statistik to be renovated
Ulrich Paul
18.08.2021, Der Tagesspiegel:
Diversity is still not a matter of course-Sinema Transtopia at the Haus der Statistik
Till Kadritzke
19.08.2021, TAZ
The rethink has begun
