15.04.2025

The Haus der Statistik

Renovation is more sustainable than demolition

Author: Dr. Susanne Reiff

Publisher: Connective Cities

A new district for administration, housing, social affairs and culture is being built on the large site of the former administrative building for the Federal Statistical Office – Haus der Statistik – in the center of Berlin. A civil society initiative had prevented the demolition of the existing building from the 1960s and, together with the administration and other stakeholders, developed the concept for the conversion – a beacon for alternative approaches to urban development.

4 pages

Year of publishing: 2025